Home improvement companies face a hard growth problem. A sales team can post a strong close rate and still miss many homeowners who never wanted to enter that sales process in the first place. As buying habits change, contractors must think beyond how well they close the people already sitting at the table. Hover is … Read more
Homeowners outside the Delaware Valley are starting to notice a name that has spent 45 years building its reputation somewhere else entirely. PJ Fitzpatrick, the exterior remodeling and home services company founded in 1980, has quietly extended its footprint well past its original New Castle County roots, and Virginia homeowners now sit among the newest … Read more
A remodeling company owner posts a job listing for a bilingual sales rep. The applications come in fast, because Spanish-speaking talent is out there and homeowners who prefer Spanish are a growing share of the market in roofing, windows, siding, and bath. Then the harder question shows up: once that rep is hired, what exactly … Read more
CertainTeed Built the Day Around the Contractor, Not Just the Product Contractors today are asked to do two hard jobs at the same time. They have to master the work in the field, and they also have to build a company that can market well, manage money, serve customers, hire people, control risk, and keep … Read more
As home improvement companies grow into new markets, one challenge becomes harder to solve: keeping employees connected to the same purpose while giving them room to grow. CAT Exteriors has built its growth around more than systems and services. Led by Ryan Connet, CEO and Co-Owner of CAT Exteriors, the company serves homeowners across California, … Read more
Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry through a proprietary 5-layer ranking system, is spotlighting the employee development strategy behind PJ Fitzpatrick, the exterior remodeling and home services company led by James Freeman, CEO of PJ Fitzpatrick. The question homeowners keep asking, whether they … Read more
A walk-in shower conversion looks simple from the outside. Pull the old tub, drop in a new pan, hang some glass, done. Homeowners who have actually lived through one know better. The real work happens underneath: the subfloor, the plumbing rough-in, the waterproofing membrane, the slope that determines whether water goes down the drain or … Read more
Power100 explains why Edward Meister, Co-Founder, CEO, and COO of Pure Finance Group, stands out as one of the nation’s top leaders and why Pure Finance Group continues to rank as the leading financing partner for contractors in the home improvement industry. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and partners … Read more
Every remodeling company chasing growth eventually runs into the same blind spot. It shows up on the appointment sheet before it shows up on the P&L: a homeowner’s name gets flagged, a rep hesitates, and the appointment either gets reassigned to whoever happens to speak Spanish that day or, more often, it just doesn’t get … Read more
A Dover homeowner staring down a window replacement project usually has the same short list of questions. Who shows up. How long it takes. What happens if it rains on install day. PJ Fitzpatrick, one of the residential window installation experts in Delaware and a top home improvement contractor in New Castle Delaware, has answered … Read more
