Welcome to the APB Digest. This fortnight APB is live with Buildertrend on where AI is actually worth pointing inside a building company, Sky is running a free training on the sales process behind builders who never discount, and you can get a free health check that scores your company across 11 areas.
Another AI tool gets announced every week, and the pressure to do something about it never lets up. Russ Stephens and Buildertrend's Ruhaab Markas spend 60 minutes on where AI is actually worth pointing inside a building company. 8am AEST Thursday 24 September, or 3pm PT Wednesday 23 September.
A busy year and a disappointing bank balance can sit side by side for a long time, and working out which part of the company is responsible is the hard part. This free health check takes about 15 minutes, scores your building company across 11 areas, then gives you a ranked list of what to fix first and a market valuation normally worth USD$1,500.
Another quote goes out with the price cut a little further than the last one, because it feels like the only way to win the job. Sky Kolade runs 45 minutes on the sales process that lets you compete on value without dropping the price to prove it. 8am AEST Wednesday 23 September, or 6pm EDT Tuesday 22 September.
When a client asks if you can do it cheaper, the sale was already lost. Not in that moment, earlier. They have taken the conversation to the only part they can control.
Most builders find out whether their company can fund their retirement at the point where it is too late to do anything about it.
You have set the same goal more than once and you are still no closer. The problem is that it is the only thing on your list with nobody chasing you for it.
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