Your Fast Track to Lifelong Learning and Success

This is your best connection to continuous  business improvement and personal growth. Your "personal university" gives you instant access to business improvement know-how, time-savers and competitive secrets from successful remodelers across America… all for less per month than the cost of an quality auger bit!

Mastering the Business of Remodeling
By Linda Case and Victoria Downing

Join the successful remodelers who have it all--excellent incomes, a profitable bottom line and a LIFE! Having it all isn't easy to achieve but nothing so important will ever be easy. This cutting edge book gives you solutions from the country's most successful remodelers and consultants. You deserve this book. Get it. Read it. And start working (and thinking) smarter! 300 pgs.

$30.00

101 PowerTips
By Victoria Downing

Peer learning gets a shot in the arm with this book from Remodelers Advantage®. Whether you're a seasoned remodeler or are new to the home improvement industry, you're sure to learn plenty from 101 PowerTips: Great Business Ideas from America's Top Remodeling Companies.

Culled from the files of Remodelers Advantage®, the industry's fastest growing consulting company, and from interviews with Remodelers Advantage® Roundtables members, 101 PowerTips provides a unique collection of tested ideas for running a more effective, efficient, and profitable remodeling company.

$19.95

The Remodeler's Guide to Making and Managing Money
By Linda Case

Only by knowing your numbers will you be able to make wise decisions, improve your operation, and maximize the financial returns of your company. Here's how to improve cash flow, set goals for markup and gross profit, plan for profit and achieve it! 140 pgs.

$27.00

The Remodeler's Marketing PowerPak
By Linda Case and Victoria Downing

The Remodelers Library

A must-have for all Remodelers! This 4-Volume set of books includes:

• Master the Business of Remodeling
• The Remodeler's Guide to Making and Managing Money
• The Remodeler's Marketing PowerPak
• 101 PowerTips: Great Business Ideas from America's Top Remodelers

$110.95

Loyalty Is Love: How To Hold Clients Close For Life
By Beverly Koehn 

Beverly shares how every business relationship begins with love and shouldn't end with a referral, but endure with loyalty. Not one lesson or recommendation is theoretical. They're down-to-earth, shared by companies of all sizes, and delivered in the author's signature speaking style. She explores the best ways to gauge customer loyalty, and shows how to create a distinct advantage with employees and customers. She draws on her experiences developing marketing, management, sales, and customer care training programs for hundreds of companies. 236 pages.

$29.95

The Lead Carpenter Handbook: The Complete Hands-on-Guide to Successful Job-Site Management
By Timothy Faller

This powerful management system will let you grow your company and your profits without sacrificing quality or personalized service to your customers. Based on his extensive field experience, Faller tells you everything you want to know to recruit, train, and manage lead carpenters. 209 pages. Quantities Limited.

$30.00

JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction Volume 1. Exteriors

Volume 1 of the JLC Field Guide is the ultimate visual guide to building a sound structure and durable exterior shell.

It's packed with professional details and proven techniques that have been successfully developed by leading builders, remodelers, subcontractors, engineers and architects.

This Volume 1 is a visual guide to every stage of constructing a durable, high-quality shell on a firm foundation. And it features over 440 detailed technical drawings and concise instructions on the fundamental principles, proven techniques, and practical rules of thumb for every builder and remodeler.

$69.95

JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction Volume 2: Interiors

The JLC Field Guide, Volume 2
The long-awaited second volume of the JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction will provide builders and remodelers with comprehensive information on the critical interior systems, features, and details that enable you to transform the basic housing structure into an attractive, state-of-the-art home. Now Available!

Like Volume 1, which covers foundations and the exterior shell, this new volume is clearly written and extensively illustrated.

$69.95

Sandler Sales Training CD's: Critical Selling Skills

6 CD set, specially packaged for Remodelers Advantage.

Remodelers Advantage Inc. proudly presents a powerful sales training tool that will not only reinforce your best selling skills but will also help you "take charge" of your selling career! This revolutionary selling system, created by David Sandler, founder of the national training organization, Sandler Sales Institute, will help you completely turn the tables on even your most difficult prospects.

This ultimate sales training program is presented in a series of six compelling audio CD's covering the most critical issues involved in selling today. Original information from David Sandler is interwoven with instruction from other top instructors to provide you and your sales people with a resource that can be used again and again to build confidence and increase sales ratios! Available only through Remodelers Advantage.com!

Each CD in the set focuses on one important topic.

Set #1 Critical Selling Skills

Buyer/Seller Dance: A great place to start, this module provides an overview of the dynamic Sandler Selling System and is an important point-of-reference for everyday selling. Includes practical, ready-to-use tips on each phase of the selling process.

Bonding and Rapport: You and your salespeople may know the ropes, but if they don't know how to relate to people successfully, they'll never reach their peak. Listen to dozens of tips on how to read people, create a personal bond, and become a trusted advisor at the very first meeting.

Uncovering the Budget: Learn how to overcome your prospect's natural defenses to nail down the budget early in the sales process and avoid wasting time with prospects who aren't a good fit. Experts share their techniques for broaching this sensitive subject in a way that give you the information you need in order to take a next step.

Finding Their Pain: The greatest desire in life isn't the search of pleasure, it's the "avoidance of pain!" Learn Sandler's system for identifying, amplifying, and curing buyer "pain." Believe us, they'll thank you for it!

Up-Front Contracts: Is there any value in securing a client's verbal commitment to action before you launch into the sales process? You be there is! An up-front verbal contract could be worth a fortune to your sales efforts. This concept has changed the lives - and the pocketbooks - of hundreds of remodeling salespeople!

Fulfillment and Post Sell: Clients often want to rush through the process to the bottom line, but you know that without providing details on the unique value you bring to the table, your chances of a successful sale plummet. This module will outline the critical steps in creating airtight presentations that stick.

$119.00

DiSC Profile Reports

DiSC Profile Reports are proven business tools that can make a major difference in the culture and profitability of your company. A comprehensive report is prepared providing you with a behavioral analysis of the profilee which can help your company perform the following human resource functions:

Selection
Hiring incorrectly can cost a company thousands of dollars in training and lost productivity. Using the assessments may provide a way to identify and hire the best person for the job and the company.

Placement
Assessments may provide information that helps companies achieve the best fit between employees and jobs. The assessment may help you assign people to the appropriate job/responsibility level.

Manage Your Current Employees Better!

Learn the best way to communicate with your key employees. This simple skill will reduce stress, increase productivity and greatly increase job satisfaction - yours and the employee's.

DiSC Profiles Can

• uncover a person's general characteristics;
• determine his or her value to the organization;
• create a checklist for communicating;
• explain communication "Don'ts;"
• provide tips for more effective communications tips;
• describe the ideal work environment for the individual;
• give you his/her perceptions - both self perception as well as other's perceptions;
• describe natural and adapted styles - and whether or not they fit!
• provide keys to motivating and managing the individual;
• and give you specific areas for improvement with a detailed Action Plan.

It's that simple!

By EEOC standards, assessment tools can be used up to 33% of the hiring process. You must follow standards for benchmarking to remain within legal guidelines. For more information, check out the following website: http://www.onetcenter.org/guides.html

See sample DiSC Profile Assessments for Office Manager, Production Manager and Lead Carpenter.

Short and Long Forms are available upon request by calling 301-490-5620 x101.

Sandler Sales Training CDs: Advanced Selling Skills

6 CD set, specially packaged for Remodelers Advantage.

This ultimate sales training program is presented in a series of six compelling audio CD's covering the most critical issues involved in selling today. Original information from David Sandler is interwoven with instruction from other top instructors to provide you and your sales people with a resource that can be used again and again to build confidence and increase sales ratios! Available only through Remodelers Advantage.com!

Each CD in the set focuses on one important topic.

Set 2: Advanced Selling Skills

The advanced Sandler CD set will systematically help show you how to overcome the barriers that often block your success. With the combination of your knowledge and background within the remodeling industry, you can create long-term client involvement and ongoing reinforcement training that will separate you from the norm.

Can Asking Questions Be The Answer? The problem the prospect brings you is rarely the "real" problem. Listening and questioning techniques to uncover your prospect's true pain will be detailed in this priceless CD.

Reaching The Decision Maker: In business, nearly everyone can say "no," but often only one person can say "yes." Here's how to nail down the decision-making process before you give a presentation.

Negative Reverse Selling: The most potent technique in the Sandler Selling System arsenal. Employing this sophisticated technique will effectively revolutionize selling as you know it.

Negotiating Skills: Win/Win: Apply the Sandler Selling System to the tough negotiating arena. Learn how to identify and work with the four main negotiator styles. There is a way to have it your way and be welcomed back for more.

OK/Not OK: Make the prospect feel OK and your sales people will do OK. Anything else is not-OK. This CD covers the dynamics of human interaction and how to put these principles to work in each selling situation.

What You "I" is Not Who You "R": Discover how to help your salespeople achieve permanent performance gains by assuming a "winner" identity and avoiding role-failure.

$119.00

Field Training Services: Lead Carpenter / Production Training CDs
By Tim Faller

Did you ever want Tim Faller to conduct your training for you? Now you can have him train you and your crew without the cost of airfare and at your convenience!

Tim Faller of Field Training Services has recorded 11 CDs of the most important topics in implementing the Lead Carpenter System and for improving profitability with any production system.

This 12 CD set will walk you and your team through 11 important topics and provide the PowerPoint Presentations that accompany each training. To help ensure that the training information is implemented, each CD has a quiz associated with it so managers can generate discussion and real change.

The twelve CDs are:

1. Data Disc - PowerPoint files for all Handouts and Word files for all Quizzes
2. The Lead Carpenter System
3. The Lead Carpenter Job Description
4. The Lead Carpenter and Profit
5. The Lead Carpenter and Time Management
6. The Lead Carpenter and Customer Service
7. The Lead Carpenter and Scheduling
8. The Lead Carpenter and Pre Job Planning
9. The Lead Carpenter and Sub Contractors
10. The Lead Carpenter and Paperwork
11. The Lead Carpenter and Job Cost Reports
12. The Lead Carpenter and Change Orders

These CDs are designed for Lead Carpenters, Managers, and anyone wishing to be a Lead Carpenter. Each CD is a self contained unit and does not require listening to the other CDs; however, listening carefully to Trainings 2, 3, and 4 before any of the others will help set a tone for the entire set.

The CDs are set up so they can be listened to in a vehicle or in an office. Disc #1 has files of all the PowerPoint presentations that go along with the training. Each presentation can be printed out and become a handout or the presentation can be displayed on a computer monitor and used with the audio file. If you choose to use the files in this way, there is no tone to tell you to advance to the next screen but it should be fairly clear when it is time to do so.

The quizzes on Disc #1 are designed to be given at the end of each training. Each quiz is designed to create discussion between team members and management. In some cases there is no right or wrong answer, in other cases it may be good to go back through the PowerPoint Presentation and find the answer. They are not intended to be graded but are to be used to see if people are getting the message of the training. (If you choose to give grades you may.) In some cases you may want to listen to the training one week, pass out handouts, and then give the quizzes at the next meeting, which would allow time for discussion and practical application.

This product has a 30-day money back guarantee.

$349.00

Sample Safety Policy with Forms

Available for immediate download!

The Sample Safety Policy and Forms for Remodelers comes to you from the source you trust for up-to-date information for the remodeling industry, Remodelers Advantage. Abiding by OSHA standards prevents tragedies every day and as an employer, it is your duty to protect your workers from injury and illness on the job. Everything you need to begin a safety program, including the preparation of a comprehensive safety manual at your company today is included in this package -- you may customize the forms and pages to fit your company's needs. If you don't have a safety program or manual in place at your company, this is for you!

Part I - 25 pages of safety policies and guidelines geared toward the Professional Remodeler. Includes Accident Management and Fleet Safety Program Information; OSHA guidelines on what to expect on a site visit; and 18 OSHA Links with Safety Guidelines for the Remodeling and Construction Industry.

Part II - 50 pages of safety policy forms that can be modified to fit your company's specific needs. Includes New Employee Safety check lists, Training documentation for Protective Equipment and much, much more! OSHA Inspection Checklist also included.

$49.95

Sandler Broadcast Center

Sandler® Broadcasting… Live, Worldwide… Every Week!

One place...many messages. The Sandler Broadcast Center brings the best of sales leadership, sales education and reinforcement together with the power and technology of the internet. Keep the 'Sandler Reinforcement Edge' and learn while you work with the worldwide Sandler Broadcast Center.

As a member you'll receive:

• Live broadcasts on every topic of sales and sales leadership from topic experts. Four hours of live broadcasting each month...two hours for sales people and two hours for sales managers.
• Unlimited access to all show archives...downloadable to your computer, ipod or mp3 player.
• Unlimited access to Sandler e-Lessons to reinforce tactics and strategies that lock-in the knowledge and training.
• Listen on your computer or telephone!
• Get your specific questions answered! Q&A during all Live Broadcasts to solve your toughest sales challenges; email your questions anytime!

$50.00 per month

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