Courses Archive - Remodelers University

The PowerStart 5

Get off to a strong start with these five “Quick Boost” lessons. In this trial course, we’ll give you immediate, actionable tasks and lay the critical groundwork for your success. The five lessons contained in this course are designed to get you focusing on one key component in each of the five critical areas of your business – finance, sales, business operations, marketing, and estimating. The purpose here is to get some processes and systems in place immediately, things that can have a big impact with little time investment on your part. Access these lessons below with a membership to Remodelers University!

To access all the lessons in this course, please sign up for our $1 week-long trial or purchase a full membership. Thank you!

Finance

Too often we see remodelers who work too many hours and make too little money to support themselves and their families. This does not have to be so – money is made through actions such as strategic planning, taking conscious actions, utilizing budgets, accurately estimating the costs of projects, using financial reports to monitor your progress, and more. By creating a solid plan and following it, you can lead a wonderful life, supported by work you love.

In this course, some of the most respected authorities in the industry will walk you through the process of not just creating financial reports, but reading the information they contain in order to improve the performance of your company. You’ll also learn about financial ratios, pricing policies, personal compensation, overhead expenses, profits, and more. Access these lessons and more below with a membership to Remodelers University!

As part of your trial period, you have access to all of the lessons in The PowerStart 5 and one lesson in each of the other courses. To access all of the lessons in this course and the others, please upgrade to a full membership. Thank you! To access all the lessons in this course, please sign up for our $1 week-long trial or purchase a full membership. Thank you!

Marketing

Marketing is the engine that keeps the business flowing. Without a well-designed marketing and lead generation program in place, you’re at the mercy of the marketplace. In this course, some of the most successful marketing professionals in the industry will help you discover the secrets to generating the business you need to feed the company machine, starting with generating high quality referral leads and repeat business. You’ll also learn many different aspects of traditional and digital marketing, including branding, positioning, inbound marketing, websites, search engine optimization, social media, and more. Access these lessons and more below with a membership to Remodelers University!

Business Operations

Business operations means different things to lots of different people, but the topics covered in this course are extremely important to the future success of your company. In this course you’ll learn about many different topics related to your business, including:

Setting up your business
Running your office
Building your team
Administrative responsibilities
Legal structures
Your physical office
The importance of an administration department
And more!

You may have limited experience managing and motivating others, especially if you come from a technical, hands-on background, but this is a key skill to develop if you want to have a company that delivers a great product, provides employees a path for advancement, allows you to take off some of the hats to focus on your favorite parts of the business, and, of course, generates the profits you need. This course will also cover topics such as the hiring (and firing) process, creating job descriptions and employee handbooks, recruitment, onboarding, and more, all taught by some of the most respected authorities in the industry. Access these lessons and more below with a membership to Remodelers University!

Sales

Consumers today seem to be trained to look exclusively at price when making a buying decision. It’s our hope you will never be the cheapest remodeler in town because those who are rarely make enough profit to build a great company. But, to overcome this inclination, you must understand how to identify your clients’ needs and show them how your service solves their problems and that you deliver value that is much greater than the dollars they will invest.

The good news is that selling skills can be learned and improved by investing the time to learn the best techniques, having the guts to try new approaches, monitoring your results, and believing you are worth every penny. This course concentrates on the mechanics of building your own selling system, starting with the way you structure your sales department – even if it’s a department of one. Some of the most respected authorities in the industry will teach you which activities drive sales, how to overcome common objections, back-of-the-house topics like compensating salespeople and the sales-to-production hand-off, and more. Access these lessons and more below with a membership to Remodelers University!

Estimating

Accurate estimating is an essential skill if you want to build a successful remodeling company. At its core, estimating is the process of calculated guessing by looking into the future at the costs of a project before work on it has begun. In this course, some of the most respected authorities in the industry will be talking about creating a system for estimating – a system that will help you eliminate mistakes, accurately assess the various needs of a project, increase efficiency while driving down costs, and understand when to make price adjustments due to specific job conditions. Access these lessons and more below with a membership to Remodelers University!

Production

Production is not only a huge part of the customer experience, but it is also where your money is won or lost. As a result, your production department has three main goals – complete the job on time, within budget, and with a happy client as a result. This is admittedly a challenging list of goals but, when they are accomplished, life is beautiful! Clients are happy and send referrals, you are happy because the company made money, and your team is happy because they accomplished a difficult goal.

So what are the keys to a successful production department? Whether it’s employees not meeting their responsibilities, or simply lacking the expertise they need to do so, an owner who micromanages the project and won’t let the production team do their job, poor communication, unclear (or non-existent) job descriptions, or even simply not having a clear picture of the company’s goals, there are any number of pitfalls that can have a negative influence on a job and the company as a whole. Some of the most respected authorities in the industry will help you solve all these problems and more in the lessons below with a membership to Remodelers University!