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Choosing a Contractor Considered - How to Write a Consumer Article on Hiring Contractors
Fri 25 Sep 2009 - 11:12
Choosing a Contractor Considered - How to Write a Consumer Article on Hiring Contractors
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lance_Winslow]Lance Winslow
As homeowners we often worry about our home improvement projects. Some of them we find ourselves feeling comfortable enough to do it without help after reading instructions, articles, or "how to books" on home improvement.
However, at other times we realize we simply do not have the expertise, skill, or craftsmanship to do the job ourselves. This means we have to hire a contractor to come in and help us. Unfortunately, we've all heard horror stories from our friends and neighbors about the problems involved in hiring contractors.
After all, not everyone who would be willing to contract to do home improvement services for you actually has a contractor's license. And once they start, you are pretty much stuck with them until they finish, and if you are happy with the job there can be a tremendous number of problems when payment is to be rendered. Lawsuits are no way to settle these arguments, but unfortunately a good many of them end up in court when there is a degree of shoddy workmanship.
This is a tremendous challenge and problem. However, it provides a great opportunity for online article authors that want to write consumer articles on how to hire contractors. People need this advice and they needed very badly.
When writing such articles it is best to give step-by-step instructions on how to ask friends for referral, how to negotiate the bidding process, how to pick the best bid for the best value, and not necessarily the lowest cost, as well as, how to handle complaints, or change orders in the middle of the process.
Over the years, I've written a good number of articles on this topic, and those are some of the recommendations that I would advise you include in your articles. Sometimes the consumers don't know which questions to ask, so they need to be told. You should list these questions that are of importance in your articles. Please consider all this.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the [http://www.worldthinktank.net]Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes that you should shop for contractors for your home, and shop online for food for any diabetes condition; [http://www.type1forum.com]diabetes food.
Note: All of Lance Winslow's articles are written by him, not by Automated Software, any Computer Program, or Artificially Intelligent Software. None of his articles are outsourced, PLR Content or written by ghost writers. Lance Winslow believes those who use these strategies lack integrity and mislead the reader. Indeed, those who use such cheating tools, crutches, and tricks of the trade may even be breaking the law by misleading the consumer and misrepresenting themselves in online marketing, which he finds completely unacceptable.
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