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Good article - But doesn't price affect your ranking on Thumbtack, such as, if I raise my prices higher than the average competition my profile ranking may suffer?

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@DJStevie Thanks for the insight. I have a similar experience in that I see far more leads (between the two boxes) with targeting off vs when it is on. Because the ghost rate is near 100% regardless of which box (direct or opportunity) the lead comes into, there (at least for me) seems to be no advantage one way or the other in chances of getting a response. The fact that a lead picked me initially (when targeting is on) seems to have no greater chance that the lead will respond when I send them a message. At least with targeting off, I am able to review the request before potentially spending money, AND if I do decide to reply, my chances of getting an actual response seem no worse than if the lead came in through target on. I realize this is not how TT intends for the system to actualy work (in that there should be a solid advantage with Target on), but for me at least this is the experience I have with TT. The biggest issue remains the ghost rate (and price assurance does not really solve for that because the leads do Read the responses, they just do not ever reply). Also, because the volume is greater with Target OFF, there is also a difference from what I believe TT intended.

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@Kameron To some extent yes, but many of us are licensed to perform a service within the state that we are licnesed and in many cases the work can be done online.

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Currently I can only select the geography I am interested in getting leads from by specific county/city or a radius. I would like to ask for an enhancement that pros can pick an entire state in the geo selection criteria.

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@Kameron Ahh ok.. thanks... A bit confusing in that settings for this category appear in 3 different places - but thank you for the assist.

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At one time I feel like mediation services had an option for “remote services “. I can no longer find it. Has that option been removed ?

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I realize this may be a function of my areas of work and not all service areas will see the same results, but I have noticed that the quality of leads tends to be better when I turn targeting off and that the ghost rate are about the same as with targeting. In fact I believe, even as a Top Pro, I see more potential lead activity volume with targeting off than I do with it on. I believe when targeting is on the system ignores me for opportunity leads as I get very very few opportunity leads when I have target on. ( and very few targeted leads for that matter). So for me the way to get better volume is to turn target off. It would seem that because the ghost rate is so high the secret to getting at least some success is to drive as much volume of leads as possible. It would seem that targeted leads would have a much higher response rate but that simply is not the case as they tend to not reply to my first response well over 90pct of the time and I have already paid which is a likely net loss for me. Wondering how other pros have had success on using the opportunity leads ( ie Targeting off ) and what has worked for them. I know the leads don’t get alerts when you send them a message so what have you done to get their attention to let them know you are interested in their needs?

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@ReeseTee Yes, I have been with TT since about mid 2017. A lot sure has changed :(. I did notice that TT did not address my question regarding adding a website to the profile, and if this is not allowed, how is it different from adding a link to other social media? In my profession (and in my geography, as this may not be the case in other areas of the country) lawyers advertising on Instagram or even Facebook may not be in their best interest as it has a pretty negative connotation as to the quality of the lawyer. However a website is pretty much mandatory.

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My understanding is that responding to opportunities has no effect on response time and only through direct leads will you be able to get your response times back up. Maybe TT can confirm.

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If pros are allowed to link their instagram / facebook sites to the TT profile is there any reason why we can't link our website in profiles and in every communication with a lead?

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