Roofing Influencer - What would you ask

If you had a team of experts to ask a question to in regards to the operation of your roofing business what topic is important to you?

Here are some of my ideas:

Employee retention best practices Real Answers for Recruiting Drug Testing - your rights and liabilities Company vehicle policies

Do you like any of those ideas?

What do you want to ask?

How do I figure out my overhead. I think I am making money, but not sure.

How do I get over the fear of charging what I need to stay in business and be profitable. I love roofing but I have dreams that are bigger then just a good paying job.

If I had to stop work, my lifestyle and dreams would have to be downsized. How do I build a business that would still run if I could not do what I do now?

How much money do you "experts" make giving standard/poor advice to Roofing Contractors? ;)

Chuck - funny! This is not an opportunity to an expert to make money. I am trying to create a dialog like the Forum outside of the Forum. I want many points of view to be represented so a contractor can choose what it right for his business.

VAA - It's me not the marketing department. Permit services have been around for 15 years in California. My customer is not getting any action and I am trying to figure out why.

Love always,

Vickie

I do not have a budget for advertising. Where should I start.

I would ask about their Employee retention practices..

http://www.dimensionalroofingusa.com

one might be :what went so horribly wrong in your life that you got stuck in the roofing business :P

Why are there so many bureaucracies lining up for a piece of my pie?

I would ask for

Drug Testing - your rights and liabilities

http://www.dmvroofs.com/

I would always expect 4-6 nails per shingle! Will three hold? I know some people use three, but I always figured that was in countries with next to no adverse weather. Can't believe they don't use ridge vents, either...

That roof is going to be falling apart in a couple of years, if not before! Might as well take the time to do it properly from the get-go... I see costly repairs in the near future!

Testing!