Marketing Strategy for Small Business » Vendor Bullshit http://www.constructionmarketingblog.com Your Marketing Strategy Resource Blog Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Contractor Marketing – Just Do It Now and We’ll Add It to the Next Invoice http://www.constructionmarketingblog.com/construction-marketing/contractor-marketing-just-do-it-now-and-well-add-it-to-the-next-invoice/ http://www.constructionmarketingblog.com/construction-marketing/contractor-marketing-just-do-it-now-and-well-add-it-to-the-next-invoice/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 18:15:59 +0000 admin http://www.constructionmarketingblog.com/construction-marketing/contractor-marketing-just-do-it-now-and-well-add-it-to-the-next-invoice/ Hey contractors, subcontractors, vendors and business owners…any of these situations ring a bell?

My favorite one is “We’ll go ahead and pay for this this time, but just show us how you made it, so we can do it again in-house, from now on.”

In the construction industry–especially lately–it’s a common occurance to get low-balled and otherwise manipulated by vendors, contractors, and subs. This video shows us how ridiculous these situations can be to construction companies and, really, all business owners.

More favorites:

1. We didn’t budget for this.

2. I mean, lunch at the taco stand was about $12. Sir, this is not the taco stand. Well, it was, I had beef… Sir, you had the filet. Yeah…cow.

3. I’m not making any money on this either.

4. We can do this. This is not a challenge. This is an opportunity.

5. Well I can cover your hard costs, but that’s really as far as I’m willing to go.

6. We’re gonna make it up on the next one.

Heard any of these before? How do you deal with these “opportunities” in your business?

(This video was brought to my attention by the awesome folks over at CenterNetworks.)

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