Help
us evaluate a new product!
I
NEED YOUR HELP! 8-)
PLEASE
take a few moments and answer as many of the questions
below as you can. I'm currently evaluating
a new product for our web site that provides business
owners with greater insight into their company data,
identifies emerging trends, and increases bottom line
profits.
I
would really appreciate your feedback to help determine
if it's the right fit. :)
You
can either copy the questions below and paste them into
a new email with your answers and send it to me at survey@thecontractorsgroup.com or,
if you prefer, I've set up an
online form here where you can submit your answers.
:)
Thank
you for helping to keep TheContractorsGroup.com
the best contractor's site on the web!
1. Do
you use Excel spreadsheets to manage your inventory,
budget, finances, sales data or any other business critical
information? (If yes,
please proceed to question #2; If no, please proceed
to the last question, #6)
2. Do
you currently, or plan to, present Excel spreadsheet
data (i.e. gross sales growth, increase in net profits,
etc.) to any other members of management, shareholders
or partners? If so, what are your goals when presenting
your data?
3. Do
you use your Excel spreadsheet data for forecasting or
for business analysis (i.e. do you predict future results
based on current data, or predict results based on modifications
to your existing numbers)?
4. If
you knew about a product that allowed you to turn your
spreadsheet data into visually compelling and easy to
understand Flash-based graphs and charts, would you be
interested?
5. If
you could create an easy to understand budget model that
allowed you to quickly predict changes to your bottom
line by adjusting material costs, increasing prices,
reducing payroll, etc., would you be interested?
6. How
do you track your purchase orders, projects, invoices,
etc.?
*If
you'd like to receive a special one-time email from
me that'll have results from this survey and information
on
the product
I'm
evaluating, please let me know in your
email. :)
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California
Compliant Construction Contracts
After
scouring the CSLB website and the various publications
they've put together, we've created a construction contract
package that is 100% compliant with California regulations.
Included
in the contract forms package is:
- a
two-page contract that contains everything the California
license board requires for a compliant contract AND
- every
single notice the license board requires the contractor
to give to the homeowner AND
- a
copy of the CSLB publication "Home Improvement
Contracts: The pieces to the puzzle", which tells
exactly what is required in a contract in order for
it to be compliant to California laws
- a
free 20-minute consultation with a practicing construction
attorney, about any business matter including contracts
I've
included a copy of the CSLB publication just because
I feel it's important that contractors have an opportunity
to read it and determine for themselves what the law
requires.
There's
no charge for the CSLB publication, if you'd like to
read the CSLB publication without, or before, purchasing
the contract package just send me an email and I'll be
happy to email a copy of the publication to you. diane@thecontractorsgroup.com
To
read more, see a free preview of the contract, and purchase
the package, please follow this link:
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Helpful
Suggestion From A Reader...
#1
- I C E = In Case of Emergency
A
BIG thank you to one
of our readers, Howard Royster of
RR Building & Repair LLC in Va Beach VA,
who sent me some excellent info regarding cell phones...
A
Cambridge(UK)-based paramedic has launched a national
campaign with Vodafone to encourage people to store emergency
contact details in their mobile phones.
Bob
Brotchie, a clinical team leader for the East Anglian
Ambulance
NHS Trust, came up with the plan last year after struggling
to get contact details from shocked or injured patients.
Now,
while this campaign was actually launched in the UK,
there's no reason why we here in the US can't adopt the
idea! :)
Figure
out who you'd like the rescue personnel to contact in
case
you are involved in some type of emergency and
cannot
tell the rescue personnel yourself who to call. Enter
the phone number of the person you'd want the rescue
personnel to call but rather than entering the person's
name, instead enter ICE or I C E.
The
rescue personnel can search your contacts on your phone,
find the ICE and instantly call that number. Voila! You're
emergency contact person knows right away that you're
in trouble.
If
you have more than one emergency contact you'd like to
enter, then enter the first one as ICE (or I C E), the
second as ICE2 (or I C E 2), the third as ICE3, and so
on.
Tip:
Do this on your kids' phones as well!
Anyone
who knows a fireman, policeman, paramedic, etc. - tell
them about this so that they can tell their
co-workers and spread the word.
Read
more about this program in the UK
ps:
There's been some concern voiced that adding ICE to your
phone will allow bad guys to access your contact list
in your phone, and/or that adding ICE to your phone will
cost you. This simply isn't true, ICE
is NOT a hoax nor
is there a charge for it, so if you get an
email
claiming
these things,
just
delete
it.
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