Should’ve Listened to You

Creating effective public relations and marketing plans This could be one of my most hated phrases.  But unfortunately, I am hearing it much too often these days.  So, what is this about and why am I hearing this phrase and what can we do about it now?  Recently I...

Build an Effective Marketing Strategy

There are many ways to market yourself and your company.  Just as I am not going to tell you to take out a bunch of ads, I am not going to tell you to stop advertising if advertising is working for you.  However, I will agree with the advertising reps...

The Goldmine in Your Backyard

Marketing to and through you customers We are often so intent on finding new customers or clients that we forget to look at those we currently have or those who we have worked with in the past. Are you sitting on a goldmine? In recent years, contractors have been...

Wondering Where All the Time Went

Effective time management In this article we will be taking a different approach to time management.  If you are like me, you don’t want to hear how much each wasted minute or hour is costing you.  It’s bad enough that you don’t feel like you...

What You Don’t Do

The proper paperwork needed for running a successful business We often think that it’s those things that we do that can hurt us; but what about those things that we forget?  We are all familiar with the saying “ignorance is no excuse for breaking the...