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Home » estimating

Articles Tagged with ''estimating''

CRM: Seven Steps to Opportunity Automation

Ken Kelly
September 9, 2014
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Customer relationship management, or CRM, is a software system designed to track potential customer interactions and help manage the sales process.
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IKO Customers Speak Out on YouTube

April 9, 2014
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IKO announced that it has released eight new testimonial videos on the company’s proprietary YouTube channel.


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TRA Snow and Sun Hires New Estimator

September 16, 2013
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TRA Snow and Sun has hired Bryan Stone as a new estimator in the Engineering and Technical Department.


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Measuring Up

Ninety Percent of Roofers Underbid the Job

Bids based on unit costs might be easy to estimate, but that doesn’t mean they are accurate.
Monroe Porter
August 7, 2013
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Most contractors do not understand their overhead and arbitrarily price jobs by the number of squares rather than the time it takes to do the job.
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2013 Case Study

ProAPP™ Is Just What it Says... For PROS

July 15, 2013
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Atlas Roofing's ProAPP offers many useful features for contractors.
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Why Contractors Don’t Know Their Numbers

Measuring Up
Monroe Porter
June 4, 2013
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The vast majority of problems contractors have are related to poor financial information.
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Avoiding Financial Surprises

Monroe Porter
November 1, 2012
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Contractors are notorious for poor paperwork and not taking an interest in accounting. 


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It’s a drug and we’re hooked!

Al Levi
August 28, 2012
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“It’s a drug and we’re hooked!” This is what I said to my brother, Richie, about the fix I felt from doing monster commercial and residential jobs for a lot of dollars that generated little to no profit, no profit or sometimes a loss. 


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Building a Big Ticket Brag Book Part 2

Al Levi
August 21, 2012
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Okay as promised, here’s what a good Brag Book should contain for any successful Big Ticket Sales Person:


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Burns & Scalo Expands Work Force

June 28, 2012
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Burns & Scalo, a Pittsburgh based leader of roofing and environmentally-responsible construction, is pleased to announce the addition of Team Member.


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