theserviceplace.com sells an integrated line of services to the home service industry. The home service industry encompasses the service professionals, the wholesalers, the distributors, the vendors, and the manufactures.
theserviceplace.com will sell services that enable the service professional to market to more customers, sell to their current customers more efficiently, and retain a higher percentage of customers. theserviceplace.com will integrate reporting features that aid the service professional in creating price strategies, comparing margins, and identify industry and market tendency.
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Many ways.
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We will be optimized on every major search engine and all of their affiliates. Because of the number of contractors, we have in our database, when someone searches for "phoenix lawn care," the engine will read the content of several hundred listings we have on our site. In addition, because of this high number theserviceplace.com will be near the top of the search engine findings. |
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We will pay for specialty placement and be involved in link exchange programs with key partners. |
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We collaborate with HOA's, real estate companies, insurance companies, builders, and developers. |
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We direct mail to roughly 10,000 different homeowners a month. |
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Starting in the fall of 2003, we will be in major cities new homebuyer welcome packet. |
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We will be in the classifieds, the yellow pages, and for-the-home magazines. |
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Our PR will include event sponsorships and press releases to all local newspapers. |
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Many reasons!
Online yellow pages do not offer the homeowner the services we do and qualifying sites do not show all of the service providers. Research shows, that while people go through companies that qualify contractors, the consensus from homeowners is they are leery of limited choices.
theserviceplace.com takes advantage of the Internet, databasing, and online application services.
The short answer is, unlike the online yellow page model, we offer filtering by need and we manage all of the homeowner's services, reminders, job history, invoices, warranties, and correspondence with the service professional. In addition, unlike qualifying websites, we are a website that encompasses all service professionals in the category.
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The Service Professional programs are:
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Basic level is all-inclusive no fee. Every service professional, in each category, will be listed on our site, with the basics, name, address, and phone. |
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Silver Level. Your Business name and number will be bold and colored to stand out from the others and will have a quick-link to a bio page. Your company will receive preferred placement alongside other Silver Level advertisers based on the zip code of the searcher. This option places you after all Gold Level but before all basic advertisers. |
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Gold Level. Your Business name and number will be bold and colored to stand out from the others. Your company will have the opportunity to be sorted by any search criteria you choose to participate in and provide information. Search criteria for the homeowner will include, price, warranty, rating, hours of operation, availability, etc. You will have the capability to link to your company's webpage, will have a quick-link to a bio page, and have you email contact link on the initial listing page. Your company will receive preferred placement alongside other Gold Level advertisers based on the zip code of the searcher. This option places you after all Platinum Level, but before all basic advertisers. |
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Platinum Level. Your Business name and number will be bold and colored to stand out from the others and have your company logo prominently placed. Your company will have the opportunity to be sorted by any search criteria you choose to participate in and provide information. Search criteria for the homeowner will include, price, warranty, rating, hours of operation, availability, etc. You will have the capability to link to your company's webpage, will have a quick-link to a bio page, and have you email contact link on the initial listing page. The platinum level also includes website hosting, statistics, marketing opportunities, and our eFirefly a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool (see marketing material for details and features). The marketing portion will include customer lists, the ability to coupon customers, buying habits, customer reminders, and electronic invoicing. Also included at this level are productivity tools, scheduling, maps, supplier information, and contact management. |
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Plus Advertising Level. This is our premium level listing. There are only three positions available per category. These top three listings rotate to the top position every third visitor. This advertising level is only available to those customers that are platinum level customers and cannot be purchased separately. This level has the same features and benefits of the Platinum Level, with the addition of, a guaranteed top three position for the prescribed zone. |
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eFirefly, which was specifically designed for the home service professional, will manage every touch point with your current customers and your marketing process with every potential customer. (See eFirefly section for details). |
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At The Service Place, any advertising by a service professional is guaranteed to be seen by homeowners looking for that professional's service category. Therefore, instead of having a mass distribution strategy, The Service Place will have a closely directed, international segmentation strategy, which will insure, richer, more effective marketing, and sales programs, at a much lower actual customer cost. |
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There are two easy ways to start your membership with theserviceplace.com. Registration can be done on line at theserviceplace.com, simply click on the Become a Member menu and follow the registration steps. Alternatively, you can e-mail us at corybillings@theserviceplace.com. If there are any questions on our end a theserviceplace.com representative will be in touch with you with-in 24 hours. |
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theserviceplace.com operates on "real-time." The advantage of this is that there is little to no down time for you. Once you successfully complete your registration form on-line your Company will begin to experience the benefits of The Service Place. To view your completed registration go to theserviceplace.com /Member login. *For registrations submitted by fax or e-mail your advertisement will be loaded within 24 hours of receipt. To view, follow same procedures as On-line Registration. |
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You can visit theserviceplace.com and click on the "Questions" tab or you can e-mail us at cory.billings@theserviceplace.com. Either way a representative will be in contact with you with-in 24 hours to answer your question(s). |
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To make changes to your existing account simply go to theserviceplace.com and click on the Members tab. From there, follow the instructions on VIEW/CHANGE account. To request a different package follow the Start Your Membership With The Service Place guidelines. |
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A monthly invoice will emailed to you. You can pay Monthly/Quarterly/or Yearly either by check, credit card, or a convenient auto-payment plan. There is a discount applied for all members who pay for a full years worth of service at initiation or when a change is made to your account. |
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You have the option to discontinue service at any time, however, due to The Service Place billing cycle you will not be refunded any amount paid to The Service Place. |
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Your information identity remains confidential to the extent that you want to remain. If you opt-in, we have many marketing opportunities to available to you, other wise, all of your info remains confidential. |
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Service Professionals
