These books are easy to read and implement in roofing contractor's businesses and marketing practices.  With information that will help any small business, the first book shows how marketing is an integral part of the sales process.  It highlights the role of marketing in generating, managing and handling leads that sales professionals can close.  The book provides ample opportunity to evaluate current business practices and develop a sustainable plan for a strong sales and marketing processes and overall success.

The second book serves as a guide and a workbook for contractors to understand each step and section of developing a strong marketing plan. It includes action items that allow contractors to answer the questions that will help them create their own marketing plan and identify the resources to help them implement that plan.  With information that will help any small business, this book shows how to build a marketing plan and features an appendix with helpful templates that demonstrate the structure of the plan, a budget guideline and other useful tools.

Authors Heidi J. Ellsworth and Karen L. Edwards have worked together in various roofing-oriented companies since 2006.  They now collaborate on sales and marketing consulting focused on the construction field and specifically for roofing.  Both are actively involved in RoofersCoffeeShop.com, Ellsworth as a partner and RCS Influencer and Edwards as the site’s editor.  They also have their own consulting companies, HJE Consulting and Casimir Group LLC respectively. Ellsworth has been a contributor to Western Roofing Magazine since 2014 with an ongoing marketing column.

Reviews

Christee Holbrook - Owner / President at Graham Roofing Incorporated

"We read your book, completed the “assignments” and had a marketing plan when we were done. It was awesome! I had been trying for years to write one. Your book made it so easy for Graham Roofing, Inc. Thank you Heidi J. Ellsworth and Karen L. Edwards."

Both books can be purchased on Amazon or the NRCA bookstore.

Heidi J. Ellsworth - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hjellsworth

Karen L. Edwards - LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/in/kledwards/

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