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48 Business View Australia - September 2015

which doesn’t necessarily just mean

price, you won’t get your return.

“What we have been finding is in a

way it is all about referrals, word of

mouth and building authority on the

technical systems that we design

and build. Therefore companies like

ABB give us work and that is very

important as there are a number of

smaller electrical contractors around

Brisbane who do traditional electrical

work but they don’t do solar.

“If they get a request for solar it

gets referred to us and we pay them

a lead fee. We also encourage our

customers to refer people that they

know through paying lead fees

and we have managed to do a lot

of business through referrals and

partnerships.

“Our primary business partner is

ABB. We use their product wherever

possible and we assist them with

technical support. In turn theypasson

leads to us. Last week they referred

the lighting automation system for

Ikea at North Lakes to us. That’s

obviously a very large project and

we have just finished the tendering

on that. That job landed on our desk

because of our working with ABB.”

Ecoelectric is currently investing

in battery systems and automation.

Speaking about this endeavour, Jeff

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