 |
NSPG
Monthly E-Newsletter
|
||
|
|||
|
In 1992, NSPG released Numbers Cruncher, our Break Even Calculator. This was followed by our Flat Rate Price Book product line. With our simple-to-use-tools, you can make being a business owner what you always wanted to it be - successful, profitable and rewarding.
The changes we will need to make can take two paths - one forced upon us or one we choose.
Our businesses are no different. But, unlike your personal life, waiting to be forced to make changes may not be the best path to success. Modernizing your business as new technologies are proven to work will keep your business model from becoming obsolete like your old VCR. Most people view the Electrical, Plumbing, and HVAC trades the same way they did a decade ago. The problem and opportunity, is that these fields are changing just as fast as the rest of society. We work with new tools, new materials, and new techniques every day. And, ever increasing energy costs are leading to major changes whether we like it or not.
Why just do new installs and client requested upgrades when you can offer value to your clients through new technology based upgrades of just about every electric/electronic device they own? And, there are even free tools to help sell and continue to sell these upgrades like Google PowerMeter, or Microsoft Hohm. The potential for sales at each client site is significantly higher than ever before because you can easily show and continuously measure how quickly upgrades can pay for themselves.
There are similar
opportunities in Plumbing and HVAC where energy
efficiency has been in the forefront of change
Getting the training and tools needed to compete in this growing market could be critical for continued success for many businesses. The size of the energy efficiency and retrofit market is projected to be over $10 billion by 2014. Most businesses moved to computers and software to replace the old ways of setting prices, printing price books, dispatching, and running the office years ago. It's time to embrace the latest technology for the rest of your business as a way to ensure future growth and profitability.
- - - - - - - Give Mike Conroy a call to discuss how many NSPG client businesses are implementing new energy efficiency technologies to enhance their business performance. Take advantage of his experience working with hundreds of companies like yours to help you achieve your own business success.
Measure Monthly, Adjust Quarterly
Experience Nexstar Four times a year, Nexstar members and Nexstar prospects have an opportunity to visit and get inside a Nexstar member residential services company like their own. Everyone joins together to explore and disassemble the host company’s business. Then they recommend ways to put it back together again, better than it was. Members say, this is the “best ever” experience. They pick up tips never possible in a classroom or out of a textbook. And they take a pile of practical solutions back to their own business.
AAA forecasted 5% more
trips of over 50 miles this Memorial Day Weekend than
last year. That is about 25% fewer than in 2005.
Calculating Your Hourly Charge Sell Price = Breakeven ÷ (1-Profit %)
Example: 25% Profit and $150
Breakeven
Interesting
Online Items
Call 800 841-8542 today |
|
The
pure technology path is more or less forced upon us.
Our cell phones will become more Internet connected
because the phone company makes more money that way.
Our entertainment will become more interactive and
pervasive - TV, YouTube, Facebook, and baseball play-by
play in our pockets. Even if we don't want to, as
our electronic devices wear our, we will be forced to
change.
The
future for all of our trades is "Green." Whether
we call it that or not, energy efficiency is where
future opportunities for business growth lie. For
electricians, this could mean expanded lines of work
retrofitting lighting; specifying and installing photo
sensor technologies to take advantage of daylight to
save energy; energy management systems; and
photovoltaics and wind turbines. 
Consumer
confidence rose five points to 63.3. A value above
90 generally reflects a strong and growing economy.
Consumer are more optimistic about job growth, but
spending growth is expected to slow.
|
Nexstar members answer that question two ways:
Real contractors. Real results.Others make similar claims. Here's the difference: Members. They own Nexstar. We talk, build a knowledge base of what works and doesn't work, cut out the pitchmen and consult with the real deal experts in fields that matter to members. No gimmicks. No "pre-fab" systems. And no policy requirements that commit you long term. We know your world and speak your language because our members are your peers.
1-888-609-5490
— Connects you to a huge pool of knowledge and
experience. NEW! FREE on-line business assessment. Discover business areas that you need to improve to make your business better.
|
|
Click a product for more information: Numbers Cruncher - Breakeven Calculator, Performance Monitor National Standard Price Guide - Flat Rate Price Books Performance Dispatch Plus - Dispatch, Benchmarks, Flat Rate, Invoice, QuickBooks |
|
|
|
|
||
  |
|
 Ever Wonder Where Did the Money Go? |
|
|
||
| Call 800-841-8542 now so we can answer your questions and show how we can help you build a more profitable business. | ||
NSPG, Inc. PO Box 1168, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
800-841-8542
201-767-5520
To opt out of NSPG mailings, reply to this message with the word REMOVE in the Subject line.