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How Murfreesboro Contractors Are Using YouTube to Win Jobs Before the Estimate

By Steve Cory | Cory Media Group | Shelbyville, Tennessee Every Murfreesboro contractor knows the feeling. You drive forty-five minutes to a job site. You spend an hour walking through the project, taking measurements, asking questions, building rapport. You go back to the office, spend another hour putting together a detailed estimate. You send it over. And then silence. Three days later you follow up. The homeowner tells you they went with someone else. Someone cheaper. Someone they found online. Someone they felt more comfortable with — even though you’ve been doing this work in Rutherford County for fifteen years

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