Category: Personal Growth

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How Do I get into the Commercial Roof Coatings Industry!!!

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I have guys constantly contact me and ask how do I get into the Commercial Roof coatings Industry? Now let me be blunt and say that there is NO single thing that just gets you rolling care free. If it was that easy the perceived liability would be gone and everyone would be doing it thus the profit margins would be little to zero. BUUUUUTTTTTT there are a few things that we have seen used that have been proven by dozens upon dozens of contractors and if followed have increased the % of success to an amazingly high number. Here are a few of those steps to get things rolling.

1: Set up a contractor account with your chosen manufacturer.
2: Choose a Company Name (add the word coatings to it) or start a new commercial division for better brand awareness.
3: Get busy with any form of marketing to get publicity &/or exposure. Tell EVERYONE you know what you are now involved with and that any referrals would be extremely helpful.

“People want to help”

4: Get to the next manufacturer provided training as soon as you can and commit to make a go of it.
5: Commit yourself or an employee to 20 cold calls a week for next 6 months minimum and record all address’s in a database for future marketing
6: Get a seo optimized website specifically for your coatings division.

“A company without a digital fingerprint doesn’t exist in today’s market.”

7: Blast a (min) 5-7k piece DM campaign and be prepared to do it 2-3x per year
8: Follow up with bid opportunities in 48 hrs or less, & show up when you say you are going to be there.
9: Do demos & face to face presentations in every bid opp if possible.

“Lead deficit disorder is one of the fastest ways to fail in a new business”

10: Stay committed and persistent

If you are interested in a proven training platform, equipment supplier, vast experience in the Industry, and a support system to help you succeed then contact us from our www.RoofCoatingLife.com page and lets see if we can be a fit.

Chad Hedrick

RoofCoatingLife.com

Chad Hedrick, owner of Roof Coating Life commits to helping 10 new Contractors succeed in the Fluid Applied Industry each year. He’s selective in this process because realistically, his time is limited. He offers his valuable time and best mentor ship to the guys who are serious about making 30%-50% profits with Roof Coatings. Check out the Requirements for working with Chad to see if you might qualify.
Get the FREE eBook “7 Unique Ways To Market Your Fluid Applied Roofing Business.” It’s packed with outside the box Marketing Strategies (Strategy #6 landed us 5 commercial projects last Summer!) that will help you best serve your clients and live the Roof Coating Life like a boss.

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How do you Stretch your Leadership Growth?

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I was recently at a manufacture’s National Convention and was able to be trained by some of the world’s best Leadership trainers: Dr. John C Maxwell, Dr Doug Firebaugh & Pastor Craig Groeschel. Leaders of this magnitude are few and far between and when you have a power packed line up like them, you shut down all distractions, open up all your available brain power and absorb it all in.

Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses:

That weekend has been a game changer for me in the way of opening my eyes to the areas of leadership that I am seriously lacking in. Craig Groeschel helped me realize my strengths and how I can build on them. It also opened my eyes to know that there are things I am equally struggling in or have a weakness in. By identifying my weaknesses, I can do my best to create a system that helps me strengthen them. Internally I have to create a support system that works, that makes me aware of the issue, and allows me to seek help to develop it or even just accept that weakness and learn to deal with it.

Discovering a Defining Trait of Leadership: Discipline

Learning from both Maxwell & Groeschel that a true defining trait of leadership, is discipline. It is not what we do occasionally but what we do consistently that builds the confidence and drive that is needed to build our leadership to all new levels. Maxwell and Groeschel both stated that the secret to success is doing something every day and not shooting for doing something in an “All Day” effort. Consistency compounds efforts and results.

Failing Forward:

One of Maxwells key points was to fail forward and fail faster. If we strive for this cycle of success, we are always in a growth/learning mode. By testing, failing, learning, improving and then repeating you are always moving forward. Maxwell stated to quit counting your losses and start counting your lessons.

Being Intentional:

Doing all of these things with specific intentionality will help you reach your goals sooner and more often. To move forward in your coating business, work on things to intentionally stretch yourself farther as a leader. Do them daily and stay focused.

The Winning Success Formula:

If you can find your purpose in life, incorporate it into what you do and continually add value to the people that you are around daily, you are in route to a truly fulfilled life. If we can be of any help on your journey, reach out and let’s grow together.

Chad Hedrick, Roof Coating Life
“We Bleed White”

Chad Hedrick, owner of Roof Coating Life commits to helping 10 new Contractors succeed in the Fluid Applied Industry each year. He’s selective in this process because realistically, his time is limited. He offers his valuable time and best mentor ship to the guys who are serious about making 30%-50% profits with Roof Coatings. Check out the Requirements for working with Chad to see if you might qualify.
Get the FREE eBook “7 Unique Ways To Market Your Fluid Applied Roofing Business.” It’s packed with outside the box Marketing Strategies (Strategy #6 landed us 5 commercial projects last Summer!) that will help you best serve your clients and live the Roof Coating Life like a boss.
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Professional Contractors Never Stop Learning

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No matter how long you’ve been in the business, you owe it to yourself and to your customers to continually learn at the speed that our industry is growing. Technology has changed the quality and overall performance of today’s roofing systems. It has also changed the applications and methods of installation and proven long-term performance based designs.

What may have been known as common knowledge 15 years ago could quite possibly have been replaced with newer technologies and newer methods that give better long-term performance.

Here are a few other reasons why you should continually immerse yourself into trainings, whether it be manufacture-based or in field trainings with other contractors or product reps:

1. The human mind can only retain so much knowledge, without it being brought back to the forefront by daily use.

Things can easily become clouded or confused and we commonly think we recall something to a T, yet it could actually be somewhat different in reality. By attending regular trainings it allows things to be brought back to a more conscious level and builds off of repetition.

2. Technology and advancements have changed for the better by the way that products are applied, stored, used, disposed of and cleaned.

By attending trainings you will learn all of the methods that will make you a better steward of the industry and of our planet.

3. Consistently attending Industry trainings will bring you more profit by expanding horizons of your options and methods of delivering those options to your potential clients.

Take coating’s for an example: if all a contractor ever did on a metal roof was a TPO flute Fill layover and he comes in contact with a customer who does not have the budget for that system, a Fluid Applied system could be a very viable opportunity for that contractor to still make a sale and serve his client. 

Also as stated before when you learn tips tricks or equipment that will speed up your install time while still delivering quality workmanship you lower your labor and increase your profits.

At the end of the day, attending trainings makes you a better contractor so reach out to your local rep, your manufacture, or to other contractors in your area and see which trainings they would recommend you attend and get registered for them as well.
Educated contractors make educated decisions.

Chad Hedrick, Roof Coating Life
“We Bleed White”

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“How Your Competition Can Be Your Best Ally In The Roofing Industry”
“Check List for the Brand New Coatings Contractor”
“The Launch of the Roof Coating Life Blog”

Chad Hedrick, owner of Roof Coating Life commits to helping 10 new Contractors succeed in the Fluid Applied Industry each year. He’s selective in this process because realistically, his time is limited. He offers his valuable time and best mentor ship to the guys who are serious about making 30%-50% profits with Roof Coatings. Check out the Requirements for working with Chad to see if you might qualify.

Get the FREE eBook “7 Unique Ways To Market Your Fluid Applied Roofing Business.” It’s packed with outside the box Marketing Strategies (Strategy #6 landed us 5 commercial projects last Summer!) that will help you best serve your clients and live the Roof Coating Life like a boss.