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Google recently invited Todd Bairstow from Keyword Connects to Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California to talk about Best Practices for Home Improvement Lead Generation. Learn what Todd and Google have to say about the online home improvement world and how you can drive more leads!

U.S. housing affordability has declined due to increases in home values and rents, prompting the need to build affordable housing supply. To meet demand, it is projected that 2-5 million new units will be needed over the next 10 years. Read more about the current trends, challenges and opportunities.

Learn more about how you can strengthen your business. The James Hardie™ ALLIANCE provides a complete suite of reputation-building tools, including rewards that help you reinvest in your business, expert training that sharpens your team’s skills, and access to better leads – homeowners who value quality.

There are dozens of financial indicators that the industry is improving slowly but steadily, and this report will help firm leaders assess the current conditions and plan for the journey ahead. Take a look at the 34th edition of the Deltek Clarity Architecture and Engineering Industry Study.

How do you successfully balance management?s need for visibility with project managers? resistance to change? The process isn't easy, however with preparation, forethought, and support, it can be simplified. Help your team see the benefit and overcomine obstacles.

The days of AE firms cutting their way to profitability are over. So how can they position themselves for future growth and meet the challenges of potential ownership transitions? The overwhelming consensus amongst the experts is that today?s firms require a laser-like focus on strong project and financial management practices?the kind that can carry their long-term growth goals to fruition.

Across every part of the firm, AE organizations have more information than ever. The opportunity is to transform that raw transactional data into insights and intelligence that in turn informs every core decision the firm makes. Deltek has looked at how AE firms can best bring the benefits of BI to their organizations and offers three recommendations: top-down support and enforcement, set appropriate metrics, and focus on project management.

Good Project Management is the best way for AE firms to increase client satisfaction, build internal talent and improve understanding of their project success. With the right tools and communication in place, firms can implement and nurture a culture of strong Project Management, leading to the ultimate in project and firm profitability. Deltek provides end-to-end insight on how to nurture change management within your firm.

Sales cycles can be long in this industry. Maintaining a positive impression and providing value to potential clients in the absence of active project work will pay dividends in the long run. Learn how to attain a high level of sustained success.

For SMB leaders, time, money, and organizational focus must be balanced to ensure that the short-term needs of the business are addressed and that the long-term goals of the business can be realized. Inefficient expense management processes present a host of challenges for the typical SMB, but automated expense management solutions that help companies streamline processes, control costs and manage cash are one lever to help maximize their resources and ?play bigger? in the market.