Raising rates after that woodworking vs carpentry fb post went viral?

Came across this post in the Carpenters of America group breaking down woodworking vs carpentry, and it got me thinking about how folks undervalue the on-site framing and install work we do. I'm charging $75 an hour now for custom cabinet installs using Festool tools, but after reading that, I'm bumping it to $95 starting next week. Time to stop getting lumped in with hobbyist sawdust makers.

Screw those groups mixing us up with basement hobbyists, it's killing our leads and rates.

Try Nextdoor for leads, post your carpentry installs with before/afters, gets me 3-5 solid inquiries a month.

SharkBite? Nah, for carpentry it's pocket screws all day, but rates? Charge what the market bears, $95 is lowball.

Pocket screws are fine, but don't get me started on glue joints, half the jobs fail because of that crap.

Felt the same after that post, been quoting low to compete with woodworkers undercutting us.

For lead gen, hit up local realtors, they need trim work referrals and pay on time.

Man, that distinction hits home, I've lost jobs to guys who just do shop work.

Those FB rants are spot on, carpentry pros getting screwed by the hobby label.

Finally raised to $100/hr last year after similar epiphany, business boomed 30%.

Tried explaining the difference to a client last week, still tried to lowball my deck framing quote.

Same here, customer thought my cabinet install was 'just woodworking' and offered half.

Haha, print that FB post and hand it to the next idiot who confuses the trades.