Sales Systems + Training

  • A New Bathroom Concept, Ready for Prime Time

    Matt Plaskoff has invested 10 years and $4 million into One Week Bath, and after nearly 1,000 fast-turnaround bathroom remodels in Los Angeles since 2004, he’s ready to roll it out across the country.

     
  • Remodeling Sales School: Tighten Up the Money Talk

    Sandler Sales trainer Chip Doyle explains how to preempt budget objections long before presenting a project proposal.

     
  • Lead With Need

    During the 2009 Remodeling Leadership Conference, speaker Bryan Flanagan used humor to help remodelers understand the importance of building a sales process.

     
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    K+B Budget Worksheet

    For one remodeler, arming homeowners with information and material costs helps them to better understand their remodeling investment.

     
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    Small Adjustments in Your Business Can Make a Significant Difference

    Observations made in the hospital emergency room have relevance to how you run your business in the current slow economy.

     
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    If You Could Start Over...?

    Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. The final question: If you could rebuild your remodeling company from the ground up, what would it look like?

     
  • Sales School: Funny Money

    In the tight credit market, some homeowners are proposing alternative means of paying for remodeling projects, such as a monthly annuity for a relatively small aging-in-place job. How do remodeling salespeople evaluate these possibilities and not get burned?

     
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    Start Right

    Laying a solid foundation for a working relationship during the first sales meeting.

     
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    Tips for Moving Prospective Buyers Off the Fence — Quickly

    Sandler Systems CEO, Dave Mattson, explains the psychology behind, and antidotes to, slower remodeling buying decisions.

     
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    Referral Programs

    More remodelers are developing referral programs for the first time, including successful rewards programs that are affordable to operate.