Shed builders are very creative folks. You must be creative to put food on the table every week on a builder’s paycheck. My fellow hammer-swingers have learned a few things over the years to simplify tasks, and to save wear and tear on our bodies and equipment. We innovate for[Read More…]
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Local Search Engine Optimization
Local search engine optimization is the science of ranking well in local search results. More than ever before, local search results are driving customers to small businesses. With a smartphone at hand, your potential customers look for your goods and services online. Let’s face it, the shed business is highly[Read More…]
Get It in Writing
How many times in business have you heard the saying, “Verbal agreements work fine—until they don’t”? The simple fact of the matter is things can and will go wrong in business. Conditions change for a number of reasons and you end up hearing another common phrase in business, “Did you[Read More…]
Attitude = Direction
Growing up, when I would have a negative attitude my dad would always tell me “Your attitude, not aptitude, will determine your altitude.” My dad did fly small planes for recreation, so I just thought the altitude part was for pilots and did not apply to me. Boy, was I[Read More…]
Market Possibility: Concession Sheds
As the fall sports season continues, many people have no doubt paid a visit to one of the most important areas of a public sporting event. No, not the bathrooms. Or the ticket booth. We’re talking about the concession stand, where folks in the crowd can get all sorts of[Read More…]
Portable Garage, Shed Builder Moves to New Location
Over the past two weeks, Sheds Unlimited left the fifth-generation family farm in Gap to occupy their new portable garage and shed building facility in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, the company reports. After months of building and preparation, the company has made the final move from the farm which Sheds Unlimited called home for many[Read More…]
MiraTEC® by JELD-WEN Helps Support Duke Children’s Hospital and YMCA
MiraTEC by JELD-WEN recently supported Terramor Homes’ 2017 Parade of Play Homes in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company reports. Terramor Homes built 10 play homes that were raffled and auctioned off with proceeds benefitting Duke Children’s Hospital and YMCA of the Triangle. MiraTEC donated materials for construction of the play[Read More…]
‘We Build Opportunity’
Trendon Burnett has always been building. “I was born with a hammer in my hand,” Burnett, jokes. For years, Burnett operated a successful residential and commercial construction business in Western Kentucky, but he always dreamed of something bigger. It was this vision and experience that helped Burnett launch EZ Portable[Read More…]
How to Plan
I expect to start hearing a lot of messages about planning and preparing for 2018. I don’t think December or January is any better time to create a plan than July or September. The season in which you plan for yourself or your business is much less important than planning[Read More…]
Building Materials Wholesaler Moves into New Office
Dairyman’s Supply Company moved into a new office building at the end of August at its Mayfield, Kentucky location, the company reports. Dairyman’s is a wholesaler that supplies building materials to retail lumber yards and building centers in the Southeast. That includes materials used by shed builders. “As pleased as[Read More…]
