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Garage Door Company: 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 garage door 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: Garage Door Company

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. HVAC Contractor (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  3. Facility Manager (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  4. Plumber (Two-way)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  5. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    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: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and electricians.
  2. Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC): Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and electricians.
  3. PHCC (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors): Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors and plumbers.
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 garage door 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 77 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 HVAC Contractor Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 73 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Facility Manager They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 71 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Plumber Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 69 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 68 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Commercial Property Manager They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 66 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 Electrician They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 65 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Septic & Drain Services Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 64 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Appliance Repair Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 62 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Pool Service & Repair Two-way Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 61 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: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and electricians. Vendor & supply chain · Informal · Free · ~2 hrs/month
  2. 2 Commercial contractors association (AGC / ABC) Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and electricians. Your partners' association · Monthly · $2,000+/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  3. 3 PHCC (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors) Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors and plumbers. Your partners' association · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your partners are in this room: residential property managers, HVAC contractors, and plumbers. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  5. 5 Nextdoor Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and appliance repair companies. Online community · Always on · Free · ~2 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  6. 6 Manufacturer training & certification days Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors and plumbers. Vendor & supply chain · Quarterly · Free · ~3 hrs/month
  7. 7 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 →
  8. 8 Local Facebook & community groups Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and electricians. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →

Let us be straight with you. For garage door 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?

Prime Time takes one Garage Door Company per chapter. Put a South Florida ZIP into the form above and we will show you which seats are open.

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