One thing that we don't talk about often is one of the most important visual aspects of a home. For every project we take on, comes a plethora of decisions to make. Some decisions are quite small, and more detail oriented than anything. Others, though, will...
Hello, there! Today we are wondering, what is your first reaction when you hear the words: "Open House"? Do you feel excited? Opportunistic? Bored? Painful? Hopefully it's not that last one! We've been hearing some chatter about best practices for holding an open house. While we are...
A successful business plan takes time, but it's the most worthwhile thing you'll do all year. As a business owner, we live 3 months ahead. The plans we put into place today, will be the food we put on our table weeks from now. That's one of the reasons...
If you are in business for yourself, you know how crucial happy clients and customers are to your success and growth. Customer service is key in any industry, but customer appreciation might be even more important, and here's why: Referrals. Every month, we tally every single lead,...
After attending dozens of network events in the last two years, I've come to realize that networking is one of the most important aspects of growing a healthy business. Not only because you get to meet amazing, goal-oriented people and build beneficial relationships in your business, but...
When we dig something, we're all in. It's no secret that we love supporting small business. The two of us come from generations of self-starters and small business owners, and we are acutely acquainted with the struggles, ups and downs, twists and turns that small businesses have...
Lessons Learned from Owning a Business Hi, all! It's a Saturday, and like most weekends we are holding an open house! Our Saturdays and Sunday's sure are practically unrecognizable from our past life in corporate. Owning a business can do that, I suppose. Between visitors today, we are...
Happy Friday! Can you belive we are already into week two of 2016? The last few months, we spent copius amounts of time preparing for this new year: planning every facet of our business, from changes we are undergoing, to new processes we are implementing, and of course,...
