International Association of Certified Home InspectorsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
InterNACHI Offers Members Online Marketing Resource to Grow Business
ServiceMagic partnership provides opportunity to target online consumers
Golden, CO (June, 2004) – The International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI) today announced it has formed a partnership with ServiceMagic, Inc, a leading online marketplace connecting homeowners to prescreened home service professionals, including home inspectors, residential contractors, and other local service professionals. Through the partnership, InterNACHI members will be able to grow their business in a cost-effective and strategic manner by accessing the ServiceMagic network to target consumers in their area looking for home inspectors.
ServiceMagic creates a connection between ready-to-buy consumers and its member businesses that are matched to the consumer’s service request. The company currently operates nationally, attracting over 3 million consumers to its Web site each month and facilitating more than 125,000 monthly service requests to its member businesses – on average 650 are specifically for home inspection needs.
"InterNACHI has over 9,400 national members," said Nick Gromicko, Executive Director from InterNACHI. "Through our partnership with ServiceMagic we will bring reputable and certified home inspectors to their extensive consumer-based network and InterNACHI will provide our members with an extremely beneficial service that can impact their businesses growth and development."
InterNACHI has decided to work with ServiceMagic because of its large national presence and leverage in attracting a substantial number of homeowners looking to hire service professionals. In addition, in a recent survey, ServiceMagic found that service professionals who have used its service for at least a year have, on average, increased their revenue by 28 percent. The association sees the relationship as one more source of lead generation that will provide its members with several new prospects and an additional marketing outlet to add to their program.
For more information, InterNACHI Association Members can visit http://www.servicemagic.com/ext/363362. All members who enroll via this link will receive a special introductory offer to join the ServiceMagic network.
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