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ACHP News, Announcements, and Resources
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A Great Opportunity to Display Your Business
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We are excited about bringing back our "Member Feature SpotLight"! Here's how it works, you reply
here with your name, business name, and logo with a brief description of
your business, etc and we will place each member submittal per day on our Facebook page in our ACHP Members Feature Spotlight. It's FREE exposure!!!
You can then share it or market it to your clients/customers, etc.
Don't Forget Our Newest Partners
Contact rep. Jeff Haughton
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Partnership with BLUEDOG, a top rated national merchant service provider, you now have the option to receive unbeatable rates on your credit card processing.
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Building Websites for ACHP Members
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CourseVector is a full service digital agency offering web development, web hosting, digital marketing, and search engine optimization (SEO) services. Veteran owned, located in Harrisburg, PA.
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ACHP members save up to 75% off on office, home and school supplies at Office Depot OfficeMax!
*Limited time offer: **$15 OFF your qualifying purchase of $100 - online only
. Use this exclusive coupon code 50312423 to enjoy additional savings on your next online order. Hurry - offer expires on 1/15/20!**
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About Your Listing "Contact Us" Form
Update: we are seeing more and more customers using this feature.
Each of you who added a Listing has a built in Contact Us form on their directory listing landing page located on the right hand side. This form is where customers can contact you via a simple email message. Many are receiving requests from their Contact Us form, are you?
Please test this feature.
Is it sending YOU a notification to your email inbox? If not, contact us immediately so we can repair if needed.
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** Member Renewal or Lifetime **
We made it EASIER for ACHP Membership Renewals or Lifetime Upgrade:
Keep checking the members area for new partnerships and sponsors.
Please be aware! Our sponsors will not stay if we don't take advantage of their offerings/ benefits. Don't see what you like/need? Speak UP!
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ACHP is always looking for better insurance coverage for our members. F
or all Insurance Quotes and Renewals please visit our
ACHP Insurance Program
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Insurance Renew? Get it HERE
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If you haven't signed up for the ACHP Supplier Discounts please click here and select Intro-Level (free). More about our suppliers below.
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Feature Article
3 Simple Ways to Stay in Touch with Your Customers
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Your handyman business is based on forming lasting relationships. However, it's not always easy to communicate without sounding as if you're fishing for business. If you want to stay in touch with customers without seeming obvious, you need to do so in a memorable and meaningful way. Take a look at these 3 easy ways to stay in touch and better connected with your customers.
Do something nice.
Building customer relationships is about more than just what you want, but what you can provide. If you are creative, you can give both tangible and intangible things to your customers. When you choose to give is when you build a real relationship and connection. If you focus on what you can get out of it, you'll fail to build long-term relationships. So, go ahead and do something nice.
Ask for meaningful input.
While it's great to ask how you can improve your products or services, take it a step further. Ask your customers to share their expertise. Ask if they will be testers and try a product or service for free of change in exchange for recommendations for improvement.
Keep in mind that you should already have a relationship established before seeking input in this manner. If you try this tactic with new customers, they may justifiably assume that you are just trying to sell them more products.
Keep helpful notes.
Think about how you would feel if you ran into a customer and he asked, "How is Sam doing in Kindergarten?"
You'd be surprised he knows your child's name and his grade. What if you can barely remember your customer's name, much less his children's names and grades in school?
It's very important to remember something personal about each customer. This is why you should keep an informal database and add notes to your contacts. Do what works for you. Before you pick up the phone to call them, or prior to composing an email, scan your notes so you are up to speed on his or her life.
When it comes to staying in touch with your customers, go ahead and put in the effort. It's worth it.
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Please visit our Sponsors
We here at ACHP work hard to bring you value to your membership. Our goal is to provide you with partners that want to engage with you and are willing to help you achieve success. Our sponsor's such as Think Realty/84 Lumber/Lowes and several others, offer us (you) lot's of savings. Please visit them and take advantage of the value they bring to your bottom line.
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Supplier Discounts for ACHP Members
ACHP-Think Realty
Don't let the new name fool you. Think Realty offers more to our group. Join the many ACHP Members who have signed up and are saving! Through our partnership with Think Realty, the program offers tremendous savings with
84 Lumber,
Sunbelt,
Sherwin Williams, and many other of your favorite places to shop (not all listed below).
Click
here to go to the ACHP- Landing
sign-up page. Click on
Intro Level FREE [Sign Up Now!]
This member discount program is
FREE and provided by ACHP for its member. Please take advantage of it and save LOTS!
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Instant Proof of Insurance.
The ACHP Insurance Program is excited to introduce Live Certificate of insurance, a feature designed to give ACHP Next Insurance policyholders instant, shareable, proof of insurance (see image below). Next Insurance customers can now quickly and easily access an online Live Certificate. They can then email it or share a link with anyone they like as verifiable proof of an active insurance policy. The Live Certificate enables entrepreneurs to optimize their work, spending more time focused on their business, and less time on managing certificates of insurance.
How? Instantly share that policy with anyone you'd like (log into your account, and share your certificate of insurance via email or with a unique link). This then lets a homeowner or anyone else view a "live" version of their certificate of insurance.
Click
here to log in now
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ACHP Members Training Videos
The ACHP Sharpening Project -
"Iron sharpens iron"
Have you ever video recorded your home improvements and repair skills? Would you like to? If so, ACHP has a video "how to links" in the Members Area that could use more member videos. It helps others visualize correct practices and allows you to give back to our craft; "give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime". Please pass your skills along to preserve what others passed to you.
To participate, please send a link to your YouTube, Vimeo, etc video here.
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Did You Know???
ACHP is partnered with the below suppliers and many others
. Click image to sign up or purchase a product. IT'S FREE !!!!!!
For Think Realty suppliers, select "Intro Level-Free" at sign up!
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Check Out Our Updated Blog Content
Every week, we are adding new blog posts that are consumer-friendly that cover a wide range of home improvement topics to draw in more traffic from search engines. Our goal is to bring consumers to the ACHP site, who will then have an opportunity to use our Handyman Professional directory to find their next hire. Click here to visit the blog.
Have a topic you'd like us to cover on the blog? Email the idea to ACHP communications advisor at service@handymanassociation.org
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Exclusive Member Resources and Opportunities
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All ACHP Members are now eligible to install Garage Gator
Garage Gator and ACHP have a program for those who wish to add a new skillset and more revenue to their business. Log in to your ACHP account ("My Account"), click on the Gator icon.
Garage Gator serves US and Canada
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Promo1America - Promotional Branding Consultants
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Promo1America is happy to partner with the members of the Association of Certified Handyman Professionals and offer a significant discount on promotional items. They offer a tremendously broad range of categories and products with your logo on!
Meghan Faulkner
Branding Consultant
Promo
1
America
We make
YOU
look good!
Toll Free Ph/Fax: (877) 703-9460 Ext. 6505
Web: www.promo1america.com
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My Lifter
ACHP teams up with myLifter. 10% off on all products for ACHP members. Show your customers, they will love this. Easy installation. Click the link under the logo to see how it works. Get the Promo code by logging into your "My Account" area
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More Member Resources.
Log in to access!
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Check out The ACHP Store!
Items such as ACHP shirts, hats, decals, and more.
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ACHP Member Referral Program. Refer new members and earn. To Read more about the program, login to My Account and click on the ACHP Member Referral Program icon at the bottom of the page.
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Don't Forget to check out the new educational Online Training video's in the My Account section. Is there something else you're looking for?
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Member Knowledge Base Videos.
ACHP has created a place to add your own helpful videos for others to use and learn. Get involved in your trade association and share your knowledge.
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ACHP Member Exams. Test your skills. This is a difficult exam to pass and more geared for the contractor. Test your knowledge. |
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Select your wording carefully. Most people scan their emails very quickly. Keep your paragraphs to seven lines or less. If you have more information, include a link to your website where your readers can get further details.
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