Business
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3 Reasons to Add Kitchen onto Your Refinishing Business in 2019
Now is the time to get a head start on preparing your business for 2019. Whether you’re considering entering the home improvement sector first time or you’re an experienced contractor, adding kitchen refinishing to your skillset is a sure-fire way to grow your business in the new year. Here are 3 reasons why you should […]
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Resolving Disputes with Homeowners
The goal of any refinisher is to establish a happy and healthy relationship with their clients, and most of the time this is not an issue. However, disputes with clients do happen. Tempers can run a little high during projects that are time-consuming or that do not go as planned, and it is important for […]
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Set Up Your Small Business for Success
We know that running your small business is more than just mastering the art of refinishing bathtubs and kitchen countertops. Of course, you have to be an excellent professional refinisher to attract clients, but we know all too well that there are many aspects to running an effective business that go beyond providing a great […]
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Purchased New Or Used Equipment? Know The Section 179 Tax Deduction.
If you’ve purchased, financed or leased equipment for your business recently, it pays to get familiar with a tax deduction you don’t want to overlook. It’s called the Section 179 Deduction and it allows a business owner to potentially deduct the full purchase price of the equipment. To qualify, you need to have purchased and […]
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Millennials Buying In The Burbs: Why They’re On The Move
It’s easy to picture the young millennial in their late 20’s buying a home in the city, right in the middle of all the hustle and bustle of cosmopolitan life. But a new report on home buying trends from the National Association of Realtors suggests that when millennials are ready to buy, more of them […]
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Finding Strategic Partners – Why Go It Alone?
You’re starting to wonder where your next refinishing project is going to come from. Then the phone rings – it’s not a past customer sending you a referral but it’s someone practically as worthwhile – one of your strategic partners. He says he’s been doing work on a small renovation project and in passing, the […]
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Give Your Refinishing Business an Insurance Checkup
While we’re still in the first quarter of the year, now might be an ideal opportunity to sit down with an insurance agent to review your business insurance policies. For most small business owners, business insurance is an absolute necessity. Still, properly covering yourself doesn’t always start and end with the purchase of a policy. […]
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You May not Have to “Sell” as Hard as You Think
If you think of yourself as more of a resurfacer than a natural born seller, you’re not alone. But that doesn’t mean you have to go into a prospective job “pitching” people with some heavy sales-ish approach that turns them off. Instead, try letting them talk themselves into buying what you’re offering. How? First, ask them […]