Business

By Chris Balzer, ECES I have been in the home improvement industry for over 17 years and have heard just about all the sales gimmicks and cheeky techniques used by sales people to wow customers. One slightly stretched story I heard about radiant barrier is that radiant barrier was developed...

By Ricky Harper, C12 Working from home, remote work, teleworkers or virtual teams; call it what you will, it is fast becoming the nature of today’s workplace dynamics. But working from home is nothing new. I have been doing it since 1995 when the company I was working for at...

By Maurice Stouse, Branch Manager and Financial Advisor The Financial Services Sector of the stock market has been the 2nd best performing sector so far this year. A sector of the market consists of similar industries and those which have other things in common such as, in this case, interest...

By Matthew Vanderford, Claimology There’s a lot going on in the world of insurance these days. And I mean a lot. Over the last few years, Florida has been hit several times with severe hurricanes. And Floridians have been boots on the ground rebuilding their lives; living out brotherly and...

By Gina Weidie Now’s a great time to consider solar options! U.S. solar installation cost decreased by roughly 70% during the past 10 years. In this past year alone, the residential market saw a 5% percent decrease in cost. Solar has now evolved from a cleantech commodity to a sensible...

By Chris Balzer, ECES If we could go back in time to 1797, we would witness John Adams become the 2nd U.S. President, the first ship of the U.S. Navy, the frigate USS United States being commissioned and the first washing machine being invented. Yes, the first washing machine, a...

By Victoria Ostrosky “This can’t be right!” Mark exclaimed. “Please tell me this is a joke.” “I wish I had better news for you,” replied Anne. “The insurance market has gone through some significant changes over the past 12 months.” “But I don’t understand. This house isn’t that old and it’s in...

By Dave Saviola, ArborBrook Consultants Have you noticed the incredible uptick in digital media and information from folks the last couple years? This pandemic just seemed to accelerate the flow of information in an incredible way. I never knew there could be so many “best-selling authors,” but my social media...

By Maurice Stouse, Financial Advisor and Branch Manager So much is being written and said about electric vehicles. The new administration, investors, environmentalists, car enthusiasts and just about anyone has heard about them of has an opinion on them. What then is the current and future state of electric vehicles...

By Ricky Harper, C12 “Behold the turtle; he only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.” —James Bryant Conant How do you improve as a leader? How do you increase your business acumen? What is your process or strategy for growth? What I am really asking is, what is your...