Tuesday 8 September 2015

HVAC CONTRACTOR RESEARCH

HVAC Contractor Research
  • HVAC contractors use a wide range of marketing techniques and channels to reach their customers.
  • Acquiring customers through marketing can represent a significant expense for HVAC contractors
  • Industry sources estimated that acquiring a single customer costs an HVAC contractor between $200 and $300
  • These marketing channels include radio and television advertising, mailers, newsletters, and partnerships with utilities to advertise energy-efficient HVAC units.
  • Residential customers generally consider HVAC contractors a trusted source for home comfort and health and safety—the primary drivers of sales according to the HVAC contractors interviewed.
  • The American Home Comfort Study ranks “cost savings” as the primary reason why customers consider switching to a more efficient HVAC unit
  • It suggests that HVAC customers view cost as a primary driver of home upgrades, but actually choose to invest in home improvements that materially improve the comfort of their home—even if those improvements come with a slightly higher price tag.
  • This is especially true of home energy upgrades, which are relatively expensive and whose primary demographic group for sales is upper-middle-class families for whom cost is much less of a consideration than it is for the majority of those included in the study
  • Homeowners chose 90 percent of the time to invest in home energy upgrades to improve comfort or safety in their home rather than to create future energy savings.
  • Annual service and maintenance checks are the primary means by which HVAC contractors drive follow-on sales
  • These routine visits to customers give HVAC contractors a key competitive advantage over general remodelers or specialized home performance contractors.
  • HVAC contractors can build on the existing trust of their customers to offer additional home energy upgrade services.
  • Face-to-face interactions that educate customers are therefore the most effective marketing technique for HVAC contractors.
  • Once a sale is made, quality work is the best way to generate additional customer referrals, the other primary source of HVAC contractor leads
  • Third-party validation from customer reviews is another important source of new business, because it helps build the image of trusted service provider.

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