NACHI member gets 8 inspection jobs from InspectorSEEK last month alone!

[Nick Gromicko]

Adam, what software package or hosting function are you using to track where your website traffic is originating from to an accuracy by which you are able to post the number of leads you are getting? Tell us please.

[Nick Gromicko]

HOLY CRAP! Now that is funny! Adam!!!! I just checked. YOU DON't EVEN HAVE ONE!!!! (a website).

Of course no consumer surfing the web is going to be led to your site... IT DOESN'T EXIST.

My God man, at least set up the free one you get with NACHI membership http://www.InspectorPages.com and put it in your profile http://www.nachi.org/profileintro.htm

And the winner for the most mind-boggling post ever made.... Adam Slimack... come on down!

[Adam J. Slimack]

Pardon me Nick. I thought this was referring to the Inspectorfinder which as i recall, wasn't website reliant. My misunderstanding. To explain, recently let my prefab website run its course due to dissatisfaction with it, and am having a new one construced as soon as i get a few consectutive days off.

As far as most mindboggling posts ever, i would venture to bet a vote among members would confirm you are still the king.

[Nick Gromicko]

King? Sounds like my kind of title... I'll take it.

[Adam J. Slimack]

Consider it done, your 'Majesty'.

Seriously though, what about the InspectorSeek? Ive been pretty busy and not up to date on the goings on around here. What is the difference between the 'Findainspector' and 'InspectorSeek'?

[Nick Gromicko]

The two were created to end a long argument on our old message board. The two arguements were in brief:

"My neighbor just had his home inspected by a NACHI member who lives 40 miles away! This is B.S.!"

and

"I live 40 miles away from a major city and should be able to be listed there, where I want to work, not where I sleep! This is B.S.!"

So we built a site for each, one that searches on your primary zip www.InspectorSEEK.com and one that searches on your market area http://www.FindanInspector.us (using http://www.nachi.org/tipsforzips.htm).

We recently added another major site which searches on the services you offer http://www.InspectorLocator.com using www.nachi.org/ancillary.htm

And if your read above, we are converting www.FindaGoodHome.com to a buyer advice site that searches where only members who know about it, enter their info and market area they wish to serve.

Nick

P.S. Do I get to pick a Queen?

[Adam J. Slimack]

Thanks for the info. I should be able to re-schedule a meeting with my new website guy this week. (Had to cancel the 1st one) I'll look into this this week, as i'm almost caught up on the inspections. Fortunately for me, i've had a great spring, even without the help of the mystical InspectorSeek.

"P.S. Do I get to pick a Queen?"

You wil have to submit a list of 3 potential 'Queens', and the Ethics Commitee will meet and make the final decision.

[jmichalski]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Joe M.

I checked your site. Google lists only 2 sites that link to yours and they are both NACHI-owned: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...nspection.net/

Futhermore, www.FindanInspector.US, www.InspectorSEEK.com and www.InspectorLocator.com all link to your site... and they are of course NACHI-owned sites.

There appears to be NO other links on the internet that link to your search engine-buried inspection site (other than those owned by NACHI).... Therefore one could say that ALL of your internet generated leads must have NACHI as their source of origin, no? Does the software or hosting service you are using to back track traffic source (to the point where you are able to post the exact number) indicate otherwise?

Nick,

Unlike many, I ask every client how they found me. A general response of "the internet" leads ot bit more prodding by me until I find out wither it was a Google link (determine whether it was a free link or paid per click ad), a Yahoo search (a free or paid per click ad) or NACHI variation.

My website also targets traffic for me so I can determine where links have been generated from.

I do not speak lightly on referrals and the sources thereof as I am very focused on ROI. NACHI has provided some (2 to date that I can verify - no others.) FOr those I am grateful.

This is not a lead generator for me. It is just that simple. For whatever reason - geography, number of inspectors in the region, lack of click throughs, whatever....

I have come to accept that the calue of NACHI for me lies in the BB - mostly Russel Ray's Marketing and the occasional wisdom of a more experienced inspector on an unusual item.

All leads - including leads from NACHI - are carefully targeted and I would be happy to relay my results to you.

Over 300 inspections in 20 months with NACHI - 2 leads directly from NACHI or NACHI sites.

[jmichalski]

Originally Posted by gromicko

I checked your site. Google lists only 2 sites that link to yours and they are both NACHI-owned

There appears to be NO other links on the internet that link to your search engine-buried inspection site (other than those owned by NACHI).... Therefore one could say that ALL of your internet generated leads must have NACHI as their source of origin, no?

FIrst, Nick, links from other sites are not how I develop internet traffic. OTherwise I would be praing people call up another site and then select mine - ineffective and hard to control return.

Second, I track results meticulously. I know that you do not know me and probably have not read my posts on organization, but for those that have, this will not surprize them. I have detailed and explicit notes on teh origin of all of my clients. Although some try to offer vague answers, I eventually elicit the proper source.

Finally, NO, although I know you would like to take credit for lead generations that occur on the web, the truth is that pay per click beat NACHI 78 to 2 over the last 20 months (if you really want details).

Oh, and Aprosite does offer some information about linking sites, although I use that for amusement purposes only. My clients provide the exact source of reference for me.

[Nick Gromicko]

Do any of your clients find you by way of your website?

[msylvester]

I have booked 5 inspections in the past 2 weeks directly from InspecktorSeek.com... for the year I am at 32 booked inspections just from the NACHI owned search engines..


Thanks Nick..

[wforsyth]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Joe:

Good news, I just hired an outside web design company to build us a homebuyer advice site. We own www.FindaGoodHome.com (which by the way gets 5 figure purchase offers from REALTORs every week). FindaGoodHome currently points to InspectorSEEK. We'll use FindaGoodHome's URL for the new homebuyer advice site instead of InspectorSEEK.com

Here's the kicker: I'll have it set up so that it doesn't automatically put in every NACHI member. Instead we'll announce instructions for members to enter themselves into it, that way only interested members are listed. AND... we'll let members enter any zip code they want. If a member lives in New York but wants to work in Anchorage, Alaska... the member can simply put an Anchorage zip or postal code in. AND... we will market it direct to homebuyers.

OK?

I'll start a new thread about it as soon as I have some progress. I'll delay the www.InspectorMALL.com project and get them on this new site for you instead.

You are totally awesome Nick! Thank you from lil ol' me.