Business Boosters
3 Creative Ways to Use Your Roofing Rig
By Equipter. Find out how to get the most use out of your company roofing truck. Of all the most useful roofing tools, one you might be overlooking is your pickup truck. It might seem like just a standard tool, but you may not realize just how much mileage you ...
Connecting the Right Roofing Crews With the Right Contractors
By Labor Central. The user-friendly app that brings roofing contractors and crews together. If you are on a roofing crew looking for work but find it difficult to get connected with contractors, then look no further. Labor Central is an easy-to-use app that roofing crew members can use to find ...
This Contractor Network Can Help Your Company Grow
By Trevor Underwood, DECRA Metal Roofing. Get more clients and earn more money when you join DECRA’s Contractor Network. The demand for metal roofing has increased in the last few years. However, there aren’t enough qualified metal roofing contractors to meet the homeowner demand for metal roofs. If you’re ...
How to Recruit and Hire Your Dream Team
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Recruiting is one of the biggest challenges facing the industry - in case you hadn’t heard. Learn how to retool your recruitment process to bring in the ‘A’ players. One thing you likely won’t hear a contractor say is that recruiting and hiring top talent is ...
How to Help Homeowners Choose a Shingle Color They’ll Love
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Help homeowners find the perfect shingle color for their home with PABCO® Roofing Products’ Roof Visualizer. Do you have homeowners asking for advice on what color shingle they should choose? Most contractors are better equipped to explain why a homeowner should choose a ...
Strengthening Relationships Between Dealers and Manufacturers
By Ingage. Dave Crowell shares his tips for crafting successful relationships between manufacturers and their network of dealers. When manufacturers and dealers have a strong relationship, the two can become more successful together. Solid communication and support is key to this success, but how do you make it possible? Here ...
How to Save Time, Material and Money Installing a Starter Course
By MFM Building Products. MFM Building Products’s ShingleStarter® is designed to quickly and effortlessly adhere to the drip edge for immediate protection. Making sure the roof edge is waterproofed is a huge step in preventing wind-driven rain from blowing under the shingles and damaging the roof deck. Traditionally, the ...
Why You Need a Roofing Subcontractor Agreement
By Jennifer Wilson, Podium. Protect your business by using this free roofing subcontractor agreement template. Working in construction, safety is a critical element of success. Risk is a part of the territory and can have a huge impact on a business whether it be cost or performance-related. Especially ...
Always Have a Plan B
By Rob Haddock, director of Metal Roof Advisory Group & CEO and founder of S-5! Learn how to take advantage of the opportunities that arise when Plan A fails. One thing I have learned in life is to always have a Plan B. Things don’t always go the ...
How to Keep Your Roofing Business Afloat in Today’s Economy
By Equipter. Despite material inflation and struggling to find qualified roofers, you can survive – and thrive – in this unpredictable era. There’s a lot of major economic damage these days influencing businesses across the country. However, that damage doesn’t have to mark the end of your roofing company. Business ...
