Top January Stories: Asphalt Roofing Q4 Report, Hero Roofers and Measuring Success

By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. 

Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) this past month. 

We were all so excited for 2021 to arrive and hopeful that it would bring less chaos and more normalcy.  2020 saw us struggling to secure materials and watching as prices crept up. Our top January story reflects that interest to know just what is going on with material shipments, so we aren’t surprised that the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers’ Association 2020 Q4 Product Shipment Report had the most reads of the month.  

It was followed closely behind by our coverage of the Caifornia roofing crew who spotted a brush fire beginning and pulled to the side of the road to battle the small blaze and put the fire out – potentially saving thousands of structures, homes and lives in the process.  

The number three spot was captured by how we measure our business success will drastically change in 2021. Revenue is not the only indicator of business success and contractors should consider a new set of key performance indicators for the coming year.  

If you didn’t get the chance to read the articles, follow the links below to check them out.  

Honorable Mention (#6-#10)

#10 -Inform Yourself and Your Employees About These COVID Safety Measures 

#9 - Can Jeff Cleavenger do Everything? 

#8 - Installing Smog-reducing Roofing Shingles Earns California Roofing Contractor Air Quality Leadership Award 

#7 - Metal Roofing on the Rise 

#6 - The Rippling Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the South African Economy 

Read the Top 5 articles: 

#5 - Join National Women in Roofing for their 4th Annual NWiR Day  

#4 - Duro-Last, Inc. Launches Duro-Last X: Industry's First Custom-Cut Roll Good Membrane Solution 

#3 - Measuring Business Success is Changing  

#2 - Roofers Hailed as Heroes for Extinguishing California Brush Fire

#1 - ARMA Releases 2020 Q4 Report on Asphalt Roofing Product Shipments 

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