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Appliance Repair: Best Referral Sources

Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in. Tell us where you are and we will send the list.

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The rooms for appliance repair companies, the next meeting dates, and who to ask for when you walk in.

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Your one-page action plan

Five partners, what starts the work for each one, and the three rooms to be in. Print it and keep it in the car.

Networking plan: Appliance Repair

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Property Manager (Residential) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  2. Plumber (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  3. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  4. Septic & Drain Services (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  5. Facility Manager (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working

The three rooms to be in

  1. Supply house counter days & contractor breakfasts: Your partners are in this room: plumbers, septic and drain companies, and HVAC contractors.
  2. Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: plumbers, HVAC contractors, and garage door companies.
  3. PHCC (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors): Your partners are in this room: plumbers and HVAC contractors.
The people

Who should be sending you clients

Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade. When something happens that makes people need appliance repair companies, who else gets a call that same week?

Match strength is how much of your work starts from the same event as theirs, scored out of 100. Higher means you are more often called into the same job in the same week.

  1. 1 Property Manager (Residential) They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 80 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Plumber They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 71 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 69 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Septic & Drain Services Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 68 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Facility Manager Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 68 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 HVAC Contractor Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 67 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 Commercial Property Manager Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 63 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Garage Door Company Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 60 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Handyman Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 59 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Locksmith Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 57 match strength out of 100

Knowing the names is half of it. We will send the list with what to say to each one. Send me my list ↑

The rooms

Where those people actually are

Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you. Give someone nine choices and they pick none, so we have marked the one to start with.

  1. 1 Supply house counter days & contractor breakfasts Your pick Your partners are in this room: plumbers, septic and drain companies, and HVAC contractors. Vendor & supply chain · Informal · Free · ~2 hrs/month
  2. 2 Nextdoor Your partners are in this room: plumbers, HVAC contractors, and garage door companies. Online community · Always on · Free · ~2 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  3. 3 PHCC (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors) Your partners are in this room: plumbers and HVAC contractors. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) Your partners are in this room: residential property managers and commercial property managers. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  5. 5 Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC) Your partners are in this room: plumbers and HVAC contractors. Your partners' association · Monthly · $2,000+/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  6. 6 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your partners are in this room: residential property managers, plumbers, and community association managers. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  7. 7 Manufacturer training & certification days Your partners are in this room: plumbers and HVAC contractors. Vendor & supply chain · Quarterly · Free · ~3 hrs/month
  8. 8 CAI (Community Associations Institute) Your partner is in this room: community association managers. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →

Let us be straight with you. For appliance repair companies, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.

These rooms meet on real dates. We will send you the next ones for your area. Send me the dates ↑

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