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Information about adding good employees; building customer loyalty; and keeping the lines of communication open.
Managing the Backlog
With many remodeling jobs coming through the pipeline, who's in control, and how do they manage the backlog?
An Overlooked Key to Success
There are six key attitudes to success in any area of life, especially business. The key attitudes are hard work, discipline, diligence, applying best practices, striving for excellence and faith. The seventh key is having a passion for what you do.
Who is Your Next Customer?
Merillat interviews consumers to reveal key insights into homeowners' attitudes and decision-making processes. Information can be valuable to remodeling firms in formulating their sales and marketing strategies.
Products and Technologies to Speed Up the Remodeling Process
Speed your next remodel with 6 proven technologies from the PATH Concept Home that result in faster installation of plumbing, floors, switches and egress systems. Some of these technologies will also enhance the beauty and environmental performance of your project and may cost less to install.
Letting Go Allows Danny Lipford to Flourish in Remodeling and Media
As host of “Today’s Homeowner,” Danny Lipford is well known throughout the industry. Despite his frequent travels across the country, his remodeling company has thrived because of a strong management team and good business systems.
5 Tips for Remodeling Success in a Down Market
After record remodeling levels for the last few years, 2007 and 2008 are predicted to be flat or slightly down. Competition is getting stiffer in a lot of places. Every market, even a down one, has its opportunities, though. Here are five ways remodelers can take advantage of a down market.
A Historic San Francisco Mansion Gets a New Garage and Portico
Putting an addition on a San Francisco home often imposes immediate challenges, given the elevations and rises that are characteristic of the terrain. Other challenges made this project particularly unique: its historic registry listing (the home was built in 1895); a fragile sandstone veneer that could not be duplicated yet had to be echoed in the addition's cladding and towers.