August Newsletter

23, Aug 2019

How do you increase customer satisfaction and ensure that your efforts create a base of customers who are willing to recommend your homes to family and friends? In this month's newsletter, Shinn Builder Partnerships Consultant Rich Buchholz shares five steps for improving customer satisfaction. You'll hear about important upgrades to our rebate program and learn how to help your home buyers protect the investment they have in their countertops, read about light layering with Kichler LED tape and channels, and see how Emser's new marble-look tile collections marry design with durability. Plus, you'll meet RGS Energy, a new manufacturer partner.
  • The Art of Purchasing, November 11-13, 2019 in Chicago, IL

    How to Improve Profitability with More Effective Purchasing StrategiesEffective purchasing is critical to achieving superior profitability and can increase your bottom line by 5%. The Art of Purchasing seminar (formerly known as Purchasing & Job Costing) is a comprehensive training program designed to help you improve profitability through a more streamlined purchasing department. Our goal is to provide a wide range of tools that you can use ...

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  • Shinn Builder Partnerships Upgrades Rebate Program

    At Shinn Builder Partnerships, we are committed to continuously improving our programs and services. We are dedicated to providing our builder members with a simple and efficient rebate submission process and timely rebate payments. With a focus on accuracy, ease and efficiency, we’re excited to announce two rebate program improvements.1. Monthly Rebate SubmissionsThe much-anticipated move from quarterly to monthly rebate submissions is fin...

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  • Accurate Estimating = Cost Control, September 17-18, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH

    How to Improve Profitability with More Accurate and Effective Estimating With an emphasis on integration with purchasing and job costing and generating material takeoffs, this seminar is designed to help you improve profitability through more accurate and effective estimating. Focusing on both manual and electronic estimating techniques, our goal is to provide a wide range of tools that you can use to realize immediate results. Topics Effectively...

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  • 5 Steps to Higher Customer Satisfaction

    By Rick BuchholzShinn Builder Partnerships ConsultantHow can a builder that is providing a well-built home, packed with standard features beyond that of its competitors, offered at a reasonably competitive market price, find itself mired in low customer satisfaction ratings? Unfortunately, it’s pretty easy to accomplish. While building an exceptional product is paramount to a happy home owner, many other things go into the process of buildi...

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  • The Next Generation of Light Layering

    Kichler LED tape and channels expand the possibilities for lighting design Kichler Lighting LLC, a leader in innovative lighting and ceiling fans, helps home owners design with light to emphasize favorite spaces, increase safety, and utilize more efficient task lighting. Kichler Lighting's LED integrated lighting options reinforce light layering and help to set the room's lighting effect based on desired ambiance and intended purpose.So, what is...

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  • RGS Energy Joins Shinn Builder Partnerships

    Shinn Builder Partnerships is pleased to announce the addition of RGS Energy into the Builder Partnerships program. Based in Denver, Colorado, RGS Energy is the exclusive worldwide manufacturer of the visually stunning POWERHOUSE™ Solar Shingle System.“We feel that the POWERHOUSE™ solar system will fit easily into our builder members’ communities and really help them to differentiate themselves in the marketplace,” s...

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  • The Superintendent's Job: Front Line Manager, September 19-21, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH

    Improve Job Site Management Techniques to Increase Profitability and Customer SatisfactionThe Superintendent’s Job: Front Line Manager seminar is designed as an interactive experience to help your team improve job site management techniques. This specialized training provides the necessary tools to increase overall profitability and customer satisfaction through a strong focus on building the house right the first time: on quality, on budge...

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  • Marble-Look Tile Collections Marry Design with Durability

    The classic elegance of marble is universally appealing for almost any interior environment. Marble-look tile makes the luxurious stone more modern, usable, durable, and even affordable in a range of surface applications. Porcelain tile construction makes the look of marble more versatile than ever with three Emser Tile collections that uniquely marry the inherent beauty of marble with the trusted durability of tile.The Expanse CollectionLarge-fo...

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  • Managing for Profit, October 2-4, 2019 in Charlotte, NC

    How to Achieve Improved Results Across Your Entire OrganizationDesigned to show you the road map to improved profitability, Managing for Profit is an intensive seminar with a focus on management techniques and tools that you can use immediately to achieve improved results across your entire organization.TopicsSetting achievable, profitable goals across the organizationDetermining what profit is reasonable for your organizationUsing simple managem...

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  • Quartz vs. Granite Countertops

    Whichever surface home buyers choose, builders can help them protect their investment By Lenny SciarrinoPresident/CEO and Co-Founder of Granite Gold Inc.It wasn’t too long ago when prospective home buyers would set up smartphone alerts for MLS descriptions that mentioned granite countertops. These days, “quartz” is just as likely to be the term they plug into their real estate searches. This trend has resulted in a debate cente...

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