Home renovation and exterior services for residential properties
Growing home improvement companies are adding more technology than ever. Marketing may use one platform. Sales may use another. The call center may have its own system. AI tools may sit somewhere else. Each tool can collect useful information, but more technology does not always create more clarity. During a PowerChat with Greg Cummings, CEO … Read more
Staying Far Away from Insurance Can Leave a Growing Contractor Network Harder to Control Large home improvement companies often face the same problem as they grow. They may depend on dozens or even hundreds of subcontractors and 1099 workers, but every contractor can arrive with a different insurance agent, a different policy, and a different … Read more
More Technology Does Not Help If a Sales Rep Still Cannot Reach the Answer Home improvement sales teams face a common problem. A rep can walk into a home with more technology than ever and still reach a point where the conversation stops. The measurement may be unclear. The price may not be ready. The … Read more
Contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and business partners unite on September 21, 2026, to support recovery, strengthen families, and show what community leadership looks like beyond the jobsite. BALTIMORE, MD, September 21, 2026: Power100, an independent ranking and media platform serving the home improvement industry, is supporting and covering today’s Swing FORE Recovery golf tournament, a Baltimore-area … Read more
Most contractors have never looked closely enough at a merchant statement to know what they are actually paying per swipe. They know the number on the contract they signed. They rarely know the number that shows up in the settlement report six months later, after tiered pricing, batch fees, and platform markups have done their … Read more
Window replacement is a category where nearly every company on the block sells a similar product at a similar price point, which means the sales presentation itself has become the real competitive edge. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry using a proprietary 5-layer … Read more
Ask most home improvement business owners where financing sits on their org chart, and the honest answer is usually somewhere near bookkeeping. It gets handed to whoever processes paperwork fastest, reviewed once a quarter, and rarely discussed in the same meeting as marketing spend or sales training. Edward Meister, CEO and Co-Founder of Pure Finance … Read more
Every winter, Michigan homeowners watch the same story play out along their roofline. Snow melts during the afternoon sun, refreezes overnight, and the cycle repeats itself for weeks at a time. Most homeowners blame the gutters. The truth is more complicated, and more expensive to ignore. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the … Read more
Industry buyers today are drowning in free content. A sales manager can find a podcast episode on objection handling before lunch, a YouTube clip on closing technique before dinner, and a LinkedIn thread on mindset before bed, all without spending a dollar. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies … Read more
Better Payment Options Mean More When Salespeople Know How to Talk About Them Many home improvement companies already offer financing or payment options. The harder part is making sure salespeople know how to talk about those choices with a homeowner. A contractor can have a strong payment solution ready to use, but the tool loses … Read more
