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Southern
California Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (SCIB) is not only
our insurance agent for both C and D Acoustics and
TheContractorsGroup.com, they have become our friends.
SCIB was my first advertiser and my first renewal! They
have supported me and our website since day one. On the
construction side, the speed with which they issue our
certificates is terrific, and every certificate has been
issued correctly the first time! How many times have you
had to ask your insurance agent to redo a certificate for
you? When using insurance companies we had prior to SCIB,
obtaining accurate certificates on a timely basis was a
problem, but since we have signed with SCIB, our problems
with paperwork have become non-existent. Please contact
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSURANCE BROKERAGE, INC. for your
insurance and bonding needs. If you would like one of
their business cards to put in your business card file,
please click here for a printable SCIB business e*card
(it actually prints in the size of a standard business
card!). Then you will have their information when you are
ready to purchase your next insurance policy and/or bond!
While you are viewing their business e*card online, you
will have the option of clicking through to visit their
website and/or you will be able to send them an email
directly from their e*card. Tell 'em we said
hi!
SCIB
business e*card
Southern
California Insurance Brokerage, Inc.
(800) 900-9372
Gary Oltmanns * Gabriel Hill
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1. Spotlight
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Our
spotlight this month falls on AECguide.com. Says
President Jeffrey W. Ganthner, AIA, MSCE:
"AECguide.com
is dedicated and committed to serving architects,
engineers, and construction professionals within the AEC
Industry. AECguide.com organizes and delivers to you the
very best content, collaboration, technology, and service
provider websites within our beloved industry. Through
streaming news, you will be kept informed of the latest
AEC Industry happenings. You will find original features
aimed at improving the way we work as professionals for
the benefit of our careers, projects, and companies.
AECguide.com is not a search engine rather it is powered
by real AEC professionals for AEC professionals."
The
content at AECguide.com is tremendous. No matter what
part of the construction industry you are involved with,
you will find helpful information at this site! Please
click the link below to visit AECguide.com, and/or click
on the second link to subscribe to the free e*newsletter
sent out by AECguide.com. If the subscribe link does not
work, please send an email to this address:
subscribe@AECguide.com Visit his site as soon as you have
the time to do so, you will be amazed at all he has to
offer!
AECguide
subscribe@AECguide
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2. Knowing your forms makes a difference:
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New
forms
**
20-Day Preliminary Notice for Public Works
**
State of California Withdrawal of Mechanic's
Lien
If you
have a form that I don't have posted, please send it to
me and I will give you a free advertisement once I post
the form. This goes for all states, not just
California!
Forms
See our
new Contractor's Corner feature (Section
5),
for info on the forms that some contractors are required
to provide, by new legislation (SB 2029).
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3. Advertising at TheContractorsGroup.com
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**
Advertise with us! You get exposure through our
newsletter and
our
website. You get free webpages. You get branding! You
get
promoted
in some unusual yet quite effective ways. You
get
personal
and personable service, from me! It will be one of
your
most
unique and enjoyable business relationships ever. Best
of
all,
the monies from your advertisements help
keep
TheContractorsGroup.com
website resource free for use by
all
contractors,
(and others associated with construction). Check
out
these
numbers:
Jan 1,
2000 - Dec 31, 2000 we had 2,451 unique visits to our
site
and
individual pages were accessed a total of 6,265
times.
Jan 1,
2001 - Sep 30, 2001 we had 54,650+ unique visits to
our
site
and individual pages were accessed a total of 175,000+
times.
That's
growth, wouldn't you say? ;)
Click
here for more info!
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4. Industry Links:
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** The
Association for Better Insulation has launched a web
site
at
www.betterinsulation.com that addresses a variety of
needs and
offers a plethoraof information and opportunities.
1. A
FREE thermal insulation inspection for both homeowners
and
contractors
who want to be sure they are getting what they pay
for
and
only pay for what they need.
2.
Information about carcinogenic building materials and
which
alternatives
to use.
3.
Information on becoming a Better Insulation Contractor.
4. The
ABI Insulation Fraud Defense Network.
5. A
listing of Better Insulation Contractors and
Manufacturers in
20
countries on 5 continents and in 45 states!
6. Some
really great energy saving products.
7. A
$10,000 give away --- and much more!
Well
worth the visit to
BetterInsulation.com
!
Click
on this link to access our
Industry
Links
page
which
contains
BetterInsulation.com and so many more
resources!
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5. Contractor's Corner
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Send me
your questions to be featured in Contractor's
Corner!
This
month, from Chris Conlee:
The
California State License Board newsletter (California
Licensed
Contractor
Issue Summer 2001) says that a law passed last
year
(SB2029)
will require contractors to provide a Commercial
General
Liability
Insurance information sheet and a consumer checklist
to
all
homeowner clients with every estimate and contract,
beginning
October
1, 2001. Can't find out anything about this at
their
website.
Are you familiar with this requirement?
Thank
you Chris for sending me your question! I contacted
the
CSLB
and I received the following response from
Ellen:
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Thanks for your message. The two SB 2029 notices were
created by
regulation.
The regulatory process is complicated. The
notices
are
still winding their way through the process. I think they
go
to
the Office of Administrative Law this week. If OAL
doesn't
have
a problem with them they should be filed with the
Secretary
of
State's Office about 30 days from now. All
contractors
performing
home improvement will be required to provide
these
notices
3 months from the day the notices are filed with
the
Secretary
of State. We will post them on our website when
they
are
approved.
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Thank
you Ellen! To all my readers: I will try to keep
you
updated
and once the forms are available, I will post them at
my
site.
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8. Contractors outside California
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** Hey to all of you
outside of California! How are you?? I really want to be
able to address your needs and concerns.
I would
greatly appreciate any assistance from anyone who would
like to
provide me with forms that I can create online and/or
news items
and/or changed laws and regulations, etc. If I am able
to use
something that you provide me, I will be happy to credit
you and/or
your company and provide you with some free advertising
in return.
That goes for contractors within California too!
There
is no way I could
ever cover anything and everything that might
be going
on at any given time, but with your help we can make
a difference
(oh how corny!), together we can keep all
contractors
informed (there,
that's better). :)
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9. Shopping Links for Upcoming Occasions
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Boss's Day is October
16. If you have a boss that you plan
on rewarding
this year, please check out what I have listed
below.
I earn minor
commissions on these products, but only if you use
my links.
If a link below does not work, please copy and paste
the web
address into your browser. The commissions I earn help
to keep
my forms and tutorials free for everyone. Thank you!
Diane
** GiftCertificates.com
is offering $5 off a $50
SuperCertificate
purchase until Oct.
16, 2001. Just enter promotion
code SMAFFBOSS2001
during checkout, and you will receive $5 off a
$50 SuperCertificate
purchase. Take advantage of this exciting
offer
and make your
boss's day with a SuperCertificate
from GiftCertificates.com.
Let him know how valuable he is to the
team or
let her know she's a great mentor - you can't go wrong!
Click
this
link:
Click here to send your boss an email Gift Certificate Today!
** Lots more
suggestions:
Click
here for a list of links for gifts for boss's
day
** Magazine
subscriptions are always winners when it comes
to those
hard to purchase for (ie.: bosses!). :)
Click
here for
some excellent
deals on magazines
** For a personal gift,
try Personalized Creations where you
can have
your boss's gift personalized just for him or
her.
Click
here for personalized gifts
** Flowers, plants,
chocolates and other yummies!
Click
here for flowers, plants, chocolates, cookies, etc.
YUM!
** Gift Baskets are
great because they can fit any occasion!
Click here to see some gorgeous gift baskets
** Halloween is right
around the corner! Check out the deals
you can
get on candy online, before you go spend money on what
might
not be as good a
deal! There's also costumes and *cute*
little
knick knacks and
candles, etc.
Click this link:
Halloween!
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