Karen L. Edwards, RCS COO
Exit Plan that Lets You Keep Working
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. If you’re tired of owning your own business but love roofing, this plan might be right for you. When you think of exit planning for your roofing company, do you envision retirement? Maybe you haven’t even thought of exit planning for your business. Often, owners don’t ...
5 Tips for Recruiting Women into Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Recruiting women into the roofing industry is a hot topic, but not much guidance has been given as to how to recruit them. The number of women working in the trades in 2018 was the highest in 20 years, according to ForConstructionPros.com, yet women still only ...
Cold-weather Product Selector Guide Now Available
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Fight back against the cold weather with products that perform at just about any temperature. Even though winter officially begins on December 21 each year, much of the country has already been seeing cooler temperatures and snow. However, advancements in manufacturing, new technologies and cold-weather formulations ...
Stay ‘In the Know’ When You Connect with The Roofing Alliance on Social Media
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. By liking and sharing The Roofing Alliance’s posts, links and photos, you can help spread the word on the work they are doing on behalf of this great industry. The Roofing Alliance brings together leading contractors, manufacturers and suppliers committed to securing the future strength and ...
Bring Your Office to the Field
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. When your field team has the right tools and accurate information, your business will thrive. I had the opportunity to speak with Eleanor Gach, Content Director at Jobba Trade Technologies, who brings an interesting perspective to the industry. Before joining the technology company, Eleanor worked for ...
Next-Gen Sales Technology Learns from Your Data
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Predictive analytics, artificial intelligence and GIS technology for sales success. It sounds futuristic but it’s happening right now. Recently, RoofersCoffeeShop® attended the METALCON show in Pittsburgh where we had the opportunity to listen to a technology presentation by members of the Roofing Technology Think Tank (RT3) ...
Independent Contractor or Employee?
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. New California law, Assembly Bill 5, takes effect January 1, 2020 and requires employers to use a strict method to determine classification or workers. After California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law in September, he issued a signing statement saying the bill will “help ...
Top October Stories: People, Projects and Technology
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. RoofersCoffeeShop is about community. It’s the people who make up this community that we love to hear about and meet. That was pretty evident in looking at what the most popular articles were last month. Leading the list was ...
Meet Mandy McIntyre of 1st Choice Roofing
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The search for her ‘true calling’ led to a career in roofing. In 2013, Mandy McIntyre was working as an office manager for a landscaping and snow removal company and she was miserable with her job. She couldn’t stand working there anymore so she decided to ...
Protecting Buildings in one of the Wettest Places on Earth
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. In situations where the rain isn’t going to stop to let you make repairs, contractors must find the solutions that can stand up to the challenge of repairing leaks in wet conditions. There are just two seasons in Kauai, Hawaii – the dry season and the ...
