Pay Per Call Marketing in Kings County, NY for General Contractors

Brooklyn callers tend to interview the contractor before the contractor gets to interview them. In a borough of 2,617,631 people (Source: census.gov), where plenty of owners have heard a renovation horror story from the people next door, the first minute of a project call is usually the caller's questions. How those get handled before the transfer decides whether you spend your first minute defending yourself or scoping the work.

"How much do you want up front?"

The state's consumer guidance tells homeowners not to pay the full amount at the start, and to get a written contract with start and finish dates, a scope and an itemized price (Source: dos.ny.gov). Brooklyn callers have read it. We do not quote your deposit terms for you; when a caller is plainly shopping payment schedules, the call notes say so, and you know to have that answer ready.

"Do you handle the plumbing as well?"

New York City plumbing runs on the Master Plumber License, and other plumbers work under a master plumber (Source: nyc-business.nyc.gov). A bathroom gut needs one, so we ask whether you have a master plumber in-house or a regular one you sub to. A caller whose job is mostly a pipe repair with a little tiling at the end is a plumber's call, not yours, and it is not connected or billed.

"Can somebody come today?"

Winter in the city "brings cold, snow, and ice" (Source: nyc.gov), and the cold-weather calls are about a ceiling down under a frozen line or a parapet letting meltwater into a top floor. Before a call like that goes through, three things are settled: who owns the building, whether the water has been stopped, and whether an insurer has been told. A tenant reporting the leak is pointed to the landlord, and that call costs you nothing.

"Are you even near me?"

Kings County is Brooklyn, one borough, but it has neighbours on every side: Queens to the north and east, Manhattan and Staten Island across the water. A Bushwick caller can be giving an address a few blocks over the Queens line, and a Bay Ridge caller may have a second property on Staten Island they also want priced. The street address on the call is checked against the neighbourhoods you named, from Sunset Park to Coney Island, and anything outside them is not routed to you.

What does reach you

A live owner, or someone who can sign for one, connected to your business alone. It is exclusive: once routed to you, the call is not offered to another Brooklyn contractor. Their answers travel with it: neighbourhood, own or rent, emergency or planned, a budget range, a start month, and whether they have already asked about deposits or a master plumber.

Not connected and never billed: a permit or landmarks question with no project behind it, someone wanting a firm number for a whole brownstone before any plans exist, and work in a building whose owner has not agreed to it.

The New York rule for a general contractor taking calls in Kings County: The NYS Department of State says: "NYS does not license home improvement contractors, but some counties and local municipalities do"; There is no state general contractor licence; the licence that matters is the county or city one for the address of the job (Source: dos.ny.gov).

Brooklyn, for a general contractor working these calls: New York City requires a Home Improvement Contractor licence from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP): "A person or business must have a Home Improvement Contractor license to do construction, repair, remodeling, or other home improvement work to any residential land or building in New York City"; Applicants post a $20,000 surety bond (or enrol in the Trust Fund, $200 fee), pass a 30-question exam, and the licence period is 2 years (Source: nyc.gov).

Worth knowing as a general contractor buying calls in Kings County: The NYS Department of State's consumer guidance: "You have three days to cancel after signing a contract for home improvements," and cancellations must be in writing; It also advises a written contract with start and finish dates, scope of work and itemized price, and not paying the full amount upfront (Source: dos.ny.gov).

Calls go only to general contractors who can lawfully take the job in Kings County.

Places in Kings County the general contractor call campaign covers, as the source lists them: Brooklyn neighborhoods: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Bushwick, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Flatbush, Coney Island.

The same pay per call service for general contractors in the counties next to Kings County: General contractors in Queens County, General contractors in New York County, General contractors in Richmond County.

Other trades we run calls for in Kings County: Locksmiths, Roofers, HVAC & Air Conditioning Companies, Plumbers, Mobile Mechanics, Painters, Exterminators & Pest Control, Property Management Companies.

Kings County is one of the 64 counties we cover for general contractors, and every one is listed on the General Contractors pay per call index.