I’ll admit it right up front. I have a love/hate relationship with exhibiting at trade shows for my remodeling and wholesale supply businesses. Here’s what I love about trade shows.

The ‘goods’ about trade shows

As a ‘people-person’ I love past customers coming to our booth, sharing how they’re enjoying their shower wall panels, or glass block windows or new master closet we designed, supplied and/or installed for them.

I love meeting new…

Whether you’re a design/build or general remodeling contractor wondering if you can improve profits and close more jobs by adding shower wall panels to your offerings, or you’re an experienced (or start up) bath in a day company looking to differentiate your line, there’s A LOT of factors which go into choosing the right shower wall panel system.

And since I get calls daily from seasoned company owners and aspiring entrepreneurs looking to…

It’s NOT getting any easier to sell bath remodeling projects.

You can say that again.

Ok, it’s NOT getting any easier to sell bath remodeling projects.

During COVID you were a rock star. Phones were ringing off the hook. Who needs advertising, you thought. You were turning down jobs left and right. The only barrier was finding people to do the work.

Today – things ARE different.

Lead volume is down. You’re hustling to dig up leads.

The big…

It’s not easy to make a buck in the bathroom remodeling business these days.

Inflationary material prices are not ‘your little ‘Fre’ (as Tony Montana – from the bloody movie Scarface would say).

Finding quality installers to do time-effective installations can be a ‘needle in a haystack experience.’

Scrounging up leads has become harder and harder (and MORE EXPENSIVE).

And if your bathroom remodeling business IS NOT as profitable (or as large) as…

Have you ever been asked to prepare a speech for a group at work, or a wedding or an industry event? Did you have soooooo much anxiety you thought you’d need to borrow your Grandfathers Depends? Now imagine talking to this group (or even just talking to one person) and not feeling you’ve got your speech down cold or don’t know what the heck you’re talking about.

Can you say panic?

When you’re uncertain about what to say FEAR takes over. Who…

Are customer selections slowing down your bathroom remodeling sales and dropping your closing percentages? Instead of getting a check after presentations are you waiting weeks and weeks for your prospect to visit the cabinet shop, your flooring supplier and to see the tub and shower surround panels you’re recommending?

And even after they do visit these businesses, are they even MORE confused how the patterns will look in a complete room (or if…