There are five ways traffic is driven to ConnectedContractors.com:

1. Marketing Cooperative – a portion of your membership fee is re-invested into our advertising program in your area

2. Co-branding by Sponsor – your local sponsor is the only business listed in its core business in your area. Growing the network is in the sponsor’s best interest. Your local sponsor will incorporate ConnectedContractors’ message into its advertising campaign and educate its current customers about the advantages of doing business via ConnectedContractors.com.

3. Viral Marketing – every time a business template or email form is used, ConnectedContractors brand and name recognition grows

4. Word-of-mouth referrals from business partners – businesses that do a good job are often asked for recommendations when the customer is shopping for other goods and services. If you’ve been in business any length of time, you’ve probably given out hundreds of verbal referrals. Now you and your local network of partners can point customers and prospects to ConnectedContractors.com. The network grows, and so will your future opportunities.

5. Homeowners and facility managers are challenged to find responsive, professional vendors. These key customers share positive experiences with their friends and colleagues. Word-of-mouth referrals from satisfied consumers are another source of web traffic at ConnectedContractors.com.

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ConnectedContractors.com is backed up at 24-hour intervals, at three separate physical locations. There is a month-long backlog of copies. However, it is highly recommended, and in the member’s best interest to make printed hard copies of mission-critical documents.

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$300/year

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No charge... classified, coupons (8 max posted at one time), employment and real estate ads are included with membership. You can edit, delete or add posted information at your convenience.

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No charge ...no additional costs, upgrade fees, installations or download. ConnectedContractors.com has an extensive roadmap of products in development and we strive to add as much value to your membership as possible.

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Your business may be listed in as many as 3 categories within your directory, as part of your annual base membership fee. Each additional listing is available at a cost of $50/year/listing.

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Click the Add Categories link found in your Member Dashboard.

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We’ll add it at no additional charge to you! Please send an email request to info@connectedcontractors.com. Remember to include your company and contact info, local marketplace (ex: Orange County, NY) and the name of the new category that would best describe your business.

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Sorry, but due to programming limitations, two memberships would be required, with two separate email addresses. For instance, if you operate a plumbing supply business that also offers plumbing services, and wanted to be listed under Plumbing in the Supplier AND Contractor directory, you would need two separate, unique membership accounts.

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Your business would apply for membership in each area you service. For example, if your business operates in Orange, Dutchess and Rockland counties in New York, you would apply for memberships in each county to ensure your entire customer base can take advantage of the convenience ConnectedContractors.com offers.

ConnectedContractors.com offers special rates for businesses that operate in a large geographical footprint such as franchises and chain stores. Please contact us for more information: info@connectedcontractors.com.

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Yes! ConnectedContractors.com offers re-seller agreements to trade associations and a variety of other organizations. Please contact us for more information: info@connectedcontractors.com.

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Yes! ConnectedContractors.com’s logo and tagline are ready for your use upon request. All applications of ConnectedContractors.com’s logo and tagline must be approved before they are put to use.

For a sample pack of co-branded collaterals, or to request camera-ready art, please contact us info@connectedcontractors.com.

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Our directories are organized by seniority, not alphabetically. And there is no bidding on key words. So if your company is listed lower in your directory category then you would like you could use other ConnectedContractors.com features such as coupons or classifieds. Utilizing other ConnectedContractors.com business templates and email forms can increase awareness for your business.

An important difference between proposals and invoices created on NCR paper, and those created on a ConnectedContractors form is that the latter carries your website and can easily be forwarded by a satisfied customer to a prospect.

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ConnectedContractors.com offers a certification program. We take a personal up-close look at your business credentials to verify the information for accuracy. Your business earns a special trade label that is added to your ConnectedContractors.com directory listing(s) so that all visitors know that your business provided documented proof and meets our membership standards.

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Detailed instructions on Certification can be found by clicking the corresponding link in your Member Dashboard, followed by clicking on the blue On Screen Help icon.

As a quick summary, the following documentation must be uploaded, emailed or faxed:

• Upload: Scanned files saved to your desktop
• Email: info@connectedcontractors.com
• Fax: 732.444.4326
• Certificate of 1,000,000 General Liability Insurance naming ConnectedContractors 31 Edenville Rd Warwick, NY 10990 as additional insured
• Certificate of Worker’s Compensation Insurance
• Official document (state or federal tax, incorporation certificate, license) proving a 2-year business history
• County or State Business License (as required by local law)

Please note, the address on your current certificate of insurance must match the address used in your directory listing AND that address must be verifiable by Google Maps. PO Boxes are not acceptable for Certification. Please note, in order to maintain the Certification Trade Label this process must be repeated annually. Only one certification per company per year required – example: if your company maintains memberships with three ConnectedContractors.com marketplaces, the company is required to be authenticated ONCE per year to receive the Certification Trade Label for all of your directory listings across all three marketplaces.

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ConnectedContractors.com uses the local sponsorship model to ensure a real-world presence on the ground in each geographic region we service. Our local sponsors have exclusive rights over applicant memberships. This exclusivity can be exercised in cases where the applicant’s poor reputation is well documented or if the applicant has an unfair competitive advantage over the sponsor.

ConnectedContractors.com always has the final word when it comes to which companies are listed on our website, and we retain the right to edit our database as needed. Please view the membership contract (found on the Registration Page) for more details.

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Applications are processed in the order they are received. A business is posted to the directory when all documentation is complete and payment has been received in full.

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ConnectedContractors.com is an informational resource much like a phone book or newspaper ad. ConnectedContractors.com DOES NOT arbitrate in cases where project objectives are not met.

We are interested in the performance of the businesses listed on our network and will work towards ensuring consumer satisfaction. However, it is the responsibility of the consumer to ensure the terms and conditions of the project are specifically outlined to ensure expectations are clearly defined and met.

Business members that develop a reputation for poor service or non-responsiveness are refunded the balance of their annual membership fee and are de-listed from the website. If you’ve had a bad experience with one of our members, please email us at info@connectedcontractors.com and your comments will be kept on file as part of the member’s performance record. Likewise, positive experiences are catalogued in an effort to develop a broad understanding of the business member’s performance tendencies. We welcome these comments as well.

ConnectedContractors.com is currently building a comprehensive business rating system. Business members and consumers will be notified via email when this project is complete.

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We require that all ConnectedContractors.com consumers and members register, select a username/password and log in to ensure that all information submitted and requests made are authentic.

As a consumer or business member of ConnectedContractors.com, all registration information, profiles, e-mail messages, project information, transactions are strictly confidential, except where permitted by you for the necessary posting of information on this web site or for correspondence between you and a registered consumer/member. Accordingly, you are required to log in so that you may submit and retrieve confidential information specific to you or your business.

Consumer Registration is FREE, quick and easy! Just fill in the registration form and use the 'Register' button. We will instantly e-mail you an activation link. Go to your e-mail and retrieve your messages. You should receive a message from ConnectedContractors.com within an hour of registering. When you receive our e-mail, simply click on the activation link in the e-mail message to return to our ConnectedContractors.com web site and begin using our service for FREE!

Member Registration: A nominal annual fee entitles you to unlimited use and access to all of ConnectedContractors tools, features and information. Click here to learn about the registration process.

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Your privacy is very important to us. All registration information you provide to us will be kept strictly confidential and will be used solely by ConnectedContractors.com for the purpose of informing your company about our services. Your registration information will not be shared, given or sold to a third party for any purpose, including e-mail, direct mail, phone, fax or other marketing solicitations.

Information about you or your business is strictly confidential, except when requested by you or listed in our business member directory on this web site as permitted by your member agreement. E-mail messages and correspondence between individual members and consumers of ConnectedContractors.com is completely confidential and will not be monitored, logged, shared or forwarded to any third parties, except as permitted and directed by you.

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ConnectedContractors.com does not share, sell or forward your contact information in any way. If you do not want address or telephone information to appear on requests sent via ConnectedContractors.com business forms, you have the option of editing/deleting these fields after registration by clicking the edit link found in your account information area to the left of your Dashboard.

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In order for ConnectedContractors.com’s system to work, authentic email addresses are necessary. If you are protective of your everyday email account, you can always create a secondary account for public use with help from your internet service provider. Please remember that any correspondence sent or received via ConnectedContractors.com’s network, will always flow to the email address stipulated in your Registration Profile.

You can access On Screen Help for each feature on our web site by clicking the small blue box with the question mark symbol found near the title of each page. On Screen Help files are stored within the corresponding feature page ensuring that only information that is relevant to that particular tool is available on the screen. For your convenience On Screen Help files include a print option.

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A directory listing featuring the ConnectedContractors.com Certification Trade Label means that the business has provided documented proof that the company meets or exceeds our membership requirements.

Please note, ConnectedContractors.com, its employees, agents, partners or sponsors, do not endorse or recommend any business listed on our website, and certification is not intended as a substitute for comprehensive due diligence.

Visiting ConnectedContractors.com is just one step in the important process of due diligence that should be performed by any consumer before they buy goods and services from a local business.

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It’s easy. Get started by simply contacting us via email: info@connectedcontractors.com

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There are several advantages:

• Your business is the only company listed in the directory category that defines your core business, no competitors!
• Your business is listed first in other categories that describes what you do, and is the first selection option in the drop down lists that drive our project organizers – you get first crack at all local web traffic.
• Your banner ad is featured on every page of your local sub site.
• You provide a free, yet meaningful service to your current customers, prospects and vendors.
• Your company can gift as many as 50 free one-year business memberships to partners and key customers – a $15,000 value!
  • Your company builds instant goodwill with these partners and key customers.
• Your company is viewed as innovative and progressive, and as a leader in your community.

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First year: Free! The local sponsor’s primary responsibility is to co-brand their current operation with ConnectedContractors.com features and benefits. Simply re-tool your marketing message and you are underway.

Going forward, sponsorship fee is $15,000 per year, and may vary depending on the footprint of the region, the popularity of the category your business will dominate and the subsequent web traffic generated in your local marketplace.

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• Impeccable business reputation
• 7-Year Business History
• Co-branding your companies advertising and marketing program
• Minimum advertising budget of $50,000/year
• Background and Credit Check
• $2,000,000 in annual sales and/or Database of 2,000 active customers

Preferably, the sponsor would be in an ancillary business such as insurance, retail, financing, fleet or specialized equipment sales, or in a recurring maintenance service business, which is in close contact with customers at regular intervals.

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