PEX well on the way to overtaking copper pipe
Within three years, PEX will be the most-used residential water-supply pipe in the country, manufacturer predicts
Calling all superhero contractors
Hammerati’s superhero contest is accepting entries until Dec. 31st
Happy Holidays: Next newsletter publishes January 8th
This is our last e-newsletter of the year. To all 19,000 contractor recipients of our e-bulletins, thanks for reading, for writing back to us, and for all your compliments and, even more valuable, suggestions for improvement.
Three sales techniques you can learn from Santa
Contractors can learn more than a few sales tips from that overweight, 1700-year-od man in the red suit.
The unexpected ripple effect of mandatory WSIB in Ontario
In a few weeks, Ontario’s WSIB mandatory coverage will be extended to self-employed sole proprietors, partners in partnerships and officers of corporations in the construction industry. Contractors who are carrying independently-purchased disability insurance need to take a close look at how their own coverage dovetails, or conflicts, with that of the WSIB. If you don’t, you might find that you are wasting money and not getting the coverage you need.
What are you going to do for your clients this holiday season?
Having reasons to follow up with a client always seems to be a challenge. But the holiday seaon is reason enough in itself. Clients love to be remembered. And what better time of year to hand deliver a small gift to both current and previous clients.
The product that keeps basement floor installations dry
A “Made in Canada” product you will want to install in your customer’s basement
Our thoughts are with our publishing colleagues in Newtown, Connecticut
The publishing company that publishes Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking, and many other home improvement magazines, is a tight-knit company in the small town where 20 children and 8 adults died in a shooting rampage last Friday
Canadian Contractor publisher moving to new jobsite
Steve Dempsey, publisher of Canadian Contractor magazine and canadiancontractor.ca as we went through renovations over the past 18 months to better serve our 31,000 contractor readers, has moved to a new jobsite. Effective…
Free: a ‘sales process’ document to help you get more work
The Sales Process document contains all the steps you need to close new renovation business.
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May 16, 2013
Joe — Hi rob
I can't agree more
Us experienced contractors know the real time required to complete a job
I have in...
May 16, 2013
Denise Power — I am a home owner and have been so for six years, when we bought our home we had two...
May 15, 2013
Alec Caldwell — On that article in the Toronto Star Business section on Monday 13, 2013. The spin doctors said:
"there are almost 300,000...
