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10 Reasons You Should Take My Course That Starts on 4/21
1. You want to make more money. That's a good reason to take the course. 2. You're sick of the confusion you have around reading your Profit & Loss Statement, understanding how much you should be charging, how mark-up and margin work, and you want...
Is This You? 8 Quick Bullet Points
Is this you? You're charging 25% mark-up on materials and trade partners and $75/hour for your in-house labor (You're not really sure if that's enough or how you even came up with it though. You're not sure what your mark-up should be or how to calculate it.) In...
How to Make (More) Money in Your Remodeling Business
Are you solid with how to read and analyze your Profit & Loss Statement?Are you charging the right mark-up (and know how to calculate it)?Do you understand the difference between mark-up and margin and why it's important for you to know this clearly?Do you have a...
Your Greatest Hits
"Sometimes, I feel stuck on what content to create." That's a quote from a remodeler who I've worked with for a long-time. I told her, "You just need to go back and replay your 'Greatest Hits'..." ----- What this means is if you've been creating content for your...
You need to know the actual numbers
You need to be able to know that you generated 125 leads this year with ___ coming from Previous Clients ___ coming from your Website ___ coming from Referrals from Strategic Partners ___ coming from Facebook ----- BONUS POINTS if you can also track your Closing...
Are you protecting this?
My son has been playing basketball this year. He's a freshman. Not the most talented on the team, But he's hustling. He's working hard. He's holding his own and contributing. ----- He also lets a bad play get the best of him. His whole demeanor...
Want to serve your clients well? Charge more.
Want to serve your clients well? Charge more. Sound counterintuitive? Maybe so. But when you charge more... You can hire better employees, And you can offer benefits to your employees to keep the great ones around. When you...
10 Quick Things from Today
Hopefully, there's something in here that is helpful for you to think about. 1. Reviewed a client's 2021 Business Budget. They are opening up a showroom ($24k rent expense for the year), adding some employee benefits, adding a new staff member, and have several other...
How Much Backlog Should Remodelers Have?
This is a question that Dennis asked that I answered live on The Remodelers Show - see the written answer below - hear me answer the question live here. “How much backlog should we have before turning down small projects and only accepting projects that are $100,000...
