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A Minute with Mike |
I'd like to take a minute and talk to you about keeping your focus during tough times.
Times like: When you have three jobs to start on Monday and you don't have enough people or equipment to do it or when you don't have a job to start on Monday. The phone rings off the hook with service or the phone doesn't ring at all. It's too wet so you can't work or the ground is so hard and dry that it tears up your equipment. You've all been through times like these examples. Some how, you've always made it through them.
Today we're all facing new challenges. High fuel prices, down turn in the housing market, shortage of quality workers, and the overall slowing of the economy. Our biggest focus is what's going to be our next challenge.
During these tough times, we have two choices. Wait and see what happens, or become proactive and make something happen. You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring or you can begin today marketing some new services to get the phone ringing. Your focus should constantly be to make things happen, not wait for them to happen.
Each of you have a customer list a mile long. Your customers like you and trust you or they wouldn't be on your list. Many of those people have money to spend, they're just not spending it. They're waiting for you, the person they trust, to offer them another service. How many of your customers do not have a rain shut-off device? Yes, they're still watering even though we've had record rains. How many of your customers have beautiful landscaping because you have been maintaining it for years. Maybe now is the time to highlight it with landscape lighting or add an aqua-basin off their patio or deck. Now might even be the time to completely step out of the box and look at offering Christmas Lighting.
I know many of you still have a lot of work on your work board, however, I also know that your phones aren't ringing like they should. Now is the time to begin planning for the Fall. Be proactive, and yes REAMS can help. If you'd like some personal suggestions, give me a call in our Lincoln office....Mike |
2009 REAMS MVP Business Conference Cancun, Mexico January 7-12, 2009 |
Join the REAMS Team and your peers at the 2009 REAMS MVP Business Conference in Cancun, Mexico!!!
This is an excellent opportunity to network with your peers, and to attend and participate in seminars about product and business practices.
We will be staying at Cancun Palace which is an all inclusive resort. You will be able to use your REAMS MVP Points, Hunter Preferred Points, and Rain Bird Reward Points towards the price of the trip.
Not yet an MVP? Contact your local REAMS Representative for more information on the REAMS MVP Program.
Click on the link below for more information on the 2009 REAMS MVP Business Conference.
2009 REAMS MVP Business Conference
Group Name: REAMS
Password: Mexico 2008
Hope to see you there!!!
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Smart Irrigation Month |
Smart Irrigation Month is not only a positive way for the industry to share the good news about efficient irrigation, it is also a good way for you to boost your sales.
Start by educating yourself on the products and related services that you can offer to your clients. Many new items have been introduced recently to make irrigation systems more efficient. There are controllers that take into account weather conditions and ET history to apply only the water that is needed so there is no waste. Innovation in sensors make it easy to retrofit these inexpensive, water saving devices to any system. There is also pressure regulating spray heads, rotors, and valves that help with water savings. Click HERE to see an example of the potential savings.
Engage your customers to learn about water efficiency through your communication efforts. Traditional tools such as newsletters, invoice stuffers, and leave behind flyers can work wonders to inform and educate your clients. Describe the benefits and the payoff. Remind customers of the growing trend toward these water savers becoming more commonplace on all systems and how they can immediately implement these savings by calling you. Click HERE to get a handy list of smart watering tips for homeowners prepared by the Irrigation Association that you can include in you marketing efforts.
Smart Irrigation Month is an opportunity for you to promote water saving products and practices to your clients during July and the months to follow. You will be doing yourself a favor while boosting the professionalism in our industry for all of us.
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Upcoming REAMS Events |
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Holiday Lighting Seminars
August 26th - Lincoln
August 27th - Omaha
August 28th - Sioux City
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PGP Special!!! |
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From now until August 29th, enjoy $0.50 off your every day regular low price on the Hunter PGP!!!
Please contact your local REAMS Representative for more information. |
Product Spotlight Underhill 2WIRE Irrigation Control Systems |
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Underhill 2WIRE irrigation control systems offer proven reliability and increased versatility. On projects of 300 feet or more of mailines, you will enjoy dramatic savings in time and money.
The reduced costs in wiring alone makes 2WIRE a much smarter solution than multi-wire installations for your mid to large jobs.
Benefits
- Reduced Installation and Maintenance Costs
- Easier System Expansion
- Simple Repairs
-Significant Cost Savings
2WIRE Cost Savings Calculator
- Simple Grounding
For more informtion please contact your local REAMS representative, or visit the Underhill website.
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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!!!
REAMS is also in the process of creating a contractor page on the REAMS website.
This would be an area where REAMS customers would be able to have a link to their website along with their logo!!! Your link would be separated by region to help funnel leads to your site!!!
If interested please send in your inquiry by clicking HERE. |
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