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| NARI Touchpoints: Survey 2 Results and Survey 3
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Last week we asked about vacations and it turns out remodelers do know how to have fun with 64% of us taking 1-2 weeks off this summer, and 24% reporting no time off!
• 68% of us went on a trip
• 37% took long weekends
• 26% went to visit relatives
These are healthy statistics; and even though we are working hard, most of us have figured out how to carve some time off. It looks like some of us had really nice vacations.
• 5% took the dream vacation of their lives, wow! How about posting some of those pictures on NARI's Facebook Page? Member Dale Contant posted a photo of his family’s deep sea fishing trip, which you see pictured!• 5% went to a vacation home they own
On the plus side, only 5% reported staying home and working all summer. All work and no play is not good!
New responses to our first question "How are you Doing?" brought that answer down a little to an average of 3.3 indicating that we are not making enough money despite our hard work which leads to our next question:
Thinking about a typical week, how many hours are you putting into your business from Sunday morning to Saturday night? Count the hours you spend at home planning, calling customers and getting organized for the next day. Be realistic and count those hours you are putting in. Take our survey now!
If you missed the chance to answer our first question, you will have the opportunity after answering this week's very short survey. Next week we will move to a new topic: TAX REFORM. So keep following NARI to weigh in on NARI Touchpoints.
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
NARI and the National Remodeling Foundation are working together to solicit donation to support Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts in the Texas Gulf Coast. All donations will go to Rebuilding Together who has an extensive network to support those in need. Make a donation and support recovery in the Texas Gulf Coast. Learn more.
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Our Social Media Engagement Campaign ran September 6, 2017 – November 6, 2017. In the past two months, we reached our goal of increasing member engagement on Pinterest and Instagram by 50%. We took Pinterest from 62 followers to 107 followers and Instagram from 92 followers to 220 followers. Although we did not increase our Facebook following by 50% - we did increase the amount of likes by over 500 people and we thank you for your support and help! In September, the NARI HQ Facebook page had 4,926 likes. Today it has 5,514 likes. Of course, we are not stopping here and will continue to grow our presence on social media. You may still access all documents, such as our Social Media Best Practices and more in the Chapter Brand Center. Questions? E-mail marketing@nari.org.
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The 2018 CotY National Awards program is open for entries for projects completed between December 1, 2015, and November 30, 2017. All NARI remodelers are invited to participate in this annual competition. The final deadline to submit an entry is December 5, 2017.
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The 2018 NARI Achievement Awards recognize outstanding achievements by an individual, company, or NARI chapter that has worked to promote or enhance professional remodeling. These honors are bestowed annually across 11 categories celebrating leadership, professionalism, and dedication to the remodeling industry. The deadline to submit a nomination is December 18, 2017. Click here for all the details.
Kitchen & Bath Industry Show
The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) is North America’s premier annual event dedicated to the kitchen and bath industry, and NARI HQ will be exhibiting in Booth S5068. Register today with discount code ORLANDO to receive your FREE exhibit hall pass!
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National Association of the Remodeling Industry
Design & Construction Week® (DCW) features the co-location of the NKBA's Kitchen & Bath Industry Show® (KBIS) and the NAHB International Builders' Show® (IBS). In 2018, this synchronization of tradeshows and markets occurs in Orlando, Florida, again January 9-11. The fifth annual DCW will bring together 80,000+ design and construction professionals in the largest annual gathering of the residential design and construction industry. NARI members receive special discounts to explore the exhibit floors of both shows—a combined total of 2,100+ exhibits! Register for your DCW expo pass today.
HIVE
HIVE is the marquee event in the nation that touches every aspect of housing. Join the best and brightest construction and design professionals, academics, and thought leaders from an array of industries passionate about design, business strategies, and innovation to stimulate new ideas and shape the future of how people live, work and play in Los Angeles, CA, December 6-7, 2017. Register today with code NARI to receive a discounted rate! The first ten members to e-mail marketing@nari.org are eligible to receive a FREE pass and there aren’t too many left
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Be a part of the only regional trade event for builders, remodelers, contractors and their crews, and other light construction pros! JLC LIVE Northwest will be November 29 – December 1, 2017, in Portland, Oregon. NARI is a proud show partner of JLC LIVE Northwest and will be exhibiting in Booth 305. Register with promo code NARI for a FREE expo pass!
Townsquare Interactive
Have you taken your remodeling business online yet? According to Invoca’s 2016 Call Intelligence Report, digital channels drive 92% of calls to businesses. What does that mean for your remodeling business? It means it’s time to invest in a mobile-optimized website!
When you can appeal to your customers at home and on the go, all of your bases are covered. You can make even more of your marketing budget when you invest in complementary services that make it even easier for your ideal remodeling customers to find you. Those services include:
• Search engine optimization
• Social media management
• Reputation monitoring
• Customer targeting and retargeting
Want to learn more about how mobile is creating a small business revolution?
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Contractor Connection is the nation’s largest managed repair and remodeling network, comprising 5,000 growth-minded contractors serving large membership associations who partner with us to provide their members access to our network. Our contractors are held accountable not only through our stringent credentialing process but also through ongoing performance management.
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Long live diligence. It’s not found everywhere or in everyone, but in those who pay attention to detail and take pride in their finished work. And it’s found in Ram® trucks. Now during Ram® Fall Commercial Truck Season, NARI Members receive an extra cash allowance on top of most national and local incentives. Plus, we’re extending this offer to NARI Employees and same household Family Members. Diligence can be passed on, and now so can these savings. See your local dealer or WWW.NARI.org/FCA for more information.
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
NARI’s partnership with The Home Depot can help your members reduce expenses, and keep job costs competitive. Your members can take advantage of the following benefits:
- Earn up to 2 percent cash back on every purchase semi-annually*
- Next-day delivery
- Procurement options with real-time pricing & availability
- Dedicated account support and concierge service
- Consolidated purchase tracking & reporting
This year, The Home Depot is helping NARI members earn even more. We’re serving your members at the local level by joining all NARI chapters. Learn more.
For assistance enrolling call 866-333-3551 or watch this short video.
*After meeting a $12,500 semi-annual purchase minimum, the rebate is paid from the first dollar.
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
Inside Out: Bringing Indoor-Outdoor Living Spaces to Your Clients Remodel
Presented by: Brenda Brunk, Product Planner, Marvin Windows and Doors
November 16, 2017 Noon CT:
As the indoor-outdoor living trend continues to grow, so does the demand from your clients. From living areas to backyard kitchens, indoor-outdoor trends can give a home an inside-out twist. Creating seamless transitions between these spaces is an important consideration when remodeling a home -- one design change can blur the lines between indoors and outdoors and can have a great impact on the way your clients experience everyday life.
Join us for this webinar to learn about things to consider and the solutions available when designing a new indoor-outdoor space into a remodel.
Click here to register
Manage your jobs on the GO
November 28, 2017 Noon CT:
Brought to you by BuilderTrend
All remodeling companies are looking to utilize their mobile devices to better manage their jobs when in the field. This webinar will take a look at the current devices, software and apps that are available to construction companies today. More specifically, we will discuss how correctly utilizing these available apps can save a construction company up to 9 hours per week and exceed the expectations of the information-hungry buyer of 2017.
Click here to register
*These webinars are free but require registration.
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Residential Products Online
Few construction topics bore homebuyers more than insulation. You, of course, know better. You’re well aware that heating and cooling account for roughly half of the energy used in the average home. And you also know that good insulation helps homeowners save money and makes houses more comfortable.
Fiberglass, cellulose, and foam dominate the conversation, but the breadth of insulation products is wide, including cotton, straw, hemp and sheep’s wool, just to name a few.
Affordable Fiberglass
Traditionally, the over¬whelm¬ing choice for production home builders has been batt insulation, which usually means fiberglass but also includes mineral wool.
“Fiberglass and mineral wool batt insulation products are the most versatile on the market,” says Stacy Fitzgerald-Redd, director of communications for the Alexandria, Va.-based North American Insulation Manu¬fac¬tur¬ers Association. “There is a wide range of products and performance levels, allowing builders to achieve optimal R-value within any budget,” she says.
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Pro Remodeler
Sure, an informal agreement with minimal documentation is easy, but it could cost you time, money and referrals.
An annoyed customer leaves an after-hours voice mail. The crew you sent to her house last week to install siding didn’t clean up at the end of the day or when the job was closed out. They asked to use the bathroom ten times a day, then tracked dirt inside. This morning? Cigarette butts in the flowerbed. It was the cigarette butts that prompted the call.
It’s a new crew whose work for others you’ve inspected. This is the third job they’ve done for your company, and the first complaint. The agreement you have with this sub is wholly verbal, apart from an address, a price and a start date on a scrap of paper. So what now? Do you apologize to the homeowner and resolve not to use the crew again?
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Pro Remodeler
Not a Facebook fan? You may be one of the few. As of the second quarter of 2017, the website Statistica reports, “Facebook had 2 billion monthly active users,” which it defines as ”those who have logged in to Facebook during the last 30 days.”
Too Big to Ignore
It’s always a mixed bag on Facebook. From kitten-picture cuteness to circus acts gone wrong, pictures of meals that only make us hungry to acid exchanges of political views, logging on to the social media giant is often a mood changer, for better or worse. Yet millions spend hours every a day scrolling through their Facebook newsfeed, sending messages, and posting relentlessly.
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Remodeling
Beware: The personal drive that brought your firm success may also be trampling employees who have ideas they want to share.
So much has been written about how to be a better leader/manager. The variety of suggestions leaves you feeling confused about what to work on first. Commonly, the result is that nothing is done and things stay the same.
A driven owner who has good employees often is an owner who tends to overwhelm the employees. The owner’s sense of what is possible makes it difficult for that boss to consider anything the rest of the team suggests. The result often is good employees leaving to work somewhere else.
Why did they leave? What are they looking for? They want to be listened to. It’s that simple.
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Pro Remodeler
Three steps to mastering something new: Learn it, do it, then teach.
Larry Meadows, President of Oregon-based Clearwater Exteriors and a good friend of mine, shared a simple business theme from his organization that really hit a chord for me. He said that anyone trying to master a task or business principle had to first “learn it,” then “do it.” Learning comes from study and observation over an extended period of time; “doing” puts the learning into practice.
It seems obvious, but with all of the information sources available today, it's easy to assume that, because you watched a video or read an article about some new skill or concept, you're competent with that skill or concept. But you can’t learn how to swim from simply reading a book or watching a video; you need to dive into the pool, feel the water, and understand the risks. "learning" and “Doing” both require repetition and practice until you can perform competently and consistently.
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Pro Remodeler
As technology innovations proliferate, those who use them first will win.
As one of the last steps to prepare for our impending relocation, I needed to post “Emergency No Parking” signs in front of our row house in downtown Washington, D.C. The permits reserve parking for the moving van for two weekdays between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. That time period overlaps at both ends with rush hour on 16th St., which is a five-lane avenue with heavy commuter traffic.
The signs, which have to be posted at least 72 hours ahead of time, not only warn local residents that there will be fewer available parking spots during non-rush hours, they also alert commuters that there will soon be one hellacious bottleneck in their daily trek to and from work.
The police department provided seven stiff paper signs preprinted with dates and times of the parking restriction, so all I needed to do was fasten them to stakes that could then be driven into the grass tree box at the curb. Simple.
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Remodeling
Recently during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced they completed 127 federal enforcement actions over the past year to ensure contractors are complying with their lead-safe practices stated in the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act and other EPA rules.
Since October 2016, EPA finalized 121 civil settlements for alleged violations of one or more of the three lead-based paint rules--the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule; the Lead Disclosure Rule; and the Lead-based Paint Activities Rule for abatements--and filed three complaints for ongoing actions. EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice also prosecuted one criminal case involving violations of lead paint laws and finalized two Clean Air Act settlements that included lead paint abatement
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