RCS Influencers
Associations Offer Business Owners Resources That They Can’t Get Anywhere Else
RCS Influencer Mike Hicks says if you’re in business you need to be involved in trade associations. I belong to three trade associations. The National Roofing Contractors Association, the Midwest and the Ohio Roofing Contractors Associations. I also belong to several other things like the National Federation of Independent Business and ...
Being a Member of an Association is a Commitment to Your Business
RCS Influencer Mike Pickel says that associations lend to the credibility of your business and demonstrate your willingness to always be learning and improving. Our business is located in Texas – a state that does not require licensing of roofing contractors. Anybody with a truck and a ladder can put up ...
Finding the Right Combination of Tech for your Business is an Ongoing Process
RCS Influencer Heidi J. Ellsworth says to take the time to constantly evaluate your company’s software. What is our technology stack at the Coffee Shop? Well let me tell you, it has changed a lot in the last three years. First of all, when we asked our RCS Influencers ...
Use Technology as Leverage to Grow your Business
RCS Influencer Wendy Marvin says that when considering technology, ask around. Technology is the leverage we use in our roofing businesses. It can administer tasks faster, store data, provide calculations, and so much more. Technology and all the changes and headaches that it can bring, is necessary for a growing ...
Roofing Contractors Cannot be Complacent about Technology
RCS Influencer Jon Stantz says getting the team to embrace technology is a big part of the process. When I started with Pell Roofing, we were basically doing build-up roofs, which the company had been doing since 1938. In the last 20 years, that has completely changed, and we do ...
Technology Within the Website
RCS Influencer Carla B. Sims says that as an association, their most powerful technology tool is their website and yours can be too. Carolinas Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractor’s Association, Inc. (CRSMCA) is a trade organization for the roofing and sheet metal industry within the Carolinas. As an association, we ...
The Right Technology Stack Allows us to Meet Customers’ Expectations in Terms of Professionalism and Useful Information
RCS Influencer Mike Hicks says that better information = better decision making. Much of what we use in our day-to-day business operation at Hicks Industrial Roofing is old. Custom applications that I built in MS Office Suite software in the early 90's, and have continued to tweak over the decades, ...
Take the First Step to Get Your Business in the Cloud – You’ll be Glad You Did
RCS influencer Ken Kelly talks about the first step a company should take to make the digital transformation. In this video, Ken explains how his business made the leap into the cloud and the benefits that his business realized from taking that first step. You can watch the video here or ...
Technology Stacks Need to Be Able to Communicate and Integrate with Each Other for Success
RCS Influencer Charles Antis interviews Antis Roofing Chief Operation Officer to share more about the technology stacks that she has implemented within the company. Charles Antis of Antis Roofing loves technology but when it comes to implementing it, he trusts his COO, Karen Inman to put the solutions in place. In ...
Technology is the Newest Roofing Tool
RCS Influencer Marty Stout says that technology is what makes his business model possible. It is amazing what technology has done for our lives and for our industry. I am old enough to remember doing all of our payroll in a three-ring binder with a pager for each guy. I also ...
