John Murphy

Posted on
Marketing Strategies No Longer Working...?

Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. This question: What marketing strategies no longer work for you? More

Posted on
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? More

Posted on
Cut Profit Margins...?

Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. This question: How much will you cut your profit margins to get a job? More

Posted on
Marketing Strategies That Are Working...?

Ten remodelers answer 12 questions about yesterday's building boom, today's business challenges, and tomorrow's commitments toward rebuilding their companies. This question: What marketing strategies are working for you? More

Posted on
Top Remodelers Reveal Their Year-Ahead Budget Changes

Which expenses do you expect to change most from 2008, and how will you offset them? More

Posted on
Vanity With a View

An octagonal vanity provides a dramatic overlook in this master suite remodel. More

Posted on
Money for Sale

According to Bob Weickgenannt, president of Starcom Design/ Build in Columbia, Md., “If you want to give your customers the best service, you've got to have all the cards.” And, in the competitive remodeling market, your trump card may very well be your ability to offer financing. More

Posted on
Financing Q&A

Does offering financing make a remodeler into a mortgage broker or a bank? Is there any investment risk? Lenders and remodelers answer these and other questions that are commonly asked by contractors contemplating offering financing. More

Posted on
Internet Buzzkill

Ever wonder what people are saying about your company? Visit the world of consumer-driven e-mail groups, Web sites, and community listservs that have become powerful arbiters of opinion about the companies to patronize ó or to avoid. More

Posted on
Construction celebrates sustainability

What better way to mark the 100th anniversary of the USDA Forest Service than by building a house that celebrates sustainability? The 1,200-square-foot Sustainable Resource House was built on the National Mall in honor of the organization's centennial and as part of the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Festival. More

RSS
Close X