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Awning & Shutter Contractor: 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 awning and shutter 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: Awning & Shutter Contractor

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a named storm comes through
  2. General Contractor (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
  3. Impact Window & Door Contractor (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a named storm comes through
  4. Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a named storm comes through
  5. Electrician (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel

The three rooms to be in

  1. Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC): Your partners are in this room: general contractors, electricians, and HVAC contractors.
  2. Supply house counter days & contractor breakfasts: Your partners are in this room: general contractors, electricians, and HVAC contractors.
  3. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: community association managers, general contractors, and P&C insurance agents.
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 awning and shutter 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 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 71 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 General Contractor They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 67 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Impact Window & Door Contractor They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 66 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 65 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Electrician They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 64 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 HVAC Contractor They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 63 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 Drywall & Stucco Contractor Two-way Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 63 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Flooring Contractor They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 63 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Landscaping Company Two-way Trigger: a named storm comes through 62 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Auto Body & Collision Repair They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 62 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 Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC) Your pick Your partners are in this room: general contractors, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Your partners' association · Monthly · $2,000+/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  2. 2 Supply house counter days & contractor breakfasts Your partners are in this room: general contractors, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Vendor & supply chain · Informal · Free · ~2 hrs/month
  3. 3 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your partners are in this room: community association managers, general contractors, and P&C insurance agents. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 Local home builders association (NAHB affiliate) Your partners are in this room: general contractors and flooring companies. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  5. 5 Local Facebook & community groups Your partners are in this room: impact window contractors, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  6. 6 Manufacturer training & certification days Your partners are in this room: impact window contractors and HVAC contractors. Vendor & supply chain · Quarterly · Free · ~3 hrs/month
  7. 7 BNI One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Weekly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~8 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →
  8. 8 LeTip International One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Weekly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~7 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →

Let us be straight with you. For awning and shutter 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 ↑

Your seat

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Prime Time takes one Awning & Shutter Contractor per chapter. Put a South Florida ZIP into the form above and we will show you which seats are open.

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Send it to yourself: the partners above, the rooms ranked for awning and shutter companies, and the next meeting dates for your area.

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