Business Advice
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A Fine Fix
Maintenance contracts add profit and build synergy for your remodeling business.
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Convenient and Personalized Service for Pros, Only at The Home Depot
First-class customer service for professionals who deserve it most.
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Go Beyond Square Footage to Sell Smaller Homes
Designers Sarah Susanka and Michael Woodley share their thoughts about perception and reality at the Housing Leadership Summit.
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Increased Demand for Maintenance and Repair Service Calls
Demand for additions and remodeling projects decreased in the third quarter, while demand increased for high-cost maintenance and repair services, according to a ServiceMagic survey.
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Making a Business of Ice Dams
Though it’s not for the fainthearted, dealing with ice damage can be a profitable sideline.
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Reader Panel: Commercial Remodeling
For most of our Reader Panel, commercial remodeling is a supplement to their more favored residential work.
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Builders Turn to Twitter to Connect with Buyers
Talk to builders and others about why they joined Twitter, an emerging social media site, and two themes quickly emerge: the developing power of online connections with customers and the appeal of saving money on marketing efforts.
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Tough Times, Flexible Tactics
In the days when a $10,000 job was “penny ante,” Gary Crowley, owner of Crowley Construction, in Colchester, Vt., could “pick and choose” clients. Brian Altmann, owner of Dutchess Building Specialists, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., says three or four years ago “the work would just come to us. It was a matter of finding a time frame that would work for somebody.”
