jobtrio.com

Santa Barbara, California – April 9^th, 2009 – The construction contractor directory website Jobtrio.com has retained the search engine optimization firm Internet Marketing Inc. to help increase the exposure offered to California contractors.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a process through which the quality and volume of organic, or natural, search engine-generated traffic to a website is improved. “In a nutshell, this means that it will be much easier for consumers to find our contractors,” says Josh Groves, President of Jobtrio.com. “For instance, a Google search performed for a specific contracting company’s name will now be more likely than ever to return that company’s Jobtrio.com profile as a top result.” The ability of consumers to find contractors translates directly into Jobtrio.com contractors acquiring more construction leads.

Jobtrio.com selected the SEO firm of Internet Marketing Inc. based on their track record with such organizations as US Army and Ritz Carlton Resorts. “We chose a top tier firm because more Internet visibility equals more contractor leads for our members. We want our clients to get the most value possible out of Jobtrio.com,” says Brett Vernon, CEO of Jobtrio.com.

Jobtrio.com is a free Internet service that allows users to browse more than 250,000 listings of California contractors, or quickly locate a business by name, location, or specialty. Key features include candid customer reviews and detailed profiles so it is easy for project managers and home owners to find great construction professionals.

Santa Barbara, California – March 13, 2009 – Brett Vernon comes from a family rich in construction experience.His dad, brother, and uncles are all successful home builders.Though Brett, a 27 year old business school graduate and former Navy SEAL, had his own short run at contracting, being a natural problem solver he came away with a concept for a product that could alleviate some of the pain contractors and their customers face.

“As a general contractor, I continually ran into the same issue when I would start a project:there’s no simple way to research and select the best sub-contractors for a job. I soon realized that across the board, from home owners to construction project managers, everyone was experiencing the same problem.”

The Internet is the perfect tool to help businesses reach their client base, but most contractors are stuck in dark ages and can’t even be found on the Web.With only 5% of construction contractors having websites, the Internet is a largely untouched territory for the nation’s 2nd largest industry.What Vernon envisioned was a low-cost way for contractors to get a meaningful Web presence and a free way for consumers to select the best contractors to perform their construction project.He enlisted the help of systems engineer and childhood friend Josh Groves to assist in building the Web application that has become jobtrio.com, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

The Internet has a handful of sites which attempt to match construction contractors with customers, but they all seem to be taking a mid-‘90s approach to the challenge, trying to dictate the flow of information to the consumer and using market price-setting,” says Groves, who studied physics at Columbia University before working in home automation system development.”Our goal was to take a Web 2.0 approach.Low entry cost, democratization, and fee-flowing, user-generated content were crucial forces driving the jobtrio.com site design.”

In simple terms, jobtrio.com is an easily searchable directory of all licensed contractors in California, with some of those contractors paying $20 a month to create an in-depth profile of their company.What truly makes jobtrio.com special, though, are features like honest user reviews, a site optimized for browsing, and the level playing field among the contractors.Jobtrio.com is attempting to do for construction company websites what Myspace.com and Facebook.com did for personal homepages.While removing the barriers to entry and fostering an online community, Vernon and Groves simultaneously create a very useful tool for the public’s benefit.

“We are trying to present all the means for making the right decision when choosing a contractor,” says Vernon.”We really just want to bring clarity to contracting – clarity that benefits the contractor and the consumer.”

The creators of jobtrio.com know that it may not be easy to convince a largely word-of-mouth industry to convert to the marketing methods of the Internet, but, more and more, people demand to have free access to information about products and services before they buy.We are well within the age of the informed consumer, which is clearly demonstrated by the popularity of websites like Amazon.com and Yelp.com.Jobtrio.com has presented the construction industry with a long overdue, low-risk channel to get 21^st Century advertising exposure.For that sake of all home owners, let’s hope that contractors embrace all that jobtrio.com has to offer.

Everyone involved in the Santa Barbara construction industry has been waiting to hear news on when the airport terminal project will be awarded. Good news – More than $40 million awarded as airline terminal project ramps up.
Lash Construction was given a $3.8 million contract they will conduct site preparation and provide temporary facilities during the project.
I am very excited to read about this new Santa Barbara construction project getting under way – The council awarded EMMA Corp. a primary contract of $36.3 million.
This is a large chunk of money getting poured into the local economy; this project will definitely boost construction in Santa Barbara. However, no local tax dollars will be used to fund the roughly $63 million project.
The good news for Santa Barbara construction companies is that EMMA Corp. will most defiantly need to hire sub-contractors. They can use jobtrio.com to locate any contractor that they need. Lets just hope that when they look on jobtrio.com to spend some of their $36.3 million purse they find the right business. Reviews and profiles will help make their decision easier.
I was also very pleased to read – The historic portion of the existing terminal will be lifted off its foundations and relocated to the front of the terminal.
To read more about this project follow the link below:

http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/040309_santa_barbara_airport/

I just read and interesting article about the city of Santa Barbara paying $707k for 4,700 square feet of property – The city seized the land in 2006 as part of a plan to widen Santa Barbara Boulevard.
Although the price is “unpalatable” says Mayor Jim Burch it is still – more than $1 million less than Walgreens had first requested. We will see what Santa Barbara construction company lands this project, when the time comes to widen the road.
The Law requires that governments repay businesses if the land seizure will affect the businesses operation.
I am very interested to hear about new Santa Barbara construction opportunities, lets hope that the city elects to hire a local Santa Barbara construction company.
Read the full article here:

http://www.news-press.com/article/20090413/NEWS0101/90413074/1075

It is very exciting to hear that the condor exhibit is finished and they grand opening is April 22. Santa Barbara construction companies have been working on the zoo for a while but the $7.5 million project if finally about to open!
I am not sure what Santa Barbara construction company landed the job to complete the exhibit (if any one know please let me know). They were lucky to get the job and from what I have seen at the zoo they did a good job – The exhibit is the largest construction project in zoo history and was designed in collaboration with the California Condor Recovery Program.
I like to hear about new Santa Barbara construction project, if anyone a project they would like to post or have questions about construction projects please let me know. Go to jobtrio.com and send me a question.
To read more about the zoo project follow link:

http://www.thedailysound.com/News/041009condorexhibit