37 Ways to Differentiate Your Air Conditioning Company

How can you stand out?  What makes you different in the eyes of your customers and prospects from every other contractor in your market?

There are many ways to differentiate your company.  Some are meaningful to some or all customers.  Others are merely ways to attract attention and generate recall.  Almost any means of differentiation is better than none at all.

If you choose a point of differentiation, it is important to communicate it well.  Let people know.  Don’t wink in the dark (i.e., you know what you’re doing, but no one else does).  If the public begins to associate a certain point of differentiation with your company, no one else can claim it.  It’s yours.

1. You are the area’s largest air conditioning company
2. You are the specialist for a given suburb or part of town
3. You have a certain (large) number of trucks
4. You respond within a certain time frame
5. You have won one or more awards
6. You are the company with a certain heritage
7. You are the company with a certain mascot
8. You are the friendliest company
9. You provide the best guarantees
10. You are recognized as the best air conditioning company by an area newspaper or magazine readership survey
11. You are the area’s oldest air conditioning company
12. You specialize in manufactured housing air conditioning
13. You specialize in marine air conditioning
14. You are the energy efficiency expert
15. You are the old fashioned values company
16. You are the optimistic company
17. You are the home automation expert
18. You work harder
19. You are the fastest company
20. You are the company that takes the time to do the job right
21. You have the best trained technicians
22. You are the low price company
23. You are a tropical company
24. You are associated with a particular color
25. You are the company that offers the most personal service
26. You are the company women trust and want to call
27. You specialize in restaurant air conditioning and refrigeration work
28. You are the IAQ expert
29. You are the solar expert
30. You are the company that’s excited about air conditioning
31. You specialize in apartments
32. You are the giving company (i.e., you make donations for every sale)
33. You are the company that treats everyone like family
34. You are the environmentally responsible company
35. You specialize in production residential new construction
36. You have the cleanest technicians
37. You specialize in computer rooms

Are some of these redundant?  Yes.  Are there other ways to differentiate?  Absolutely.  How you differentiate should reflect your company, its personality, your capabilities, your market, and your customers.  Pick something.  Hopefully, you can pick something meaningful.  If not, still pick something.  And communicate it consistently and constantly.

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