Author Archives: Chris Penasa

New Years Resolutions for Your Small Business

With the start of 2020, it’s a perfect time to sit back, relax, and set some goals for your business. Resolutions aren’t just for your personal life. You should be setting goals for your business, too. People and businesses are the two things that should consistently grow – but proper growth doesn’t happen without a plan. Here are three resolutions you can make for the health of your business this year.

Why Customer Engagement Should be Every Home Builder’s Top Priority

Customer engagement is fast becoming a buzzword among the business world – and for a good reason! We live in the most socially connected time our world has ever seen. When it comes to the growth of businesses, social connection results in customer engagement and satisfaction being vitally important. When customers can easily rat out terrible customer service on Yelp, share how amazing your work is on Facebook, or shout out your business hashtag on twitter, customers become the driving force for your business. Here are our top four reasons why you should be focused on customer engagement in 2020.

5 Reasons a Financial Dashboard is Important to your Small Business

Whatever industry you work in, understanding the financial aspect of your small business can be quite overwhelming. You may get regular reports on what the company is doing; however, it may not be something you can easily understand. This is precisely where financial dashboards come in and why they are so critical to the success of your company.

It is vital as a part of any business that you thoroughly understand what your financial numbers mean. You also need to be able to leverage that knowledge to improve your success further. Discover why financial dashboards are so essential and how to get yours started.

3 Essential Factors to Finding the Right Employees

Employee selection, recruitment, and retention are essential aspects of running a business that the owner and managers are responsible for. Maintaining a quality staff is one of the vital parts of running a successful business, and there are some critical and proven ideas to keep in mind when it comes to this.

Understanding the Keys to an Accurate Bidding Process

When it comes to construction and trade businesses (plumbers, HVAC Contractors, Electrical Contractors, etc.), accurately estimating and bidding potential jobs is the most crucial and fundamental aspect of a successful project. Remember, there is a difference between general estimates and firm bids. An estimate is an approximation to give clients an idea of what to expect. A quote, or bid, is a fixed dollar value based on a specific time frame.

There are several components of the bidding process that need to be understood and properly executed to complete a job that is both fair and lucrative. Here are some key points to keep in mind.

5 Ways to Get the Most From Tradeshows

Whether you’re a small business, big business, or a startup entrepreneur, attending tradeshows is inevitable if you want to get yourself out there and grow your business. Tradeshows are possibly the best investment you can make, and today we’ll discuss five tips for getting the most from tradeshows you attend.

5 Signs You May Need a Trade Focused Business Coaching Firm

​​Some problems are just too big to handle on your own. There are plenty of business coaches out there that are experts in helping you achieve the vision you have for your business—no matter how off track you’ve gotten. That being said, make sure you vet them properly, and also make sure they have extensive experience in working with builders, remodelers and/or Trade Companies.  Below, we’ve gathered 5 indicators that it could be time for some of that extra help.