HOW TO DEAL WITH MATERIAL SHORTAGES AND PRICE INCREASES
RISING MATERIAL PRICES & SHUTDOWNS CAUSE DELAYS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Lumber prices are higher than they have been since 2018, according to NAHB. In fact, the Random Lengths Framing Composite Price is up 50% since April 2020. Higher prices for construction materials, combined with the shutdown of manufacturing plants and…
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THE SECRETS OF THE BEST HOME IMPROVEMENT LEADERS
In Episode 12 of the Builtby Podcast, Shawn shares some of his proven tactics to turn managers and owners into true home improvement leaders. Listen and learn: Shawn’s experience in the industry and engineering that helped him become a better business manager. The proven five-step process that Shawn used –…
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HOW (AND WHY) TO SELL YOUR VALUE, NOT YOUR PRICE
FREE ESTIMATES ARE NOT FREE Most construction business owners spend countless hours estimating, scheduling, and planning projects for people who never intend to actually buy. All those hours spent chasing clients add up. Free estimates are not free at all. That time costs in other areas of your business. You…
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HOW TO PROTECT YOUR PROFITS IN A COVID-19 WORLD
ADJUSTING TO THE NEW NORMAL Mask-wearing, social distancing, and zoom meetings are the new normal. These changes are minor in comparison to finding the new normal in your construction business. How do you take care of your employees’ needs, maintain job site safety, and protect your profits in this new…
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HOW TO CREATE PREDICTABLE REVENUE FOR YOUR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS
WHAT’S YOUR PLAN? Most construction business owners don’t have a plan when a crisis occurs or the market changes. We get so caught up in reacting to the day-to-day fires that planning for the future gets delayed. JUST REACTING TO EMERGENCIES STUNTS BUSINESS GROWTH This causes stress for the…
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BUILT TO BUILD ACADEMY OUTTAKES
DON’T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY Nobody’s perfect. Watch the video to see what is usually “fixed in post” in our weekly videos. In the Built to Build Academy®, we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We save the seriousness for mentoring and creating confident construction business owners to start, grow, and…
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BUILT TO LEAD: HOW TO RUN YOUR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS ON AUTOPILOT
THERE ISN’T ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT ALL A lot of construction businesses fail. You might be tempted to think they fail because they ran out of money. But, running out of money is just a symptom of running out of time. A business owner who is doing everything the…
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BUILT TO GROW: WHY YOU NEED SYSTEMS TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS
ARE YOU THE BOTTLENECK OF YOUR BUSINESS? There are four phases in managing a construction business or, what I call, the Contractor Journey: Doer, Thinker, Communicator, and Leader. If you feel like you’re constantly stuck on the treadmill of the daily grind, chances are you are stuck in that first…
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THE SECRET TO GROWING YOUR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
PEOPLE DON’T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU POST ON SOCIAL Most construction business owners use social media as part of their business. They sink a ton of time trying to build their social accounts, only to realize that no one cares about their content. Their social isn’t driving sales……
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DON’T MISS SHAWN VAN DYKE SEMINARS AT JLC LIVE NORTHEAST 2020
It’s that time of year again. It’s time to make your plans to attend JLC Live Northeast at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence. I will be teaching 3 construction business seminars this year and speaking on a panel discussion, and I’d love to see you there. Here’s a…
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