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Pool Service & 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 pool companies, the next meeting dates, and who to ask for when you walk in.

Your top referral sources
  1. HVAC Contractor
  2. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo)
  3. Property Manager (Residential)
  4. Insurance Property & Casualty
  5. Home Inspector
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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: Pool Service & Repair

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. HVAC Contractor (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody buys a house
  2. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
  3. Property Manager (Residential) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody buys a house
  4. Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody buys a house
  5. Home Inspector (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: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and electricians.
  2. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, community association managers, and residential property managers.
  3. Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: home inspectors and real estate attorneys.
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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 pool 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 HVAC Contractor They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 73 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) 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 Property Manager (Residential) They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 70 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Insurance Property & Casualty They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 70 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Home Inspector They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 69 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Plumber They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 68 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 Pest Control They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 67 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Facility Manager They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 65 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Attorney Real Estate They send you work Trigger: somebody buys a house 65 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Electrician They send you work Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working 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: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and electricians. Your partners' association · Monthly · $2,000+/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  2. 2 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, community association managers, and residential property managers. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  3. 3 Your local Realtor board or association Your partners are in this room: home inspectors and real estate attorneys. Your partners' association · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 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 →
  5. 5 Manufacturer training & certification days Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors and plumbers. Vendor & supply chain · Quarterly · Free · ~3 hrs/month
  6. 6 Supply house counter days & contractor breakfasts Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, plumbers, and electricians. Vendor & supply chain · Informal · Free · ~2 hrs/month
  7. 7 Local Facebook & community groups Your partners are in this room: HVAC contractors, home inspectors, and plumbers. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  8. 8 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 →

Let us be straight with you. For pool 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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Send it to yourself: the partners above, the rooms ranked for pool companies, and the next meeting dates for your area.

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