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Dan Baumann and Tim Englert Discuss What It Takes To Be A Successful Contractor

Wadsworth OH Contractor Tim Englert Interview On Running a Successful Construction Company

By on 01/03/2011 in Articles, Business in General

Discover Business Success Tips From a Seasoned Contractor In a recent visit to Wadsworth Ohio, Dan Baumann with ChiefExperts.com had a chance to do an interview with Tim Englert. We did this interview for fun and considering that neither of us knows much about cameras, it turned out ok. Tim Englert shares some of the things [...]

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Universal Design Expert, Ron Moldenhauer

Universal Design Expert, Ron Moldenhauer

By on 09/13/2010 in Business in General

ONE DOOR CLOSES AND ANOTHER OPENS! When people are searching for or building their “last home”, very little thought goes into their future needs. Nevertheless, their needs will and do change as they age, sometimes quicker than we could even envision. I, as an example, was a healthy, active, and successful architectural designer/builder for 20 [...]

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Why Should Your Company Have a Website?

Why Should Your Company Have a Website?

By on 06/03/2010 in Business in General, Marketing Your Business

The answer to this question is neither short nor easy. With a little research you can find hundreds of reasons, but there are a few general statements that may help you realize your needs.

1. Your competitor has one! People refer to the internet as the first source of information, so chances are, if you have a website new potential customers will find you…

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Understanding How Fear Influences Decision Making

By on 05/25/2010 in Business in General

How have you changed the way you are making decisions today compared to when the economy was humming along?

Understanding how business people make decisions is a very complicated topic. There is plenty of subject matter here to write books about, so I am going to narrow our discussion into three areas…

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Thinking Outside the Box!

By on 04/30/2010 in Business in General, Marketing Your Business

The successful contractors that are staying busy during this downturn have a common thread as to why they are busy. They continue with their education and increase (not decrease) their marketing budget. If you don’t stay on top of things and don’t get the word out that you’re not a well kept secret how can you expect to get new leads coming in.

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What to Blog? – Good Question

What to Blog? – Good Question

By on 04/21/2010 in Business in General

One question we get from contractors often is – “What should I blog about?”
Good question. Let’s see if I can give you a good answer.

A blog is a new format to share “news”. What is “news” is pretty subjective, but that’s the beauty of the internet, if you don’t find a blog or website newsworthy, then you don’t have to read it. That said, if you think something is newsworthy, great, blog about it…

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Beginner Blogging

By on 04/15/2010 in Business in General, Marketing Your Business

This is my first venture into the world of blogging. It seems to be the way the world is moving, so why not. Plus, ‘my boss’ asked me to do it. We wanted to see how easy it would be for contractors & designers, with limited internet experience, to start your own & I’m about as inexperienced a user as you could find.

I am amazed at how easy it was. I tried a couple blogging sites & decided that this one, Wordpress is the easiest to get up & going…

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Why People Buy From You? Why Now?

By on 01/18/2010 in Business in General

That’s really the only questions between you and a sale.

If someone is going to buy from you, is it because you’re the cheapest? That’s a hard thing to maintain. There better be a more sustainable reason than that.

If they’re going to buy from you today, is it because you’re in proximity, the closest, the one source that can satisfy the itch they happen to have?…

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Do You Really Need a Website in Your Business?

By on 11/22/2009 in Business in General, Marketing Your Business

It really doesn’t matter what the economic climate is. If you’re not online, you are losing business to your competition who is.

Remember 10 years ago? When you needed a service or product, you would go to the yellow pages and find what you were looking for. How about today? If you’re like most consumers, you probably open your computer and search online for information. You can bet that your potential customers are doing the same thing…

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Has Your Web Designer Disappeared?

Has Your Web Designer Disappeared?

By on 01/14/2009 in Business in General

A strange phenomena has been spreading like a virus over the past few months. Recently I’ve learned from some people that their website designer has “disappeared.” No return phone calls, unanswered emails. Gone, gone, gone.

Kidnapping? Hardly. When the economy gets tough, many website designers (small business owners themselves) simply go out of business…

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