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KtwoGeneral Member

asked in Ideas & inspiration for business owners

Skimmer for repair only

Hey community, I do Liners, repairs and landscaping only. Would skimmer be a good solution for The liner and repair portion of this. Any insight would be helpful thank you everybody.

3 days ago

JoeNew Member

asked in Ideas & inspiration for business owners

Marketing by Pool Monopoly

Considering using Pool Monopoly. Does anyone here use them? What’s been your experience?

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3 days ago

Chlorine KingSkimmer Verified Partner

asked in Life on the road

What do you lose out of your truck the most when in transit?

For me, it’s the dang Taylor test kits. I’ve launched mine like 100 times. I keep mine in the back of my riptide. I’ll be just driving along not paying attention to this camouflaged speed bumps… hit one and launch my kit all over the road. My buddy in this video was driving me to drop off one of my trucks to be wrapped and we got to launch his too ;) I’m curious to what you guys lose out of your trucks. Is it random stuff or something that seems to be consistent?

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18 days ago

bradengeis6New Member

asked in Ideas & inspiration for business owners

Vaccum

What does everyone use for their vac? Riptide or Hammerhead?

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18 days ago

AtlasPoolsGeneral Member

asked in Ideas & inspiration for business owners

Building your own direct mail list

Kudos to Skimmer for doing so much for the industry, not just in the product, but the webinars and other resources available. One marketing option that doesn’t seem to get much detail on is direct mail. My highest return has been in quality postcards sent to a very highly targeted, self generated list. Using software like Propstream (built for real estate investors), you can target exactly where and who you want to be talking to and create a list specific to your business. In my case, I’m looking for homes worth $850k+, with pools, in specific zip codes. You can be more precise and even draw out your target area if desired. I download that info, do some spreadsheet magic to dumb it down for Vistaprint then design a postcard and send out about 2500 pieces per mailing using Vistaprint’s inhouse mailing system. Not the cheapest way to go, but it is easy and relatively fast. Typical cost is $100 per month for Propstream (if you want to generate new lists often, otherwise buy a month then c

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