Articles Tagged with ''Best of Success''

You hate to even think about fatalities in the workplace, but if you’re in the roofing industry you’ve got to be prepared to handle the situation should such a tragedy happen to someone at your company. 

 The seventh Roofing Contractor Best of Success Conference was held in Clearwater Beach, Fla., Sept. 26-27, and the event once again set records for the number of attendees and the number of sponsors.  

 Safety offers a spectacular return on investment, noted Bob Pringle, who recommends that safety be listed as a line item on every bid.  

 Where is the next generation of roofing business owners coming from? And what can they tell the old guard?  

 Kent Tolley analyzed the challenges contractors are currently facing in a session titled “NRCA Update: Issues and Opportunities.”

 The folks Deer Park Roofing in Cincinnati recycle just about everything: asphalt shingles, EPDM, TPO, PVC, steel, aluminum, copper and insulation.  

According to Rob Puleo, there are a lot of compelling reasons to use video to get your message across to prospective customers, including the 35 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute and the two billion videos viewed each month on Facebook. 

 Football teams are always recruiting and always strengthening their bench, so why don’t businesses do the same thing?  

 Do the math: If 15 percent of leak calls result in follow-up maintenance and the average maintenance ticket is $2,000 with a profit of $1,000 per job, then 500 leak calls result in 75 jobs — and $75,000 in profits.