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Greetings!
What's your New Year's Resolution?
REAMS will be offering important seminars and resources during the winter months to help you take the first important steps toward reaching your goals.
Learn how new innovations can make your business easier and more profitable.
What's Your Strategy this Season? |
 What's your strategy this season?
How do you intend to market and sell? How will your strategy for the new install market be different than your strategy for your
current customer base?
What products are you going to use this year? Can you increase
efficiency with some of the new products on the market? How will you incorporate water efficient options?
Are you going to pursue a new category this year? (Lighting, Sprinklers, Drainage, Water Features) Or at least learn about an alternative to your primary category?
These are just a few of the things you should be considering when putting together your 2010 plan. How far along are you in putting your thoughts to paper?
Determining where to start can be difficult, but you have a resource that I highly recommend using - REAMS.
We're here to help. We can do everything from a formal sit-down to a casual Q&A. Getting outside input can be very beneficial; we consider it a "must" to use both formal and informal advice when putting our plan together. The more feedback you can get, the better decisions you can make.
Thinking about this stuff now will be vital to your success this season.
Don't wait, the time is now!
-Mike
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Don't Miss Earthworm Jobs Education Week |
Don't miss Earthworm Jobs Education Week from Feb. 1st - 5th in Omaha, NE. There will be classes offered from the Kichler and Aquascape.
For more information on the Education Week or to get signed up, please click here.
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Irrigation Rookie School |
 Looking for some practical knowledge on irrigation design and installation, register yourself or your team members for our "Rookie School".
We'll share helpful information to get you started down the right path on irrigation basics including site information, basic hydraulics, head placement and spacing, product selection, run times, scheduling, troubleshooting and estimating.
The FREE seminars run from 9AM to 3PM with lunch provided and are held at your nearby REAMS location.
This is the best way for newcomers to learn our industry.
- Joplin: February 3
- Omaha: February 9
- Marion: February 17
- Lenexa: February 23
- Sioux City: March 23
To ensure seating, please register with your REAMS representative.
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Tip from Ron: Use Add-A-Zone for Broken Wire Problems |
 With Spring service right around the corner, here's a handy item for field repairs where you have a broken wire. Called "Add-A-Zone" its an ingenious device that takes a single good wire and allows you to use if for two zones.
It's great when you have a zone wire that is broken, or when you need to add a valve but don't want to trench in a new wire. Part of the unit installs in the field, the other part at the clock. Once installed, it programs and operates the two valves as individual stations on the clock, rather than switching back and forth every other cycle like other "doubling units".
You'll find this helpful unit gets you out of a pinch and saves a lot of digging.
You can read the details here. Grab one next time you come in.
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Register Now: Succeeding and Prospering with Water Features and Landscape Lighting Seminars |
Join us for an informative new seminar to help you win more business and grow your profits with two new great outdoor living products: water features and landscape lighting.
You'll learn about the different types of water features, the installation steps and how to price and sell them profitably. Plus, the lighting session will orient you to the opportunities in landscape lighting, design techniques and marketing.
The FREE seminars run from 9 - 11:30AM and are held at your nearby REAMS location.
Even if you are only curious about these two new business opportunities, it will be worth your time to attend.
- Lenexa: February 3
- Nixa: February 4
- Grand Island: February 10
- Marion: February 16
- Lincoln: February 18
- Sioux City: March 3 (check for time)
- Urbandale: March 16
To ensure seating, please register with your REAMS representative.
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Get Out of the Dark Ages with Energy-Saving LED |
 Let Kichler change the way you think about LED Accent Lighting.
Kichler LED accent lights create maximum impact in the landscape with pure, warm white light.
These innovative fixtures combine state-of-the-art color rendering with cool operation, low energy consumption and long life (40,000 hours). Optically engineered from the inside out, Kichler LED Accent Lights optimize light output and beam spread. These high-grade optics ensure that each fixture delivers a solid punch of light exactly where it's wanted.
Kichler's Design Pro LED Landscape Lighting line includes path, spread, accent, water, in ground and deck.
The ease of installation and escape from voltage drop headaches make Design Pro LED a valuable solution for lighting pros.
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New Rain Bird Wireless Rain Sensor |
 Rain sensors are a "must have" for water efficiency. With the new Rain Bird WR2 wireless sensor, installing a sensor on any new or existing system couldn't be easier.
Proven performance with reliable signal transmission makes this unit stand out from others on the market. Plus user-friendly features cut installation and programming time in half.
Signal strength is displayed on both the sensor unit and the controller interface. The sensor's innovative versatile mounting bracket quickly attaches securely to a gutter or any vertical surface.
Programming the WR2 is simplified for fast set-up. In just a few seconds, you can select set points, program the irrigation modes and save your contractor default. On the controller interface, all settings are displayed on the easy-to-read LCD screen, so you can see signal strength, rain and temperature set points, battery life and more at a glance. Unlike others, it has a long-lasting battery that's replaceable.
Learn more about this new product on the Rain Bird web site.
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Meet Jay Lake, REAMS Lighting Specialist |
 Jay Lake has been promoted at REAMS to the new role of Lighting Specialist.
As a product specialist, he will bring focus and in-depth technical knowledge to our growing business in both landscape lighting and holiday lighting. His responsibilities include working with all REAMS locations and providing in-the-field support to our customers. He's available to visit your job sites to help you get started or to provide assistance with advanced technical challenges.
Jay's a REAMS team veteran, having 10 years experience in multiple positions from Warehouse, Assistant Warehouse Manager, and Outside Sales.
He is based out of Omaha store and can be reached at 402-669-3490.
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Seminar in Kansas City: Creating Opportunity with Sustainable Landscapes |
 Aquascape announces its "Creating Opportunity with Sustainable Landscapes" seminar in Kansas City on March 5, 2010.
Focused on presenting sustainable landscape solutions, this seminar is designed to help contractors, landscape architects, builders, city planners and conservationists to network while exploring the latest technologies and marketing practices around the world-wide green movement.
Presented by Greg Wittstock, Founder and Ed Beaulieu, Chief Sustainability Officer, this presentation will provide attendees with the knowledge and strategy to capitalize on the sustainability movement sweeping our nation.
Conservation landscaping trends to be covered in the seminar include stormwater management, water conservation, rainwater harvesting, LED lighting, permeable pavement, high efficiency irrigation, rain gardens, native plantings and more!
The seminar cost is $149 per person. For more information on this event, please contact your local REAMS Representative.
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Drainage Solutions at REAMS from ADS |
 Whether your need is residential, commercial or institutional, we can help you with any drainage project.
Our experts can recommend corrugated and smooth wall tubing, drainage culverts, detention and retention products, leaching chambers, sump pump vaults and more.
Our drainage partner ADS has been the market leader in quality, service and innovation for decades.
Drainage is a smart way to diversify your business. Let us show you how. |
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Contractor's Corner |
Have something to sell?
Send in the details of what you have to sell and we will post it in our next newsletter to help you try and sell it!!!
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