Amy Campbell

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• Award-Winning Marketing

  by Amy Campbell

  With award season coming to a close, it's time to turn those accolades into high-powered marketing vehicles. Adding the words “award-winning” to brochures, newsletters, and business cards adds “credibility to the work we do,” says Mark Audino, president of Audino Construction in Austin, Texas.

• Remodel business adds maintenance contracts

  by Amy Campbell

  When an employee from Home Check Plus was recently asked to crawl into an attic and eradicate some bats from a customer's home, it didn't seem like an odd request. That's because the St. Cloud, Minn., company is more than just your average remodeling company. President Dale Gruber has tapped into the lucrative and expanding market of maintenance contracts.

• Profile: Kelvin and Susan Pierce

  by Amy Campbell

  Three years ago, Kelvin and Susan Pierce (Big50 1993), owners of Commonwealth Home Remodelers, in Vienna, Va., decided to hire a full-time estimator for the company.

• Good Form

  Room Addition Job Checklist Makes Site Visits More Efficient

  by Amy Campbell

  It seemed that after every jobsite visit, some piece of information crucial to accurate, timely estimating was, inevitably, forgotten.

• Having a Marketing Meeting

  by Amy Campbell

  While it's common to hold staff meetings to discuss sales, new company policies, or updates on jobs, few remodelers are scheduling one type of meeting that is guaranteed to bring in more business: the marketing meeting.