Local Industrial Blasting & Coating Market Research

Job ID: 39233198

Budget: $30 – $250 USD

I'm seeking a skilled professional for list building and market research focused on the local Industrial Blasting and Coating sector.

Key Requirements:
- Identify and compile a list of companies in the Industrial Blasting and Coating industry.
- Gather relevant company demographic data alongside contact details.
- Conduct in-depth market research to identify potential trends within the local context.

Ideal Skills and Experience:
- Proven experience in market research, particularly within the industrial sector.
- Excellent data collection and analytical skills.
- Strong understanding of the Industrial Blasting and Coating industry.
- Ability to compile and present data in a clear and concise manner.

I'm seeking a skilled Virtual Assistant to help with building sales lead lists and marketing campaign email lists. Your primary focus will be on:

- Sales Leads Compilation: Identifying potential sales leads and compiling them into a comprehensive list.

- Marketing Campaign Email List Development: Assisting in the creation of targeted email lists for our marketing campaigns.

Ideal candidates should have experience in list building, particularly in sales leads and email lists for marketing purposes. Strong research skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently are essential.

Summary

Interstate Blasting (www.insterstateblasting.com) is looking for a virtual assistant to help with prospect list building and market research. We operate our blasting business primarily in the Madison, Wisconsin market, but have been expanding our sales and marketing efforts beyond our state’s border, and need to best understand how many blasting service providers there are in our surrounding geographic markets and which would be good targets to sell lead generation to that want to grow their businesses.

Interstate Blasting is interested in data from any contracting business which provides one or more of the following services:

Media Blasting
Dry Ice Blasting
Commercial Pressure Washing
Lead Abatement
Asbestos Abatement
Industrial Coating
Heavy Equipment Restoration
Industrial Cleaning & Hygiene
Laser Cleaning Services

Project

This project’s success hinges on two key aspects of market intelligence and documentation:
Number of contractors within 50 miles of each of the markets identified in this spreadsheet and the contact info for those target customers..

Company and primary contact information such as:
Company Name
Company Domain (website)
Business Address
Primary Contact Name
Primary Contact Email Address
Primary Contact Phone Number
Primary Contact Title / Role
Owner Name, Email, and Phone (if different from main contact for new business development)

Execution Instructions

Inside the provided Google Sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Asy9nU-VdFJZ1tTcFw5bW46IOdGGPh4K/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113415604497013453245&rtpof=true&sd=true) are tabs labeled “Market Data - Phase 1” & “(Individual City Intelligence)”. Leave “Market Data - Phase 2” alone for now.

Here are the instructions for the work to be completed:

Using the “(Individual City)” tab in the Google Sheet - please add company and contact information by geographic market, and add rows as needed for the multiple contracting businesses you’re able to find for each market. Add any information that would be helpful in determining if this would be a good contact for lead generation and business growth. Add any notes or data points that stick out in the Notes column.

Using the “Market Data - Phase 1” sheet - please enter the total number of Industrial Contractors (IC’s) in column D. This is a numeric value which represents the total number of Industrial Contractors found through web search and online directory queries you’ve been able to identify.

The contract to perform this work with come in two phases, and are as follows:

Start with the first row in the Google Sheet for each individual city (Chicago, Milwaukee, etc) and perform the task to completion. An Interstate Blasting representative will validate the work completed, along with any corrections and/or context needed to execute on the remainder of the markets in the Google Sheet.
Roll up the numbers into the Market Intelligence - Phase 1 sheet.
Let us know when the job is completed

Thanks so much for your interest in working with Interstate Blasting, we look forward to mutual success with this project and many more in the future.

Requirements
Strong English skills - Ability to communicate clearly your findings, trends, and any interesting data points you have found including high value targets
You own, subscribe to, or license the data sources needed to complete this project or can find this information on your own without additional costs due to Interstate Blasting
Ability to work quickly and independently with minimal direction - results matter more than process

Payment and Next Steps

Please submit your bid for the Phase 1 work (Total Fee) and the amount of hours you expect this to take (providing your hourly rate). We will select a contractor based on proposed fees, your skill set, history of similar projects and future growth opportunities with us (we will have many more projects beyond this one). Once selected we will grant edit access to the Google Sheet and you can get started with Chicago and Minneapolis. We will pay 25% of the fee once the Chicago and Minneapolis markets are done and checked by an Interstate Blasting representative, and the other 75% upon completion of the additional markets and the Phase 1 Market Intelligence sheet.