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Flooring 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 flooring companies, the next meeting dates, and who to ask for when you walk in.

Your top referral sources
  1. Electrician
  2. Plumber
  3. Interior Designer
  4. Insurance Property & Casualty
  5. Attorney Real Estate
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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: Flooring Contractor

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Electrician (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
  2. Plumber (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
  3. Interior Designer (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel
  4. Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody buys a house
  5. Attorney Real Estate (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody buys a house

The three rooms to be in

  1. Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC): Your partners are in this room: electricians, plumbers, and general contractors.
  2. Supply house counter days & contractor breakfasts: Your partners are in this room: electricians, plumbers, and HVAC contractors.
  3. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: electricians, plumbers, and P&C insurance agents.
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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 flooring 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 Electrician They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 69 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Plumber They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 68 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Interior Designer They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 68 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 67 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Attorney Real Estate They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 67 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Remodeling Contractor They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 66 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 HVAC Contractor They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 64 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 General Contractor They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 64 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Home Inspector They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 64 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: a homeowner decides to remodel 64 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: electricians, plumbers, and general 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: electricians, plumbers, 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: electricians, plumbers, 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: interior designers and general contractors. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  5. 5 Your local Realtor board or association Your partners are in this room: real estate attorneys and home inspectors. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  6. 6 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 →
  7. 7 AIA (American Institute of Architects) chapter Your partners are in this room: interior designers and general contractors. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  8. 8 Manufacturer training & certification days Your partners are in this room: plumbers and HVAC contractors. Vendor & supply chain · Quarterly · Free · ~3 hrs/month

Let us be straight with you. For flooring 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

Is your seat open?

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

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