21 Ways To Get More Business
On a daily basis, we are asked here at TIB HQ how to get more business for our tradies. While there is no simple rule that works for all, the key is to be consistent with your work finding. Your business should always be actively seeking work in all ways, for we never know when the next downturn is coming. We have prepared this quick list of 21 ways to
How To Get Your Partner To Listen To You….
I stopped short of titling this post, how to get your husband to listen to you because I am sure it is a problem in all business partnerships regardless of relationship status, but my motivation for this post comes from my own experience as a Builder’s wife. Working with your significant other certainly increases the demands of small business, communication is the top of that list. It can be challenging
The Best Business Tip I Ever Received
I was a late adopter of the tip I’m going to give you, but let me assure you, it is a game changer! It is never too late to learn and implement this tip. Whether you are looking to up your business game, grow your business or get off the tools, this is the best business tip I ever received. Let me set the scene, I was running not 1,
All Your Customers Are Price Shoppers
All your customers are price shoppers Yep. All of them. All they want is the cheapest price. It’s true! Except there’s a catch and it’s the same thing that’s an opportunity for you, the business owner. While everyone wants the cheapest price, it’s only one of potentially a number of considerations when making a purchase. The problem is, most business owners do a crappy job of offering any other alternatives
My Number One Time Saving Tip For Your Business
I know the juggle, you’ve worked all day on the tools, you are tired and yet there is a mountain of work to do again when you get back to your office. There is the paperwork to sort, quotes to do, materials to order, stress, pressure and more stress! Quoting is the number one time waster in most trade businesses, I say time waster because so many quotes are
How To Take A Real Holiday
Taking a holiday is front of mind this time of year. With all the stress of the silly season, it is the thought of a holiday that keeps us ploughing on. When we take a holiday though, we often don’t really relax, the phone is still on, the emails keep coming. If you could take a real holiday, free from phones, email and business worries, would you take it? When starting a business,
The Power Of A Niche
The Power Of A Niche I’m not talking about a wall niche here, yes, they are lovely but they don’t have any power! I’m talking about finding a niche for your business. Say what??! You want me to narrow down my business to one niche?? Yep, I sure do, and when you do, I promise you will have opportunity for more work, yep really. You see a niche holds so much power
Risky business for tradies
In addition to watching their backs this Tradies National Health Month, Tradies are being encouraged to ensure their safety practices are up to scratch to avoid serious injury or even death. It comes as Australia’s tradies continue to have among the poorest health and safety conditions of workers across all sectors. Statistics have shown that 1 in 5 serious workplace injuries involve someone working as a tradie. Tradies also have
How We Land 92% of Our Clients – and a Simple Plan For You to do It Too
It’s the biggest challenge of tradies everywhere: balancing finding the work with doing the work. When a potential client rings, it’s not going to be while you’re sitting staring at the phone, waiting for it to ring. You know it’ll only ring while you’re up a ladder or crawling through a ceiling… It’s Tradies Law. For 25 years, I’ve run one of Queensland’s most successful pre-purchase building inspection companies. We’re