At Bark, it’s our mission to get you the most relevant leads possible to help you succeed in business. We know how frustrating it can be reviewing requests which don’t quite match what you do and where you work. So, we’ve been listening to your feedback and developing innovative new features to enhance your experience on Bark.
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Service Areas
– Draw Your Own Area
– Travel Time
Question Filtering
Bark Match
Submit Details
New Messenger
Refer a Friend
1. Improve your leads with our new Service Area tools
No one knows your business better than you. That’s why the some of the most popular features we’ve developed this year are self-service tools. They’ve been designed to help you define your Service Areas more precisely, and automatically filter out Barks which don’t meet your criteria. Why not take a few minutes to try out these features for yourself?
Draw Your Own Area
With just a few clicks, you can draw the area you service on a map – all done in a matter of seconds. You’ll then receive Barks from buyers who are local to that area, and automatically filter out those who are too far away.
Travel Time
Travel Time is another great tool for filtering out those (hopefully rare) leads that come from far distant lands.
Simply set the area you cover based on your preferred travel method and the maximum time you’re willing to spend travelling to a job.
We’ll send you leads based on the time it takes to walk, drive or take public transport from your location.
2. Question Filtering
As you know, when a buyer places a Bark we ask them questions to find out precisely what kind of service they’re after. We then match the request with a relevant service provider and send a lead.
But it gets tricky to make an exact match when professionals in a given category offer similar but slightly different services to one another. Now, with Question Filtering, you can manage questions at a granular level to ensure leads correspond exactly with the services you provide.
For example, if you only have availability on certain days of the week, you can filter out leads requesting pros on your day off.
We can even get more granular than that. If, for example, you’re a male personal trainer, you can filter out leads which specifically request a female personal trainer.
Set your Question Filtering so you’re only alerted when we have a perfect match.
Set up Question Filtering
3. Be discovered by more buyers with Bark Match
With our new Seller Suggest feature, it’s easier for buyers to discover sellers on Bark, and easier for you to get new customers.
From time to time, we’ll suggest your business to customers looking for your services, for free. If the customer is interested, you’ll be notified and invited to respond – and then it’s up to you if you’d like to pay to be introduced.
Of course, in the meantime, you’ll still receive the leads that match your service areas, as usual.
In order to ensure your business is suggested to Buyers as much as possible, you can:
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- Make sure your profile is up to date – sellers with more information on their profile get much more interest
- Update your service areas to ensure we’re sending you the most relevant leads for your business
- Get more reviews – a strong rating supported by positive reviews shows potential customers you’re brilliant at what you do
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4. Submit Details and reply to leads with one click
There is a significant ‘first mover advantage’ on Bark. Our data shows that you are 48% more likely to get hired if you’re first to respond to the buyer.
We know every second counts when responding to hot leads, so we’ve made it quicker and easier than ever to secure new business with Bark. Following your feedback, we’ve created a simple one-click feature, so you can respond to a great lead within seconds.
Simply click ‘submit your details’ to jobs you’re interested in – we then instantly send your details to the client and release both their phone number and email address to you. You can still send a personalised follow up message and quote when you’re ready.
Don’t forget to top up your credits – the next introduction you make could land you a new customer!
5. New Messenger look and feel
We’ve redesigned the messenger feature on Bark. The new look and feel will help you manage leads, conversations, briefs and quotes with buyers more easily.
6. Refer a friend and earn Bark credits
If you’ve loved using Bark, why not give your friends the opportunity to enjoy the same success? Simply refer a friend, and you’ll be rewarded with credits to spend on high quality leads to grow your business too.
There’s no limit to the number of credits you can earn, and you’ll be rewarded each time someone you refer signs up and purchases our starter pack.
If that’s not enough, we’ll also give anyone you refer a massive 40% discount to help them get started.
We’re confident Bark will be a great help to any seller who tries it. We cover over 2,000 categories and deliver leads from interested customers to thousands of businesses every day. You can refer anyone you like from any industry, from babysitters to plumbers, web designers to bookkeepers.
It’s so easy – you can invite people directly from your address book, or use the unique personal link we’ve created for you, which you can share on Facebook, in email or anywhere you choose.
What do you think of our new features? Share your thoughts in the comments.
I think the service provided by Bark is amazing and has made all the difference to my business. As with many small businesses I have worked hard to gain the necessary skills and qualifications but getting to grips with marketing is yet another hurdle that thankfully Bark have taken care of. As my charges tend to be a one off £40 per client it can be very frustrating to spend 5 or 7 credits on a lead that doesn’t come to fruition, particularly when the potential client has asked specifically for a quote from me but I still get far more customers than I did before I heard of Bark. I would recommend Bark to anybody running a business.
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