Just recently seen a post on Facebook in a different group that pushed me to write this and see what your thoughts are. The guy was asking if there would be an extra 25-30 leads a month would you be able to handle it? Then I asked him if he's talking about those kind of leads that are asking how much do you charge per sq/f and then you never hear back from. Then he made a remark, mentioning "qualified leads" ...and it stroke me. The jargon that is often used doesn't really represent the actual problem. I'll try to explain. I noticed one thing, that most guys ( including myself ) when staring out in this trade without experience of running a business, they don't know how to sell. We try to put all of our attention into the quality of work, which is the most important part. Attention to detail and proper systems in place make a night and day difference in the final outcome of a finished product. But to scale above the point where you run a business or just work for yourself we need to wear a hat of a salesman , besides all the others and have a reliable team with you that can back you up when you are not on site. A team might be even just one guy who you can trust and don't have to double check the work while you can concentrate on getting more customers. I'll be honest I have no clue how to run ads. One thing I learnt so far is that trying to run an ad campaign for a week or a month and not getting results from it is normal. Having people inquiring about your service without intention of immediate purchase is normal. Sometimes I catch myself on a thought , if I was asked / reminded about purchasing something I probably would have gotten it ( doesn't matter what it is, I'm just being general ) , but life sometimes gets busy and we get sidetracked to other things. Running ads is not about getting a customer immediately , it's a long term game of getting attention and following through with providing information and maintaining relationship. We can get 100 leads ( qualified or not ) and close 5% if we are not good at selling, but someone who is a very good sales person who would sell ice to an Eskimo might do 30 or 40%, maybe even more... that would be the difference between being able to handle the work or not, but most of us who are not "business people" , we see catchy phrase " more work " and we are all over it as if it's a magic pill, but it's not. That being said all of those people who are "helping" to get leads are using the naiveness of others , offering to setup ad campaigns ,which don't get me wrong is a certain skill , but they see it as easy money and marketing agencies are popping up like flowers it seems like.

Hope you all having great weekend, whether you work or relax and regenerate. Just a friendly reminder, with all the noise out there about productivity and pushing hard in order to reach your goals... there's work to be done, but we need to stay productive and take care of ourselves and if things are not going your way at this exact moment, just do your best and one step at a time it will get done ! What's everyone doing these days ?Hit the comment section if you feel like sharing 😉 Have a blessed Sunday everyone! And here's a quote that inspired me for this post : " If you knew how much work went into it, you would not call it genius. " - Michelangelo

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