When homeowners are exposed to new shed-use ideas, it can spur them to think in new ways about their own needs for a shed—and why they might need to buy a shed from you. What was once the domain of traditional storage sheds has transformed into sheds that are unique and[Read More…]
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Shed Builder Hires Marketing Agency to Increase Sales
Northland Storage Sheds, based in Milbank, South Dakota, hired a marketing company to boost Northland’s online presence, the company reports. Owner Derek Wipf contacted the marketing agency in January 2017. Shortly thereafter they signed a contract to set a monthly budget. Northland says the agency is implementing CRM (customer relations[Read More…]
Facing the Challenge
Every build brings its own challenges. But wouldn’t it be nice to have a roadmap to those challenges? Fortunately, those builders who have been in the shed business a year or two … or considerably more … are often willing to share the challenges they’ve faced, and how they’re working[Read More…]
Watch a Shed Be Built in Less Than 2 Minutes
What if we told you that you could see a shed built in less than two minutes? Really, you can … with high-speed video. The folks at Byler Barns in Virginia made a video of their crew building a shed from the ground up. And then they sped up the[Read More…]
Shed Commercial a Smashing Success?
Shed builders have to sell sheds. And they have many marketing options. One is TV advertising. However, sometimes the shoot doesn’t go quite as planned. A YouTuber found this footage from an old Tuff Shed commercial shoot. The concept, show how sturdy wood sheds are compared to metal sheds by[Read More…]
Winery Helps Food Bank Purchase Shed
Niner Wine Estates in Paso Robles, California, has awarded organizations in San Luis Obispo County with money to fund local projects. The company focuses on supporting organizations that directly support the local community and reflect its own business philosophies. In 2016 these organizations included GleanSLO and must! Charities, both of[Read More…]
U.S. Places Tariffs on Canadian Lumber
The Trump administration placed tariffs up to 24 percent on Canadian lumber shipped to the United States early this week. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of softwood lumber from Canada. “The Department of Commerce determined a need to impose[Read More…]
Protecting the Bottom of Shed Doors
Race Storage Sheds in West Seneca, New York, is providing aluminum splash guards along the bottom of doors for protection at no extra charge, the company reports. According to Race, fiberglass doors used on sheds haven’t had protection at the bottom. Over the years, the company says it has noticed[Read More…]
Chaotic Markets
Prices will move around a lot.” Did I really say that in the previous column? What an understatement! The catalyst for this volatility is the same—the failure to resolve the softwood lumber dispute and the uncertainty in the near future. Prices Lumber prices have been all over the map the[Read More…]
Updated Window Installation Instructions
More sheds than ever are including windows, providing natural lighting and, increasingly, a breath of fresh air into backyard structures serving as workshops, studios, and more. “When I started, we were selling the old awning-covered crank-out [windows],” says Shane Hartman of WEH Supply Inc. in Denver, Pennsylvania. “They’re still around[Read More…]
