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In This Issue
Spring Selling Season
PMA Wins the Day
Epic Tales of Home Sales
Call for Participants
Seven Phrases for Setting Appointments
Builder Partnerships Launches New Website
50 Mistakes Builders Make, Part 15
BP Program Updates
Urethane is More Cost Effective Than Wood
BP Manufacturers Make Award-Winning Products
NAHB Offers Three New Biztools
Builder Partnerships is Win/Win
Congratulations BP Winners!
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Volume V, Issue III
March 2010
Spring Selling Season
Monica WheatonBy Monica Wheaton
 
With the tax credit expiring at the end of April, this month and next are crucial for builders to get the sales they need in order to be part of the recovery.
Read more ...
PMA Wins the Day
Epic Tales of Home Sales  by Tom Richey
Epic Tales of Home SalesIn his new book, Epic Tales of Home Sales, Tom Richey shares encouraging and uplifting tales on how ordinary sales professionals rose to the challenge in an amazing way and won the sale. Read more...
Call for Participants in the
2009 Finance and Operational Study 
Shinn Group logoHow did your company do last year compared to others in the industry? Participate in this research study to find out. Read more ...
Seven Phrases for Setting Appointments
Mike Lyon
By Mike Lyon
 
Leads are great, but what value do they have unless you can convert the prospect into an appointment?
 Read more . . .
Builder Partnerships Launches New Website
As we prepare to close out the first quarter of 2010, Builder Partnerships is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website. Read more ...

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Manufacturers: If you are interested in placing an ad in this newsletter, contact Emma Jane Wildermuth for this and other marketing and advertising opportunities.
50 Mistakes Builders Make, Part 15:
No Master Schedule
Chuck Shinn
By Charles C. Shinn, Jr., Ph.D., The Shinn Group
 
If you do not have a functioning central master construction schedule, the only person who knows the current status of your homes is your superintendent. Read more...
BP Program Updates
March program improvements
As we gear up for the Q1 2010 submissions, which are due on April 10th, we are pleased to announce several improvements in our programs with Formica, Goodman, Kichler, Price Pfister, Schulte, and Sherwin Williams. Read more ...
Dollars and Sense:  Urethane is More
Cost Effective Than Wood
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An independent study shows that contractors save on time and labor by installing urethane products versus using built-up traditional wood pine pieces. Read more...
BP Manufacturers Make Award-Winning Products
For the second year, Building Products magazine asked an independent panel of judges to select building products that excel in sustainability, value to the contractor, and innovation. Read more...
NAHB Offers Three New Biztools Business Guides
Free to Members
Three new Biztools builder business guides -- including Emma Shinn's Financial Management for Home Builders: Measuring Key Metrics to Plan Your Path -- offer members tips on technology, business planning, how to ensure the financial health of their businesses and more. Read more...
Builder Partnerships is Win/Win
Builder Partnerships has already met with the manufacturers for you, and they have a system in place to track and report closings. It's easier for you, and easier for me -- a win/win. Read more...
Congratulations BP Winners!
Each quarter, Builder Partnerships recognizes the members that have been most involved in the program. Read more...

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