More Bad Advice: “I’ve found some errors on your website…”

Do YOU get those “I found some errors on your website…” emails too? By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC I’ll bet you’ve received plenty of those email messages, WARNING you that your website has problems. Such as this one, that just came in this morning: My name is Joe and I am a Digital Marketing […]

Bad Advice from Good Marketing People (part 1)

You’ve Been Given Some BAD ADVICE from Well-Meaning Marketing People… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC I’ve spilled a lot of ink offering advice on the best ways to generate leads, build websites, setup auto follow up systems, and much, much more. But lately, I seem to be explaining to business owners why the well-intentioned advice they’ve heard […]

Low-cost SEO trick that actually WORKS

Here’s an easy, low-cost SEO trick that actually WORKS… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC            seo I was only half-joking when I said “The best way to make sure you show up at the top of Google is FIRST, make sure that you are at the top of […]

How to Spy on your PPC Guy…

How to Spy on your PPC Guy… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC     PPC Two weeks ago, I showed you how moving one of my pool builder clients from one PPC company to another allowed us to nearly double our results for the same amount of money. Today I’m going to show you […]

Comments from the 2017 IPSPE in Orlando…

Comments from the 2017 IPSPE in Orlando… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC I never really thought about this before, but if there are 1 million people working in the US swimming pool industry (a reasonable guess), and 10,000 people attend the annual International Pool Spa Patio Expo (a consistently accurate number), then that means 99% […]

The Hidden Power of a “Low Risk Offer”

The Hidden Power of a “Low Risk Offer”… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC A few weeks ago, I described the “3 Simple Secrets” for selling more swimming pools, which includes (1) a killer website, (2) a low-risk offer on that website, and (3) an automated follow-up system that “drips, drips, drips” on these prospects “until they buy […]

Automated Follow-Up – the Secret Weapon of Swimming Pool Marketing…

Automated Follow-Up – the Secret Weapon of Swimming Pool Marketing… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC Last week, I talked about the “3 Simple Secrets” for selling more swimming pools, namely (1) a killer website, (2) a low-risk offer on that website, and (3) an automated follow-up system that kicks into gear the moment […]

The 3 Secrets of Swimming Pool Marketing…

The 3 Secrets of Swimming Pool Marketing… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC A couple of years ago, I wrote a 42-page e-book called “7 Crucial Marketing Secrets Every Pool Builder Should Know.” I went into fairly lengthy detail regarding…well… the seven crucial marketing secrets that I think every pool builder should know. […]

Selling Pools: “You Had Me at Hello”

Here’s another tip to help designers sell more pools… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC Over the last 10 years or so, I’ve discovered a curious, magical phenomenon that frequently occurs in the process of selling a swimming pool. One of my clients succinctly described it as “You Had Me at Hello.” He’s referring […]

Get inside the Minds of Today’s Swimming Pool Buyers

Get Inside The Minds of Today’s Swimming Pool Buyers… By Brett Lloyd Abbott, Pool Builder Marketing LLC In 2015, The Association of Pool and Spa Professionals (APSP) initiated a research program with the world-famous Gallup organization to find out why U.S. pool owners bought their pools, and – more importantly – why non-pool owners DIDN’T […]