Pro Tips Achieve Your New Year's Business Resolutions with BEYREP The first month of the year is the perfect time to reflect on your business practices. While you may be attached to the way you've always done things — you have to take a long, hard look at the facts.
Owner Tips New Year, New Resolutions, New Home Design: Make Your Home Reflect Your Goals The time of year has finally come to make your goals for 2021! It’s been a long year of extraordinary circumstances, but now is the time to start out on the right foot.
Owner Tips Work Backwards to Make Confident Decisions Not a single question or decision seems easy or low impact. They’re all key, and represent a big financial investment that you hope to only have to make once. With the pressure of these decisions mounting, is it possible to make confident choices and actually enjoy the process of your project?
Podcast Season One Finale We’ve compiled some of our favorite moments from this year’s interviews. From ADU specialists, leading women who are changing the industry, and homeowners who shared their remodeling journeys, this episode gives us a small glimpse of what our first season about.
Pro Tips Managing Your Business in a Crisis As business owners and managers, we must be ready to act decisively to bring support and guidance to our teams. It’s in the highest stress situations where our actions matter the most. How you choose to manage your business in a crisis sets the tone and precedent for the future of your company.
Pro Spotlight Pro Spotlight: Carol Morgan In this Pro Spotlight, Carol Morgan lays out a clear route to establishing a connection to your clients online, talks real about what it takes for a company to succeed in today’s digital world, and gives us a useful recipe for SEO content.
Podcast Kerry Mulcrone on the Importance of Reputation Kerry Mulcrone, of Mulcrone Consulting, joining us today to talk about client relationships, trends, and Millennial clients.
Pro Spotlight Pro Spotlight: Darylene Dennon Darylene offers a fresh perspective on women breaking into the construction industry and gives a timeline of the way things have changed for women and minorities since she joined the workforce in the ’80s.
Owner Tips Setting Expectations With Your Pro and Neighbors Any project with moving parts needs healthy communication. Home improvement is no different. Before you even start a home improvement project, you can communicate boundaries and expectations with your contractor and others who will be affected by the project.
Podcast Lucinda Wong on Managing Your Remodel This week, Grace sits down with Lucinda Wong, homeowner and seasoned DIYer, to discover tips on managing your remodel, choosing pros, and designing for your family.
Pro Spotlight Pro Spotlight: Chuck Miller Today, we had the pleasure of interviewing Chuck Miller, Owner of Chuck Miller Consulting LLC.
Pro Tips Green Certifications for Homes Today’s highest quality homes are built with energy standards in mind. High-quality energy standards affect every aspect of a home so that it directly translates to almost any quality check a homeowner could think of.
Podcast John Arendsen on the Cost of ADUs In this episode, we talked to John Arendsen, Founder and Owner of Crest Backyard Homes. We discussed issues around ADU pricing, the first steps to building an ADU and how the ADU and manufactured homes landscape has changed over the decades.
Podcast Angela McKay on Connecting with Clients and Peers In this interview, we had the pleasure of talking to Angela McKay, Vice President of Client Interactions at ECI Solutions. She shared the backstory of her career, and how relationships, with clients or fellow professionals, can lift us all up.
Podcast Kimberley Martin on Communicating with Clients We had the wonderful pleasure of speaking with inspiration Kimberley Martin, Owner of Cyneburg Scapes, on her experience of working in a male dominated field, and gaining respect from colleagues and clients.
Pro Spotlight Pro Spotlight: Megan English Today we have the privilege of sharing our interview with Megan English, Vice President of O’Neil Interactive. We discussed how she started in the home construction industry, changing trends in residential construction and online, and how vital an online presence has become for Pros.
Owner Tips COVID Safe Holidays: Backyard Celebrations As we get closer to the holiday season, an obvious question becomes more and more pressing: How can we prepare our home for responsible holiday gatherings during COVID?
Podcast Bryan Kaplan on Guiding Your Business Through COVID 19 We interview Bryan Kaplan, CEO and Founder of Construction Consulting, and have a great conversation touching on topics like how he got into the industry, possible ideas for continuing to work safely through COVID, and best practices to build relationships with clients.
Pro Spotlight Pro Spotlight: Dawn McIntosh We had a great opportunity to speak to Dawn McIntosh, President and CEO of CLE Consulting LLC, on design, unique challenges in her industry, and trends.
Pro Tips How COVID Has Impacted Residential Construction As with any world event, COVID has changed the way many of us look at our lives. We are staying out of public spaces and spending more time in our homes, and now we’re looking at ways to perfect them. New solutions and trends are emerging to optimize our homes to this strange reality.
Pro Tips Pro Spotlight: Lisa Campfield We were excited to get the chance to interview Lisa Campfield, co-owner and Design Leader for Homeworks of Alabama. Together we talked about her start in the industry, and how her psychology degree has helped her with her clients. Read her full spotlight here!
Owner Tips DIY Horror Stories To celebrate Halloween, we have a special blog today! Instead of our usual tips and advice, we’ve concocted a little short story to get you in the mood for the spooky season.
Podcast Catherine Truman on Mentorship and Owning Your Own Business Today we had the pleasure of speaking with Catherine Truman, CEO and Founder of Catherine Truman Architects. Together we talked about her career path, growth, and working together with clients.
Podcast Camille Yameen on Homeowning and DIY Projects This week we’re doing something a little different! Camille Yameen is a homeowner who has been working on her home piece by piece. She sat down with us to talk about the challenges, learning curves, and joys of managing a full home renovation.
Owner Tips Partial Bathroom Remodel For those who don't want to deal with months of renovations, a partial bathroom remodel can upgrade anything from your vanity to a whole new bathtub.
