eddycreek, post: 388965, member: 501 wrote: Rumor has it there may be a large construction project down that way after the first of the year. Something about a wall? That's gonna require a lot of layout. DO NOT turn this into a political thread. If that were to happen there should be plenty of work to go around. Imagine what would be involved.
Taylor County is Abilene, no? Are you saying they are FINALLY going to build a wall to keep the Okies out??;)
You do marketing while you still have work. It takes to long to bring in work for traditional marketing.
My suggestion would be to go shake some hands of some realtors, real estate attorneys, loggers and auctioneers. Go to town/county meetings. Get your companies name in front of people that do the kind of work you want to do. It is important that they have a face to go with that business card.
mattsib79, post: 388997, member: 1138 wrote: You do marketing while you still have work. It takes to long to bring in work for traditional marketing.
My suggestion would be to go shake some hands of some realtors, real estate attorneys, loggers and auctioneers. Go to town/county meetings. Get your companies name in front of people that do the kind of work you want to do. It is important that they have a face to go with that business card.
Thanks for the advice! I have been trying to do all of the above while we have had down time.
Ryan,
As stated, the marketing needs to take place before you need the work. In my area of the country, we can not find good field people. I am sure this is true in other areas as well. I would suggest contacting companies with a regional or national presence and see if you can work in a sub-consultant role. You need to find someone who needs surveyors today. In the downturn, we had many surveyors go to Texas. Now, we get several resumes from people in the petroleum industry. Geography is fickle.
Similar thing happened to a company i worked for years ago. the owner started to branch out to Loma / Lomr for fema flood insurance and swpp mapping and inspection. These may be CA things though.
lmbrls, post: 388865, member: 6823 wrote: Is this an area hit hard by the downturn in the petroleum industry? A very successful Surveyor I know once said " you can't get any survey work when there isn't any".
Jim McLaughlin, senior, once said: You know things are really slow when even the clients who have no intention of paying you aren't ordering surveys.
lmbrls, post: 389076, member: 6823 wrote: Ryan,
As stated, the marketing needs to take place before you need the work. In my area of the country, we can not find good field people. I am sure this is true in other areas as well. I would suggest contacting companies with a regional or national presence and see if you can work in a sub-consultant role. You need to find someone who needs surveyors today. In the downturn, we had many surveyors go to Texas. Now, we get several resumes from people in the petroleum industry. Geography is fickle.
Good field people? What's that?
Rich., post: 389478, member: 10450 wrote: Good field people? What's that?
I would presume field crew??