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My preference would be that fewer businesses and all of my competitors NOT utilize the services of Construction Monitor. It is sufficient to know that my name is Dave, my business is construction related, and my marketing trade secret is the proper use of building permit information. Both my wife and I were schoolteachers of moderate means when my wife was forced to retire from teaching due to multiple sclerosis. Four years ago, we started our business so that I could also quit teaching and spend full time at home caring for my wife. With some simple commercial computer software and the files provided us by Construction Monitor we have been able to design which clients we target market, what geographical area we wish to target, and when we wish to receive business from selected areas. We have been able to choose clients and select the areas of our trade business, which are the most profitable and least time consuming. My wife handles the computer and telephone and I provide services and deliver product. We are doing significantly better than when we were teaching and I am able to be home more often than when I was a teacher. Increased control over our money and time has allowed us to double the company staff to include our two little boy’s ages 2 1/2 and 1. We now own our equipment and have build up sufficient assets to expand our business and take advantage of other opportunities in our business. I do NOT recommend Construction Monitor and their services to competitors in my area as others circumstances are certainly different from ours. I must confess, however, that the people at Construction Monitor have not only been helpful but also kind and flexible.
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Anonymous - Anonymous - Layton, UT
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I have found the Construction Monitor very up to date. I have used the valuable information to obtain more jobs and to gain a bigger customer base. Not only does the Monitor contain building permit information but also it categorizes it so that you can focus on your target customer. We have gathered building permits on our own from time to time but have found the Monitor very current. I know we get more business because we get the jump on our competition. I have been in the building supply business for 30 years and I know that the Monitor is one of the greatest tools we have to help us sell more contractors.
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Tom Gillett - Stock Building Supply - West Jordan, UT
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It has worked better than our company's own flyers that go out monthly! Construction Monitor is well worth the time and money! Our Santa Barbara store has benefitted immensely from it as well.
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Darcy Musso - Cinderella Carpets - San Luis Obispo, CA
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Being a subscriber to the Construction Monitor is very valuable for our members. Receiving current and accurate data on the building industry helps our members make important decisions that affect their companies’ bottom line.
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Deann Huish - Utah Valley Home Builders Assoc - Orem, UT
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Ence Homes has subscribed to the Construction Monitor since 1993. It has proven to be an invaluable source of market data. Before subscribing, I attempted to gather identical information myself. My personal efforts never resulted in the level of detail, reliability, and timing made available from your service. Your improvements in recent years to make the data available through the internet have proven to be a most valuable tool for me. Having both Dbase and Acrobat archive formats renders the data far more useful that just receiving your report on a weekly basis. Thank you for the reliability of the data. Thank you for your continuing efforts to enhance the service.
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Vince Clayton - Ence Homes - St George, UT
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We at Overhead Door Co. would just like to say that the Construction Monitor has been very beneficial and informative, as it has increased our overall sales tremendously.
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Carol Bradford - Overhead Door Co Of SW Idaho - Boise, ID
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The Construction Monitor is a great asset to our business. We use the report extensively in our sales effort.
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Mylan Savage, President - SS Savage Inc - Kaysville, UT
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I use the Construction Monitor to track building activity in the Spokane Region. Besides providing me with a handy weekly update of residential permits, the material for large commercial and industrial permit valuations allows me to summarize valuation volatility between periods. I am periodically interviewed by the local press, and asked to interpret the Spokane Regional economy. The Construction Monitor provides accurate information in a timely manner with relatively low effort on my part, allowing me to focus on the explanation the impact of construction have as one of key drivers of the economy. The opportunity to provide data, along with the richness associated with each specific permit, gives me an information edge that adds to richness of my commentary.
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Randy Barcus, Chief Economist - Avista Corp - Spokane, WA
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One of my responsibilities is to track student growth for our school district. The building permits report adds another important component to the methodology for projecting student enrollments. I appreciate the Construction Monitor's building permits.
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Dennis Johnson - Jordan School District - Sandy, UT
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Dear Construction Monitor: I would like to take this opportunity to express my support and endorsement to your publication. Since our subscription was initiated, our collective time and resources to consolidate city and county building permits in our marketing area, declined over 75%. Along with the cost savings, the accuracy of the information and timeliness of the report has enhanced our ability to respond faster to and for our customers. This report has produced for us far greater savings than its cost to us. Thanks again for a job well done.
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Don Allem - BMC West - Idaho Falls, ID
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I am most impressed by what ever you have done to improve the accuracy
of your publication. You have picked up on every permit I have pulled this
year. Great work! I feel better subscribing to your magazine knowing
you are reporting everything being built. Good job. Sincerely, Byron Bastian
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Byron Bastian, Owner - Bastian Homes - Washington, UT
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We install radiant heating systems and solar systems. We used to receive the weekly Builders Exchange Magazine for our leads. However, we would always receive a great number of returns of undelivered promotional pieces. Since using the Construction Monitor, we have had a significant reduction in undelivered mail. We have signed over $500,000.00 in new contracts since switching over and we can search out leads and print labels using your web page service. Thank you for your excellent work!
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Mike Emrich - Solarponics Inc - Atascadero, CA
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My name is Jim Frank. I am the CEO of Greenstone. The Construction Monitor has been very helpful to us in monitoring overall building permit activity in the region. We use the information when we update the banks providing our construction financing. The information is also very helpful in our competitive market analysis. Thank you for your excellent work!
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Jim Frank, CEO - Greenstone Homes & Neighborhoods - Liberty Lake, WA
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We find our subscription to the Construction Monitor beneficial to make contact with home improvement future customers as well as new homebuilders. With this method of personal contact we know what they are building or improving.
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Dolores Omartian - Perfecto Carpet Co - Visalia, CA
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In the 5 years I have subscribed to the Construction Monitor, I have found it to be an invaluable tool. Besides informing me of what is going on in my area, it has directed me to numerous new accounts many of which I sold without competition! Thank you for the great service you provide.
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Ed Taylor - System Concepts, Inc - Clovis, CA
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We have been subscribers to the Construction Monitor for over 5 years now and I wanted to let you know how important your reports are to our total marketing program. We sell Beam Vacuum Systems as well as intercoms and ironing centers. We have many competitors and it is important to get our name in front of the new homeowner as much as possible. We send a brochure packet to all building permits each week and then follow up with a sales call. The timeliness and accuracy of your reports has helped us do this very efficiently. We advertise in the newspaper and on the radio. We also attend seven home shows each year throughout Utah. Our direct mail program to building permits works with our other marketing efforts very well. Our business continues to grow and we credit the Construction Monitor for helping us to be successful. Keep up the good work!
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Enrico Dubach, Owner - Swiss Boy - Bountiful, UT
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I have been receiving information from the Construction Monitor for the last 5 years. Using the information provided by your service, I have been able to increase my new account business substantially. The commercial construction leads have allowed me to make first client contact at a time the consumer will be pricing the services and equipment my company provides. I would recommend any business interested in generating new leads develop a system utilizing the information provided by the Construction Monitor to increase their business base.
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Jeff Paul, Owner - The Phone Booth - Fresno, CA
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As a commercial appraisal firm, we have found your Construction Monitor to be invaluable for information on new construction activity in the Portland and Salem areas. It provides timely information with respect to new commercial projects, which can be difficult if not impossible to obtain from the municipal or county development departments. Your web site is well designed so that it is easy to access the information that we need. We like that we can sort by a variety of fields, depending on whether we are looking for information in a specific area, from a particular builder, or by type of property (retail, office, industrial). In addition, since the information is posted on your web site, we have access at any time that we need it, not just during "normal" business hours. We really appreciate the service you are providing.
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Paula Greer, Certified General Appraiser - Cassinelli/Jackson/LLC - Portland, OR
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Thank you so very much! Your publication is the best. I told my manufacturers rep about it and they signed on immediately. Good job!
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Bob Balder, Sales Manager - Fireside Distributors - Kent, WA
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The Construction Monitor is one of my key tools. The permits are still hot, they are accurate, organized in a format that is logical and easy to use, and all the information I need is included. The website is fantastic, offering TONS of information in any format I need. It is easy to get around in and loads quickly. I can look up information by builder, area, date, anything I need (Power Search is killer). The information is presented in a manner that is easy to read, easy to access, easy to print, and I can change my search criteria in a snap. I know exactly when the permits will be posted and schedule my work around it. The staff at the Construction Monitor are responsive, progressive, and proactive. The only problem I have with Construction Monitor is that they have not yet expanded to cover all my markets, despite my pleading on bended knee. Our markets (the Boise and Salt Lake City areas) that are covered by Construction Monitor have a better saturation, and I feel we have a better picture of these areas using this tool.
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Sally Jo - A Company Inc - Boise, ID
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The Construction Monitor has helped our company stay on top of the garage door market in our area. We often find builders we contact will be happy to get a price from us, and then by our contact and product information, we often gain a new customer. Without the Monitor, we would not be able to find these builders at the time when they need our services. Thanks for the good work!
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Clint Hanley, Manager - Kalispell Overhead Door Service - Kalispell, MT
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Construction Monitor has been great for me. I receive accurate and timely information every week, and you are always responsive to my questions. Construction Monitor has definitely made our permit billing process much easier. Thank you for all your efforts. I look forward to continuing our excellent relationship.
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Bobbi Bergston, Membership Department - MBA of King & Snohomish Counties - Bellevue, WA
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Dear Construction Monitor,
every week we eagerly anticipate the new Construction Monitor. Once we receive it, we simply highlight the builders to whom we have not yet sent a promotional letter, and the letters go out the following day. It is less time consuming, less costly, and less burdensome than cold calling and driving to and from looking for leads, and MORE hopeful than waiting around for someone to call US. The letters have yielded as much as a 10 percent response some weeks and the Monitor's yearly subscription rate is easily paid for in any given month. Thanks for your service; it has opened up many doors for us and we would not consider going without it ever again.
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Troy Campbell, General Manager - Gorton Construction - CDA, ID
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Valley Distributors is a family owned and run store, lumberyard, and door shop. Every week, we print up the Construction Monitor (Fridays) and distribute it throughout the company. The Monitor is used for finding new leads and to offer material bidding and growth information, as well as to monitor our sales force concentration upon each area. With outside and inside sales staff making calls, we are able to canvas areas we would only have skipped over in the past. Thanks for everything. ...
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Todd Anderson, Manager - Valley Distributors - Turlock, CA
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Construction Monitor helps us receive new contractors and for every 30
packets, we send out with are product line we receive about 70% of those jobs. The Construction Monitor is a very successful tool and I would recommend it to any business. Thank you.
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Kathie - Intermountain Ornamental - West Jordan, UT
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We have found our subscription to be a great tool with our sales department. It has become a valuable implementation to our weekly strategies. Construction Monitor has truly been an asset to us.
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Ann M Marie - Medallion Industries Inc - Portland, OR
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Thanks for your service when I have called on the phone. Everyone has been
very professional, polite and patient. Keep up the good work. I appreciate the wonderful tool the Construction Monitor is to our business. Thank you!
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Tom Trump - All Purpose Windows & Doors - St George, UT
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I get a TON OF WORK out of the Construction Monitor. Each week I will mail about 50 flyers to permit holders within 10 to 15 miles from my office and 5 to 10 will call me. Sometimes I get so busy I don't have a chance to mail flyers from the new lists each week but I always know I have an incredible system for finding new projects if work should ever slow down. Thanks for your great service!
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Fred Hoover, Owner - Hoover Wallboard - Gresham, OR
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The Construction Monitor allows us to intimately follow new construction as it happens. We can not only pick up new builder business but insure that our current builder customers continue business with us. We have found over the years that, unlike many other information services, the Construction Monitor information is very real and credible. We highly recommend their service to anyone in the Title Industry.
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Robert Anderst - Pioneer Title - Nampa, ID
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The Construction Monitor has been a tremendously powerful tool to track builders' activity. Getting the information via email has given me the opportunity to jump on the information quickly. It allows me to pursue new customers and also helps me keep the customers that I currently have.
I find the Construction Monitor a very valuable and powerful asset to our business and would higly recommend their service to anyone in the title industry.
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Jim Rauber - Chicago Title - Visalia, CA
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Dennis Ward, Owner - Closet Organizers - Midvale, UT
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To whom it may concern,
I work for an insulation company in the Wasatch Front and use the Construction Monitor to make my living! I love the option you give under the Building Reports section of your web site. The building report form stops short of having the information I need. Can you add builders names & owner-builders names and phone numbers to the list, or at least an option? I am sure that this will be a great benefit for me and for others that use your service. I will attach an example that took me some time to put together. You probably have the capability to do it much quicker. Thank you for your time.
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Ted Pulley, Salesman - Hansens All Seasons Insulation - Lindon, UT
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Thanks Dave. We’ll be very interested when LV comes about. We’ve been doing business there for over 5 years and found it to be a very lucrative area given all of the construction going on there. We were recently exhibiting at the Pacific Coast Builder’s Conference in San Francisco and there were quite a few companies that service the area in attendance. I have attached a copy of our logo for the “Marketplace”. I tried last week to upload the image but experienced problems doing so. Again, thank you for your quick response and to let you know that we are very satisfied with your services and look forward to continuing our subscription.
Best Regards,
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Earl Rivard, Marketing Manager - The Glass Block Company - Phoenix, AZ
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We have had great success with the report!
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Craig Lundgren, Owner - Windows Doors & More - Seattle, WA
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The Construction Monitor is the ultimate tool in the construction business! Contractors call each other and compete for those top positions, saying such things to each other as: "I edged you out this week. I'm one step above you." They take the issue to the bank to use for leverage for loans.
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Elizabeth, Executive Secretary - Buena Vista Custom Homes - Lake Oswego, OR
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Hi. I recieve and use the Construction Monitor for Denver Metro. I have just renewed my subscription, and thought I would take this opportunity to tell you folks about one little problem I have. In the Denver Metro edition typeface, a r next to a n looks almost identical to a m. Pretty hard to tell apart. Just a thought. Other than that though, I am very happy with your service. We generate a lot of business off of your leads. Thanks!!
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Darin Dickinson, President - Rocky Mountain Insulation - Englewood, CO
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May 6, 2003. To Whom It May Concern, We just wanted to take a moment to share with you what a positive addition the ‘Construction Monitor- Wasatch Front (Utah) Edition’ has been for our company. We have found the CM to be accurate, timely, and very informative. It has been a valuable tool for our sales and marketing. We would recommend the CM to any company looking to further their sales opportunities. Thank you for your time.
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Michelle Martin - Universal Business Systems - Midvale, UT
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The Construction Monitor has been a huge asset to my business. It has enabled me to not only seek out new business, but also better prepare for the business we currently have. I would recommend this publication to anyone who wants to better their stand in their marketplace.
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Rob Reed - South Central Pools - Clovis, CA
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Dear Construction Monitor,
I've been using your service (Portland-Vancouver area) for 6 months or so now and it has more than paid for itself. I am very happy to be able to target my advertising so specifically now.
Are there any plans to expand your coverage to take in the Bend area or some of the Oregon coast?
Thanks,
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Keith Hansen, Owner - Hansen Drywall - Newberg, OR
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Dear Construction Monitor I want you to know how much I appreciate the information supplied by The Construction Monitor. In the past, I used to go to the planning department, go through all of the permits, and try to glean all of the information relating to new construction and kitchen remodels, so that I could solicit their business, when the builders and the homeowners were considering purchasing kitchen appliances. It was a monumental task! The Construction Monitor supplies more information and covers more areas than I could have covered in weeks, all in one quick and easy report that comes every week like clockwork. You have made my life a whole lot easier. I also am very pleased with the response I get from being able to contact the right decision makers at the right time. Other reports like the Dodge Reports need to learn from you. Thanks for your services.
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Harry Hart - California Built In Distr South - Pinedale, CA
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We use the Construction Monitor for all of our direct marketing. The information it provides us is invaluable to our company's success.
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M Savage - SS Savage Inc - Kaysville, UT
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To whom it may concern, I have been involved with your service for 3 years in the Wasatch front area of Utah. The information gathered, is used weekly if not daily. My favorite tool to use is the top builder report. The information gives me a chance to break down different markets for forecasting, as well as helps to provide contact information on perspective clients. The result in my trade is to be able to share information with sub contractors who do not yet have a tool such as this to contact the builders for quicker bidding. Another tool I use is the building reports by county. I keep a 4-year record of accomplishment on permits & values in each county. This helps to identify market changes from area to area. This service as helped to show our strong points as well as our weakness to be built on. Please continue to do a fantastic job on gathering such useful information.
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Dave Palmer, Sales - Jack B. Parson Co - Murray, UT
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I have had many customers come into the showroom and ask how I knew they were building a house or remodeling their home. I tell them that I subscribe to the Construction Monitor, and how this paper helps me to target my advertising dollars, and only to those who might need my products and services. I have found that I am more effective in the business world because I have used the Construction Monitor for over 1-1/2 decades at the different companies I have worked. I have also recommended the Construction Monitor too many other businesses as a prime source of contacts. Every person that I have told about your services, over the years has thanked me for the advice. You definitely provide a needed service as far as I am concerned. Thank you for your paper; I have used it in many states and counties.
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Richard Creagh - Canyon Creek Cabinet Corp - Monroe, WA
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Competitive advantage in today's marketplace can be summed up in a single phrase: it is all about quality information fast. Our businesses' success relies on our ability to analyze market and consumer data effectively and efficiently. The Construction Monitor is a tremendous resource for us and gives us the opportunity to analyze our market more quickly and more comprehensively than ever before. The Construction Monitor and their data sorting functions are invaluable tools that help us streamline our market planning and assist our sales teams focus on the right prospects at the right time. The result: attainment of individual sales revenue goals week after week and increased company profitability over the long term.
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Steve Inch, Director Of Marketing - Western Woodwork Inc - Boise, ID
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March 21, 2003. Dear Construction Monitor, our company produces precast concrete window wells and fence for residential and commercial use. Each week we have the Construction Monitor for our area e-mailed to us. From that, we are able to send information to owner-builders as well as contractors about our product. After the information is mailed, a sales representative will follow up with the customer to inquire about an order. We have found that having this tool with the building permit information has been priceless, as many of our customers who never knew that our products were available until they received the mailing. Thank you.
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Jennifer Christiansen, Administrative Assistant - Owell Precast - Sandy, UT
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To whom it may concern, As a small flooring business, we are always on the lookout for new construction or remodeling projects. By using the Construction Monitor to track new job sites and giving us the potential future customer's name and address we are able to make contact with them before they just go to the big people, We average 9 to 12% callbacks from our mail outs. I find the Construction Monitor a very successful tool to use and plan to keep subscribing.
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Bob Jacobson - Cubco Door - Provo, UT
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Dear Construction Monitor: As a long time subscriber to your service(s) I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the quality of service that Judy Thornberg puts into your product. Time after time, I find that the information is not only accurate but also extremely complete. When I cold call, using the C.M. biweekly sheet(s), I find that the information gets me past the receptionist, call screeners, etc. and right to the decision maker. (I usually have more information than the decision maker does). Even if the person name listed on the permit is not the decision maker (for my line of work), they are so impressed with my intro. That they have no problem referring me on to the person I need to talk with! That is refreshing for me. At age, 42 I do not want to sound foolish when "hunting" for new business. Keep up the good work! In addition, God bless America and all those who serve in the Armed Forces and Security Forces.
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Jeff Paul - The Phone Booth - Fresno, CA
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Dear Construction Monitor, We have been using the construction monitor for less than a year, but I am sold on the product. We benefit in several ways from the services that you offer. The weekly reports give us a heads up on new construction that is happening in 3 of the 4 counties that we cover. Being able to pinpoint a specific house using the search feature on the website is quite beneficial. Finally, each year we hold a contractor's BBQ for the builders we do business with. We always try to invite new contractors, so we can introduce them to our products and services. The list and mailing labels that can be generated by the Construction Monitor make this job simple. Thank you for making our job easier.
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David McKinnon, Manager - Bingham Propane - Blackfoot, ID
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I started using The Construction Monitor in December of 2001. It was the faxed version. We would use it exclusively for leads and send letters of interest to 15 or 20 prospects weekly. The decision was made by looking through the listings and picking out individual jobs, hand writing an envelope, logging in the name in our sheet and repeating this the following week. Now the Construction Monitor "Mailing Labels" feature writes my addresses for me. By I using the online service, I am sending out 90 or so letters and flyers, using the "Mailing Labels" option. I save a copy of the label sheet and put it in the binder for the log. No more do I hand write the log or envelopes. No more, mistakes when writing addresses. I get more mailings, quicker. My response is about 3 to 5 percent to the mailings. The Construction Monitor "Top Builder" report gives me the information that I need! I can target specific jurisdictions for builders, specific dollar values for projects, in any date range that I choose, then approach those builders for those jobs. We pull this report weekly. The Construction Monitor "Power Search" feature hunts down the builders name for me! I can phone in an address to my office and get the builder's name and phone number in the field for contact information now rather than visiting a jobsite and hoping that the right person is going to be there. The Construction Monitor is easy to receive! The Construction Monitor is faxed and e-mailed to me weekly. I can save the PDF and look up information quickly if our fax machine blurs a line or two or if I need to zoom in on a line. The Construction Monitor compiles and sorts the leads for me! I have gone to the permit centers at the county and city. I have gone to plan rooms and waded through those stacks of plans looking for leads. I used to spend more time running around looking for jobs and less time selling. The Construction Monitor is a true sales tool! I do not know what I would do without The Construction Monitor each week; it is the most accurate, most complete source available. The Construction Monitor helps me choose my customers! Thank you!
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Jeff Pierson II - Crown Door & Supply - Portland, OR
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The Construction Monitor is a useful resource for tracking new home construction. On a weekly basis, I now know which builders are building, where they are building, and how many they are building. The best part is that the report is e-mailed to me weekly in both Adobe PDF and database formats allowing me to view and analyze the data more thoroughly.
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David Zollinger, Sales Manager - Ivory Homes - Salt Lake City, UT
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Dear Construction Monitor,
we are very happy with the results. The leads we get are of excellent quality, contain reliable information, are well organized, and easy to work with. Thank you for the excellence!
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Kevin Kartak, President - AAA Kartak Glass - Everett, WA
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I have been using the construction monitor for a number of years. I am convinced that it is a significant contribution to our business success. I make a number of mailings throughout the year to people who pull buildings in our area. We own a retail mom and pop stove and spa store in north Idaho. I believe it is money well spent. 1225 Michigan St. Sandpoint ID 83864, Fax 208-263-0582, www.mountainstove.com, Email: mtnstove@bossig.com.
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Jim Fulling - Mountain Spa & Stove - Sandpoint, ID
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