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This year we added a new feature to Roofing Contractor - the RC Book Club. In this section, which appears every other month on the last page of our print issue - industry leaders share their favorite titles and let readers know how the books inspired them and helped their companies.

Heard a new one the other day. Seems a commercial roofing contractor, confident of having won a sizable retrofit roofing project (over $1 million), was surprised when a large national contracting firm slipped in with a lower price coupled with the offer of 24-month financing.

Now is the perfect time to rebalance your marketing efforts.

I must agree with Randall Coe, Vice President of Marketing for Bosch’s North American Power Tools Division. Bosch is not just a hammer company anymore.

Why were my sales so poor at the beginning of my sales career? Here are only three of the many reasons.

Green building is not recession-proof, but its roots appear to run deeper than the current economic downturn can reach.

The news that two mega-builders, Centex and Pulte, are moving toward a merger was not surprising but could signal a new direction in the homebuilding sector.

It’s very likely you’re experiencing a cash squeeze. And with tough economic times, one area that’s bound to be on the rise is your Accounts Receivables.

Many of your competitors will survive this recession, but only a handful will grow stronger. How in the world are they doing it?

I spent a few hours last week visiting with the owner of a third-generation lumberyard in Atlanta. His claim to fame was having outlasted a number of yards that had already succumbed to a residential construction market that evaporated over the last couple of years.