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Twenty Low-Cost Ways To Market your Company

by Randall Soules January 21, 2010

Print business cards – Use the reverse side for your Mission Statement.
Create a logo for you company.  Start making your company a brand name.

Make job signs – Just two or three signs make you look like you are all over town.

Make door hangars – This is a cheap way to get more business in [...]

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Marketing In 2010 And Beyond

by Randall Soules January 20, 2010

It’s January, the coldest month of the year for many of us, and the slowest month for your business.  It won’t do any good to wish the phone would ring.  Now is the time to market, to tell people about your services, to let everyone know that you are THE one to call.
Slow times can [...]

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Happy Holidays!

by Randall Soules December 20, 2009

Taking a moment of my Holidays to wish all of you the best Holidays ever.  I know that next year will be a great year for all of us.  Never quit learning.  Be unstoppable.  Make your life intentional.
I look forward to many more years of sharing more information about the remodeling industry during the one [...]

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Bathroom Design – The Process Vol. 6

by Randall Soules December 1, 2009

6.  Building The Bath

You are ready. You are set. It’s time to build that bathroom.
The building process is probably the most varied procedure in our industry. Everyone has a different take on it. Everyone does things a little different. You have a big crew, or you work alone, or [...]

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Bathroom Design – The Process Vol. 5

by Randall Soules November 18, 2009

5.  Product Selection
Selecting products for your bathroom
The design is done. They love it.  And your are ready to pick out the specific products that are needed to make this the bathroom of their dreams.  You may have told them about some of the products that you recommend as you explained the design to them.  Now [...]

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Tom’s Planner

by Randall Soules November 15, 2009

I really love coming across new software and tools that make our lives and jobs easier.  I just came across Tom’s Planner, which is a web-based project planning system that allows anyone to easily create, share and publish online planning schedules (Gantt Charts) with drag and drop simplicity. Tom’s Planner is the ideal starting point [...]

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Bathroom Design – The Process Vol. 4

by Randall Soules November 11, 2009

4.  Layout
You now know the space, or shell, available for this design.  You know how the room is going to be used and by whom, and you know an approximate budget.  It is time to layout the new bathroom in this space (floor plan examples at the end of this article).  Many remodelers may think [...]

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Bathroom Design – The Process Vol. 3

by Randall Soules November 5, 2009

3.  Budget
Why do you need to know their budget? It costs what it costs, right?  Nope.  You cannot do them justice if you just estimate their project and have no idea how much they are willing to spend.  I’ve only had one person that told me that money was no object.  I was overjoyed at [...]

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The Remodeling Show: The Experience, Products, Software and People

by Randall Soules November 1, 2009

The Experience: While the Remodeling Show is still fresh on my mind, I thought I would give you a report of my experience there.  Indianapolis has always been a very good host to the show, and a fun town to visit.  We took the 8 hour drive there and arrived the evening of the first [...]

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Bathroom Design – The Process Vol. 2

by Randall Soules October 25, 2009

2.  Function
How will this space be used?  Ask a few obvious questions.  And as your client answers them you will find out about more than just how they want to use this room.  You’ll learn about their lifestyle, their needs and their wants.
Find out how the bathroom will be used.  Who will use this bathroom?  [...]

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