Gutter 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.
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: Gutter Contractor
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - Roofing Contractor (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - Property Manager (Residential) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a named storm comes through - Plumber (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
The three rooms to be in
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: community association managers, P&C insurance agents, and residential property managers.
- Manufacturer training & certification days: Your partners are in this room: roofers and plumbers.
- IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management): Your partners are in this room: residential property managers and commercial property managers.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: community association managers, P&C insurance agents, and residential property managers.
- Manufacturer training & certification days: Your partners are in this room: roofers and plumbers.
- IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management): Your partners are in this room: residential property managers and commercial property managers.
Don't confuse this with networking: Roofing contractors association (NRCA / state affiliate). Learning and supplier access, not referrals.
Who should be sending you clients
Who you should be sending clients to
Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade. When something happens that makes people need gutter contractors, who else gets a call that same week?
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
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 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 70 match strength out of 100
- 2 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 67 match strength out of 100
- 3 Roofing Contractor They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 64 match strength out of 100
- 4 Property Manager (Residential) They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 64 match strength out of 100
- 5 Plumber They send you work Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking 62 match strength out of 100
- 6 Mold Remediation Two-way Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking 62 match strength out of 100
- 7 Tree Service They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 61 match strength out of 100
- 8 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning They send you work Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking 61 match strength out of 100
- 9 Home Inspector They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 61 match strength out of 100
- 10 Commercial Property Manager They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 61 match strength out of 100
- 1 Drywall & Stucco Contractor Two-way Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking 56 match strength out of 100
- 2 Generator Installer You send them work Trigger: a named storm comes through 54 match strength out of 100
- 3 Awning & Shutter Contractor Two-way Trigger: a named storm comes through 54 match strength out of 100
- 4 Impact Window & Door Contractor They send you work Trigger: a named storm comes through 53 match strength out of 100
- 5 Fence Contractor You send them work Trigger: a named storm comes through 53 match strength out of 100
- 6 Mold Remediation Two-way Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking 53 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 ↑
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 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your pick Your partners are in this room: community association managers, P&C insurance agents, and residential property managers. Chapter finder →
- 2 Manufacturer training & certification days Your partners are in this room: roofers and plumbers.
- 3 IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) Your partners are in this room: residential property managers and commercial property managers. Chapter finder →
- 4 BNI One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Chapter finder →
- 5 LeTip International One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Chapter finder →
- 6 Network In Action One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Chapter finder →
- 7 Master Networks One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Chapter finder →
- 8 An independent local leads group One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
- 1 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your pick Your partners are in this room: community association managers, P&C insurance agents, and residential property managers. Chapter finder →
- 2 Manufacturer training & certification days Your partners are in this room: roofers and plumbers.
- 3 IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) Your partners are in this room: residential property managers and commercial property managers. Chapter finder →
- 4 Prime Time Business Network One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. See chapters →
- 5 An independent local leads group One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
- 6 Nextdoor Your partners are in this room: roofers, plumbers, and tree services. Chapter finder →
- 7 Local Facebook & community groups Your partners are in this room: roofers, plumbers, and tree services. Chapter finder →
- 8 CAI Southeast Florida chapter Your partner is in this room: community association managers. Chapter finder →
Roofing contractors association (NRCA / state affiliate)
Most gutter contractors join this room first. It is also the one most likely to be the wrong pick. Everyone in it does what you do. Join it for the training, the licenses, and the ties to manufacturers. Do not join it for referrals, and do not join it instead of the rooms above.
These rooms meet on real dates. We will send you the next ones for your area. Send me the dates ↑
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one Gutter Contractor per chapter. Put a South Florida ZIP into the form above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add your ZIP code in the form above to see which seats are open. Go to the form ↑
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have chapters across South Florida and none near you. Telling you to join would be bad advice. The rooms above are the real answer where you are. We can email you the one page version and let you know if we open near you.
Send me those roomsWant this as a list you can act on?
Send it to yourself: the partners above, the rooms ranked for gutter contractors, and the next meeting dates for your area.
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