Business planning is necessary to guarantee the success of your business. The articles in this section were written throughout the years and stress the importance of reviewing past actions and goal setting, planning, and creating programs to improve your business in the future.
Organization plays an important part in a successful business. Confusion and disorganization often leads to business destruction. The following articles address how you can envision and create your future and achieve your goals by looking at different areas of your business.
Remodeling to Achieve Your Goals
Restructuring your business for efficiency and profitability What comes to mind when we say remodel? A new kitchen or bathroom perhaps or maybe an extension on someone’s house? Why remodel? People remodel for a number of reasons: greater functionality...
Develop Your Business Action Plan
We sometimes wish we had crystal balls so we could predict our futures; however we all have at our disposal a tool far better than a crystal ball. That tool is the ability to establish goals and plans for ourselves and our businesses. Unfortunately many of us do not...
Stick to the Plan
As a successful remodeler you know what steps are needed to complete a project to reach your client’s goals. You know what you need to do, how you need to do it, and why, to get the result your client desires. Each project is unique and you have successfully mastered...
Business Succession Planning
There comes a time in everyone’s life and business to consider moving on. Whether the decision to move on is due to the desire to explore other opportunities, to retire or is the result of other circumstances, it is best to be prepared. Preparation for the...
Planning for change when it’s not business as usual
It not uncommon to hear the phrase “That’s the way we’ve always done it,” in the home improvement business. This can apply to any area of your business such as marketing, hiring, production, installs etc. It’s not so unusual to think just because something has...
Planning for the New Year
As this year draws to a close, now is a good time to plan your marketing strategy for 2015. Take a good look at what marketing activities you did this past year, which actions were successful and what you would like to do in the upcoming year. If your...