Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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The Danger with Referrals

Most contractors can agree that the best way to get new business is through referrals. In fact, I was recently at a contractor event where the speaker indicated that upwards of 70% of his company’s new business comes from referrals, and national statistics back up this statement. This is huge! There is nothing more invigorating […]

Erecta Rack

Do you use an Erecta Rack? Fill out the review form and tell us what you think! See more on Dean’s thoughts here! An interview with the owner. You can find out more on them here, and what they have to say in the UK about Erecta Rack!    

Are you Safe?

As more of us participate in Social Media, building Websites, creating accounts and generally moving online, there are bound to be perils. Hackers and Phishers proliferate the internet just waiting to find vulnerabilities. The internet is not going away, so what can you do to protect yourself? Practice Safe Internet Do not use the same […]

Social Media Dashboards

Social media marketing got you down? Save time and energy using a social media marketing dashboard. Does your social media marketing plan leave you exhausted and take too much time?  All that liking, sharing, tweeting,  pinning, and jumping from app to app leave you with little time for other tasks?  By now we know that social […]

Hacks and Google Whackery

What’s a webmaster to do? There is a lot to keep track of these days if you are brave (or some may say ignorant) enough to create and maintain your own website. Recently there have been several security breaches in WordPress, I have a post in draft where I was going to address them recently. […]

Like Me and You Will Love Me

Using Facebook To Build Your Business When I first joined Facebook three years ago, it was a means to managing a page for my business which I naively thought would be a source of loads of new business. When that didn’t happen I assumed it was because I didn’t have enough likes. The poor man’s […]

The More Things Change…

The more the internet kind of stays the same… The good news is that it is only getting easier to publish a professional blog. If you have any kind of computer and a smartphone, you are half way there. It’s the other half that makes the difference between a blog with substance and one that […]

Managing your Online Reputation?

How many Social Media accounts have you signed up for in the past few years? How many do you still use? Have you decided that the whole Social Media thing is just not for you, threw up your hands and said, “fuggetaboutit”? Have you said, ” I have never received a lead from Facebook or […]

Website Review-Mod Paint Works

Our website review for February was with Ryan Parker of Mod Paint Works in Denver. We had the hangout last Wednesday and today I see Ryan has already made changes based on the suggestions given! Tess Wittler was unable to join us and we were fortunate to have Heidi Nyline of Warline Painting fill in to help […]

Estimating Software

“Everything gets Measured” That was biggest takeaway from an Estimating course I took from Bob Cusumano last year. Measuring and Estimating was one thing my husband and I had always disagreed on. He could walk a job, know how long it would take and be able to say how much. Of course, he had been […]

Axus Decor Painters Gloves

With the push  for more health and safety I have conceded to wearing painters gloves…. Having tried many different types and brands I have settled on Axus Decor Painters gloves! I have large hands and they fit nicely, and as quickly as they go on they come off, are not sticky and allow me to […]