Most home improvement dealers will agree that stress isn’t a welcome addition to their workday. Yet it seems inevitable. Case in point: sending invoices and waiting to get paid for a project is a typical stressor. Especially when listening to reasons why the customer is delinquent on payments, can’t pay the remainder of the loan […]
Amplify Your Home Improvement Brand with These 3 Tools
In the past three years, home improvement spending nationwide has increased—nearly six percent annually, according to the Leading Index for Remodeling Activity. The question to home improvement dealers is…has your business growth increased along with that trend? If you’re not seeing a boom in your bottom line, it could be because you’re not being seen. Your consumer base needs […]
Four Fundamental Advantages of Dealer Financing
Here’s why it matters so much to the home improvement industry… The home improvement industry is comprised of a hierarchy of business sizes from mom and pop to big box. Some have sales teams, some don’t. But all sizes of businesses face the same challenge from their prospective customers: how am I going to pay […]
Fuel Your Upsells with In-House Financing
As a home improvement dealer with or without a sales team, you know that sales savviness, sales strategy and closing a sale are crucial characteristics of growing your business. But not every contractor out in the field considers himself a ‘salesperson’ or is comfortable with upselling a project. The right tools make all the difference. […]
A Foundation Finance Dealer Success Story – Shining the spotlight on Maverick Windows
Chad Connoy (photo, right) founded Maverick Windows in November 2018 with longtime friend, Dan Michael (photo left). Both were soaring in their separate careers, but, with a vision in mind and a “rapid fire shoot-from-the-hip mentality” as inspiration, they leaped into the unknown terrain of business ownership. Their company name, “Maverick”, exemplifies the unorthodox chance […]
Your Website Is Your Best Sales Person
Good or bad, novice or veteran, long or short term, salespeople come and go. But your website, well, it never leaves your side. In the home improvement industry, the competition among large and small businesses is fierce. And the deciding factor of who gets the sale lies in the subjective hands of the consumer. If […]
Top Reasons Customers Need Your Financing Program
It’s obvious why contractors need an in-house financing program (closes more sales, builds the bottom line), but have you thought about why your customers actually need it? [It’s not always about you!] We’ve put together the top reasons financing from home improvement contractors turns prospects into buyers and buyers into forever customers. Take note! It […]
Contractors: Set Your Success Factor to “Always On”
It’s safe to say that growing your business is the goal of any business owner, large or small. Growth, expansion, profit…all great descriptors of success. Why are some contractors consistently successful, and others struggling? Setting the aptitude of your company’s success factor to ‘always on’ may be the positive differentiator between you and your competition. […]
Tips on In-House Financing Success
You’ve got a financing partner, now what?! First, bravo for bringing the financing under your own roof and arming your business with a powerful sales tool. Get ready to amp up your close rate…businesses who offer financing close more sales. We’ve put together some quick tips for success in closing more sales with your in-house […]
What’s Our Super Power? More Approvals!
When your finance company approves more deals than 77% of loans that other lenders decline, that’s cape-worthy. It means we’re helping dealers close more sales, increase project sizes, and build their bottom lines. And, it means we’re making your customers’ home improvement dreams or unexpected needs happen. They’re happy, you’re happy, we’re happy. #superpowers What […]
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