the four biggest problems that tradesmen in australia face

The 4 biggest problems every tradie faces when it comes to staying afloat and

growing in the Australian market.

1. Lack of capital for business growth

The “big four” problems that every Australian tradesman in small business aces and how to fix them without breaking the bank.A presentation from contractorsforhire.com.au


• The fact is that it is impossible to grow a business without enough capital to resource the expansion.

• We’re not just talking about financial capital though, we’re also talking about time capital.

• Most Aussie tradies that own their own business are still “on the tools” every day.

• Unless they get off the tools they can’t grow their business because they have no time.

• They can’t get off the tools until they can afford to replace themselves onsite though.

• 90% of Aussie contractors are stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to resourcing growth

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• Most people don’t expect to find themselves in this position when they start out in business.

• No one we’ve ever spoken to had the desire to “own their job” with “none of the perks” when they got going!

• If it was only possible for tradies to find a way to take the pressure of finding new business off their plates.

• 90% of the times a call comes in it’s a waste of time. • But if they don’t answer the phone then they’ve got no work.• Which just makes it all that much more frustrating.

Would you like to waste less of your time?


2. Not attracting the right kind of clients


2. Not attracting theright kind of clients

• Everyone we speak to tells us that they’re sick of driving for hours only to waste their time quoting someone with no money.

• Everyone we speak to tells us that they are sick of answering telemarketing calls while they’re on job sites because they’re afraid it might new business coming in.

• In reality most tradies only need one or two good jobs a week (or less) to make a good income, it’s wading through all the sludge to get there that is the problem!

Can you identify with any of that?


3. Huge learning curves


3. Huge learning curves

• Chances are that you didn’t learn a trade to be part accountant, part marketer, part IT manager and part office manager.

• Being in business is tough it really is a full time job just to manage a business, let alone working full time in it as well.

• If you are a professional tradesman you probably don’t know much about online or offline marketing. You’re probably much better at doing what you do best!

• That means that something has to give• And your business suffers as a result!

Do you ever wish you could just forget about all this stuff?


4. Too many tradies competing for the same business


4. Too many tradies competing for the same customers

• There are a lot of business owners chasing the same customers.• Look up plumbers in the Melbourne yellowpages and there are

230 results – how do you separate yourself from all that?• Look up earthmoving in a smaller city like Cairns and you’ve got

206 – your clients only need one.• Did you know that the top Google ad spot for the phrase

Emergency Plumber Melbourne costs over $7,000 a month?• Unless you’ve got a spare $90,000 lazing around in your account

you can’t compete with bigger players with big marketing budgets – it’s simply impossible!

Do you reckon it’s time you got a fair go?


The solution


The solution• You could go out and spend years learning all about online and

offline marketing, invest thousands of dollars in staff and put your overheads through the roof .

• We don’t think you should have to do that, and that’s why we only work with one tradie in each trade in each location.

• We believe in supporting your business and helping it grow, it’s about a partnership, teamwork and mutual benefit.

• We believe you should make 10x what we cost you and that that should start happening from month one.

• We don’t try to baffle you with bull, we know our results speak for themselves.

Are you ready to revolutionise your business, today?



The solution• We know that one more job each week would change most

contracting businesses in a huge way. • We don’t promise the world (or charge the earth), we promise

you that our entire team will work to achieve your goals.• We know that every business is different and we tailor what we

do to your needs.• As we mentioned we only work with one business in each trade

in each area – once it’s yours it is yours.• How would you like your business to be the only one in town

that’s getting all that extra business?

Would another $100,000 a year make a difference

for you?


Can you answer yes to these five questions:

1. Are you in a position to comfortably take on more clients?

2. Are you missing out on your fair share of local business because your competitors

have bigger marketing budgets?

3. Do you want an extra job a week starting tomorrow morning?

4. Are you ready to spend more time focusing on what you’re good at and less time

messing around with all the other stuff?

5. Are you going to be the one person in your area that we work with?

What’s next?

Was that 5 yeses? Ready to get started?All we need to do now is make a time to talk to you. You can visit our website at contractorsforhire.com.au/help-us-out/, give Adam a call on 0431 547 269 or send an email to [email protected] – just let us know what trade you’re in and what area you’re in and if we can help you grow your business we’ll get started right away!

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