Bryan Sebring of Sebring Design Build and I go 'around the horn' with my questions discussing his top tip/best thought that has positively impacted his remodeling business in these areas: - Marketing (4:15) - Sales Process (13:34) - Managing Your Team (21:00) - Financials/Job-Costing (26:38) - Systems/Software (34:02) - Work/Life…
Bryan Sebring of Sebring Design Build and I go 'around the horn' with my questions discussing his top tip/best thought that has positively impacted his remodeling business in these areas: Marketing (4:15) Sales Process (13:34) Managing Your Team (21:00) Financials/Job-Costing (26:38) Systems/Software (34:02) Work/Life Balance (35:59) Bryan has been in…
Am I using my website effectively? How can I improve my online presence? I want to improve my SEO - what are some things I can do myself? What are some more advanced things that I could get some assistance handling? In today's interview with Spencer Powell of Builder Funnel,…
Am I using my website effectively? How can I improve my online presence? I want to improve my SEO - what are some things I can do myself? What are some more advanced things that I could get some assistance handling? In today's interview with Spencer Powell of Builder Funnel…
Shawn Van Dyke is a construction industry business coach, speaker, and author and has taken the core concepts of Mike Michalowicz's Profit First and customized them to address the specific needs of the construction industry in his book, Profit First for Contractors. Shawn is a great and knowledgeable guy and…
Shawn Van Dyke is a construction industry business coach, speaker, and author and has taken the core concepts of Mike Michalowicz's Profit First and customized them to address the specific needs of the construction industry in his book, Profit First for Contractors. Shawn is a great and knowledgeable guy and…
Two lead scenarios: which would you prefer? - “Hi Kyle, my name is [ ] and I was referred to you by one of your happy clients." - “I found you online when searching ‘kitchen remodeling’ can you come out and look at our project?” Most of our attendees chose…
Two lead scenarios: which would you prefer? “Hi Kyle, my name is [ ] and I was referred to you by one of your happy clients." “I found you online when searching ‘kitchen remodeling’ can you come out and look at our project?” Most of our attendees chose number one.…
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…
