Industries
How selling works in the commercial trades and B2B industries we serve.
Industries, in brief
Selling to commercial buyers works differently in every trade: who controls the budget, when contracts renew, and what gets a facility or property manager to take a meeting. Start with the playbook for your industry, then the articles below.
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Commercial buildings have a recurring plumbing calendar. Almost none have seen it written down. Six items, and the two that sell themselves.
The roof is the only part of the project owned by somebody who is not your customer. Five questions to ask on the first visit.
Two documents made on site turn a three-day proposal into an hour, and stop the scope argument six months later.
The request usually means one of three things, and only one is sealcoating. The line in the quote that protects you later.
Nobody approves recurring spend on something that might prevent a problem. Six things that make an HVAC agreement signable.
Contracts rarely go out because the cleaning got worse. Five triggers, four visible from outside the building, and when to call.
It sounds like a closed door and almost never is one. The four things the phrase covers, and the question that sorts them.
Ten ChatGPT prompts for commercial cleaning companies: find the renewal date, earn the walkthrough and win the contract.
Ten ChatGPT prompts for commercial HVAC contractors: the list, the front desk, the walkthrough summary and the agreement.
Ten ChatGPT prompts for commercial painters: the repaint call, the GC bid list, the scope summary and the follow-up.
Ten ChatGPT prompts for commercial paving contractors: which lots to call, the lot walk, photo captions and the budget line.
Ten copy-and-paste ChatGPT prompts for commercial roofers: who to call, the first call, the roof walk and the follow-up.
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