Grow Your Business Through Location-Based Marketing

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Get Local With Your Marketing

Successful marketing for small business is changing. From Google to Facebook there seems to be more emphasis on location-based marketing.

Why? Because locals love searching, buying and supporting local business owners mean conversions are likely to be much higher.

Even before digital technology, consumers were already targeted based on their location with letterbox drops and flyers. And in the digital world, it is no different in trying to find and market to your locals, whether you’re a tradie and local professional service provider.

Here are 3 ways how location-based marketing can help your business.

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3 Reasons Why Every Tradie Should be On Facebook

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Building Credibility through Social Media

As  a tradie, building credibility is essential in winning over new customers. And in addition, there is the added challenge of standing out from all the local competition.

And that’s where social media platforms like Facebook can give you the extra needed “edge” to get customers over the line.

It can also be a valuable lead generation platform in connecting directly with your local target audience.

So why use Facebook to grow your trade business?

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Current Online Marketing Trends for Local Business

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Understanding Online Businesses

Running a local business requires understanding what other businesses are doing online and simply keeping up!

So what are other local businesses doing more off right now?

We list three keys areas where there seems to be more focus on at present and so may be worth considering with your online marketing strategies.
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Biggest Marketing Mistakes To Avoid As a Start-up Business

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Challenge for Start-ups

Marketing mistakes are inevitable no matter how big or small your business is. However, the challenge is even greater for start-ups since they still do not have a benchmark to compare which strategies work or not.

We have come up with a list of marketing mistakes to avoid, helping you push your business forward without the added expense.
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Should Tradies Charge for Quotes?

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Putting an end to ” non-serious” customers!

Remember in 2014 when the Federal government proposed a $7 GP fee to end free doctors visits? Whilst it ended up being dropped, one of the reasons for proposing it was to end deemed “unnecessary” visits and people showing up to a doctor simply for being sick of work (you know what we mean!).

Now, this got us thinking. Would tradies charging homeowners a nominal fee for “on-site visits and quotes” help put an end to deemed “non- serious” customers, which presently is costing the average tradie hundreds of dollars per week?
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7 Ways for Tradies to WOW Customers

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Gets Customers Talking and Referring

Have you ever wondered why some tradies are extremely successful in winning over clients and turning them into loyal raving fans?

Firstly, it is nothing to do with price! So let’s get that out of the way.

And I would even go as far as saying, it doesn’t have much to do with doing a “good” job. After all many high quality tradies still fail to leave customers thinking “wow”.

So what gets them talking and referring? It’s tradies with the “wow” factor! Read more

Tips of Developing A Successful Online Marketing Campaign

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The Questions To Ask Yourself

There are lots of online marketing options out there to choose from. It’s not something you can jump into without research.

Each marketing campaign is different in terms of approach, cost and effectiveness and your role is to make an informed decision on what is right for you.

We list 3 good questions to ask yourself when considering your online marketing campaign.

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GeoOp and Tradebusters Join Forces On Tradie Business Help Hub

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Help Australian Tradies in Business

GeoOp and Tradebusters® have joined forces to help Australian tradies in business.

GeoOp (GEO), a mobile workforce software company, has paired up with consumer based marketplace Tradebusters to deliver business support to Australian tradespeople.

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How Tradies Can Use GeoOp To Grow Their Business

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Efficient Management and Customer Service

GeoOp has to be one of the most powerful workflow tools out on the market for tradies in business. It not only allows more efficient management of business processes but from the tradies we spoke to, it is also leading to better customer service experiences and more new clients.

Whether you are a plumber, electrician or in general property maintenance, it looks like more and more tradies are getting onto the GeoOp solution to helping them run and grow their businesses.

We spoke to a few tradies to understand the benefits of using GeoOp in their business.

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How To Turn Your Customers Into Raving Fans?

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90% of customers trust recommendations!

It’s true. And compare that to spending money on advertising your business which only has a trust level of about 14%.

According to numerous surveys, people are more likely to trust a brand or a business that someone has recommended. Why, because it’s credible, based on a real experience and at the end of the day, who doesn’t want a good trusted business in their home, business or life.

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