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The marketing mix that generates leads for St. Clair Corp. once consumed 22% to 25% of the company's annual revenue. But the seven-branch contractor, headquartered in St. Louis, pared those expenditures down to 15% by instituting a lead-tracking system that gives the company clearer insight into the productivity of its various marketing platforms, including television, radio, newspapers, and billboards. More
In the fall of 2004, Rick Duggan was dismayed to receive a call from his sales manager announcing that he was resigning -- immediately. "He'd been with me 13 months at the time," says Duggan, president of America's Best Home Remodelers, in Golden, Colo. More
The Big50 is a remodeling business excellence award for best practices. Every May,... More
