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ServiceMagic? Should I Join? I am a professional Handyman!Get informed with this review on
ServiceMagic What can I expect if I enroll with ServiceMagic as a professional? This article can answer that in complete detail. I have joined ServiceMagic and can share my experience of how it went.
After you are approved (background check and confirmed insurance depending on your state laws) you will then give over your checking account number to ServiceMagic and they will then pull your enrollment fee of around $46, you'll set up a profile and put in all your information and will become a pre-screened ServiceMagic professional. Service Magic controls top results for many related keywords to getting stuff done around the house, keywords used by everyday people on Google and other search engines. Their staff has expertly optimized their website and it's campaigns, with top search results plus ppc campaigning the company can produce quite a bit of traffic. They call their traffic "leads" and be aware of how it is buying leads from any company, you have no way of knowing that leads quality. How does leads marketed by ServiceMagic get to you the professional? You pay for them, anywhere from 12 to 50 dollars, the average being 17.50 per lead. Here is a typical example and what actually happened while I was a member: I would receive a call by the automated bot that informs me a customer has inquired my particular service (one by which I chose out of many) The bot basically says: "you have a new lead brought to you by service magic, for..." and then it goes into the category that was picked by the customer and the bot reads off some of the other information. Now you should call that customer right away and hope they wont waste your time, I say it like that because most of them will!! Then If the customer doesn't complain that their phone is ringing off the hook from all the ServiceMagic professionals in the area that just called them besides you; you set up a time to meet them to see their project. The ServiceMagic website tells these people to get at least 4 estimates so when you get to their house they do not intend to just give you the work, resulting in a waste of time, gas, and the cost of the lead. You may convince them that you are perfect for their project and with luck they may just call you back instead of all the others that they talked to. Yes, all the others that listed in the category same as you will pay also and be wanting that work from that customer! Another way to see this is: Someone wants a tile job done and uses the ServiceMagic website, the system will call out to all that match the criteria in that area charge them all the preset price per lead for tile flooring and a bunch of almost wild animals come running, the folks have all that to choose from and they will choose based on things that impress them but not determine who is actually best because impressions are crafted and made up. Things from ServiceMagic to be aware of:
If you are thinking about joining ServiceMagic as a professional, it can work for you a little at a time as you learn to manipulate the system and out do others, but if you don't get savvy with that you can expect to pay dearly for leads weather you get the jobs or not you will be paying a sizable amount per month (taken every Friday) that may or may not be worth it to you. You can expect extreme competition as even if you are first to a lead the people are taught not to go with you until they talk to others. There is an average but that average comes with tons of grief and fierce competition, consider this, all the pros are paying the staff and CEO at ServiceMagic their wages just so they can go and almost literally fight over a given job and many are small with little money to be earned to begin with!! The people at ServiceMagic were some nice and some not-so-much, I had one support member snide at me and tell me I needed to be more bold with the customers when I get a lead, she also made me feel bad by saying I am doing something wrong not to be getting more jobs from the leads. But I had nothing wrong with me and I am very professional, they just defend their system no matter what you tell them, and determine that there might be something wrong with you. In my expert opinion The Service Magic system is not good for the little guy starting a business, there are much better ways. For larger companies and contractors they may not mind the cost and use ServiceMagic to fish out other supplemental projects. I recommend using money you would pay to leads for doing your own advertising in the newspaper and direct marketing, this way you will get leads that your ad payed for and with no one else beating you to it, a much higher average of getting the work. You would be paying this anyway if joined to ServiceMagic but instead it is all for you and not a network!! This review by: Jon Fox owner of www.thisaintwork.com and ArticleSpot To learn how to set up your own handyman or contractor website, Contact Us Here with the subject line: How to set up my handyman or contractor website.
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