I recorded a screen share with my client, Nancy - it’s showing the steps that she takes in QuickBooks to have CLARITY on the Expected vs. Actual Gross Profit on the remodeling projects she’s doing. When you put a proposal together for that kitchen remodel - you should clearly know…
Have you been staying in touch with your previous clients? Learn why you need to make those relationships a priority and how they can help your current marketing efforts.
It’s a good idea to regularly meet one-on-one with the key team members in your remodeling business. The tricky thing is that these meetings can easily turn unproductive. When you meet one-on-one with people like your production manager, estimator, designer, or office manager, you can quickly start talking about ongoing…
A couple months back, Peter was sharing with his Remodelers Circle Mastermind Group how he goes about scheduling his remodeling projects using Team Gantt. Several folks in the group found it helpful (including one fellow Circle member who has since implemented it with solid success!) Peter and I hopped on…
With all the choices for how you should market your remodeling business - which is the right ones to choose that will have the greatest return? It’s often this question that keeps us from doing any marketing. Below you'll see my answer to this question in an interview I did…
“I’m busy! There’s so much to do to keep up.” Perhaps you can relate? A piece of advice that I’ve been giving often lately is to make sure that you are focused on $100/hour and $1000/hour work – and delegating out the $10/hour work.
I enjoyed this lively chat with Vicki Suiter. Learn from her expertise as I ask her and we discuss: 1. What are the biggest mistakes you see contractors make in pricing? 2. How do you suggest people overcome pricing objections? 3. There are only two ways to increase profitability -…
A little thought on how music can help you run a better remodeling business. I promise, I don't sing in this video, but you'll hear some decent music...
I enjoyed this lively chat with Vicki Suiter. Learn from her expertise as I ask her and we discuss: 1. What are the biggest mistakes you see contractors make in pricing? 2. How do you suggest people overcome pricing objections? 3. There are only two ways to increase profitability…
What is the 5P? How can it impact your business? Find out in this episode!
A little thought on how music can help you run a better remodeling business. I promise, I don't sing in this video, but you'll hear some decent music...
Where did the money go? We aren’t making any money on this project! Maybe I need to sub out more of my work and cut back on my self-performed/in-house labor? These are questions and thoughts one of my remodeling clients was saying on the phone the other day. He had…
This isn’t specifically related to your remodeling business, but, if you’re like me, it might be something that is a good message for you to hear or something to forward onto a friend or family member. Reach out anytime if you want to chat – about topics like this, your remodeling…
Here are some questions to think about over this weekend: 1. You started the year with some clarity and big plans. When you think of your business – What’s working? What’s not working? Pull out a sheet of paper, slow down for a minute, and write some things out. 2. Your…
REMEMBER: If you don’t do anything about it, nothing changes. Maybe this means you need to drop and knock out 20 pushups Maybe you need to go for a walk and clear your head Maybe you need to immediately text your spouse and set up a date Maybe you need…
I’m working on a new website for my Remodelers Circle program. Like any website project – it has a lot of moving parts. I need to figure out the pages to include, how I want it designed, and lots of content writing. Last week I worked on it for about an hour.…
Imagine that you have the ideal prospect and project come into your remodeling business. The project is exactly what your team excels at and the homeowners are wonderful. They have a realistic budget and everything is looking great. What are you going to do to reel that project in? You’re…
It’s a good idea to regularly meet one-on-one with the key team members in your remodeling business. The tricky thing is that these meetings can easily turn unproductive. When you meet one-on-one with people like your production manager, estimator, designer, or office manager, you can quickly start talking about ongoing…
"I've known Kyle for years and have been impressed by his work AND even more impressed with HOW he works. He is a person of such deep faith and it comes across in his business in a humble, serving, very human way. Beautiful. I asked him to speak with me…
Please, please, please (I asked 3 times...) log in to your Google Business profile and do the two things I mention in this 58-second video.
Listen to Kyle Hunt's interview with Jayme Dill to find out how you can make the most of your initial phone call with a remodeling prospect.
In the last few weeks, 50 remodelers in 7 Remodelers Circle mastermind groups have met for their monthly meeting. I went through the meetings and pulled out 10 great ideas to share with you that you’ll find valuable and be able to implement in your remodeling business. I’ve got a…
I saw this post on Remodeling Magazine’s Facebook post recently ( https://www.facebook.com/RemodelingMagazine/posts/10156118522774652) It made me think of a way to turn this bad news about our industry into GOOD news about your remodeling business. Along with educating homeowners on what to look out for when hiring a remodeler. See my…
Here's a quick tip that I wanted to share with you that you can replicate to get a few dozen quality Facebook Likes for your remodeling business' Facebook page.