Business
Successfully managing people involves acquiring a cluster of skills. These can be learned.
Texting lets you keep clients fully in the loop without making them loopy
Why are some companies so much better than others at generating leads from events? The answer lies in training and managing staff.
For California remodeler Jim Kabel, BuildClean is the most thorough jobsite dust-removal system his firm has used
Simple guidelines to help create, and then exceed, expectations—whether for your clients, employees, family, or friends
What's causing a drop in sales? Here are the most likely causes
Converting a company to an employee-owned business can be a great retirement option. Here are three examples of how it works.
Some economists suggest the U.S. is overdue for a downturn. Here are key steps to take to prepare your company in case they’re right.
With the right customer base, newspaper ads still bring in leads
How to win over this demographic and become the aging-in-place expert in your market
Betting on the success of an app for contractors that lets homeowners qualify for loans
The trend toward more frequent, more subjective employee appraisals begs the question: What should you be measuring?
Why it's so hard for remodelers to talk about money, and tips for getting over it
You can’t control how the prospect heard about your company, but you can control that first phone interaction
One bold prediction says that in the next five years, half of exterior replacement sales will be completed remotely
Buying a car used to involve haggling with a salesperson on the dealership lot. Now most car dealers have an online sales department. Is home improvement next?
The whys and hows of using storytelling to emotionally connect with homeowners
The goal of this software: collect all of the separate functions essential to home improvement sales in one application
Industry associations are taking direct action to help alleviate the labor shortage