Oh great fan

I want to thank you.

In my Ode to the Fans Campaign

Pay attention, this is new!

So is the plan:

Ok don’t worry; I won’t quite my day job. I already know I am not a poet. But I wanted to have fun with the campaign title. Anyway, starting mid-April, I will be launching “Ode to the Fans” on both the Omicle fan page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bothell-WA/Omicle/92152434637) and the Brand or Culture fan page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brand-or-Culture-Which-Comes-First/82415799363). Each week I will be posting a video introducing one fan and their company to say thank you for being a fan and participating. 

To make this a little more personal, I need your help. Please answer 2 questions below. If you are a fan of both pages you may pick 4 questions to answer—as I will make you two videos. 

Oh and by the way, I do plan on having fun with this! Videos will be posted in the order that I receive the info (1 per week).

· What is something new in your business?

· What message are you trying to get out that would be more powerful coming from someone else?

· What is your favorite moment with me?

· What BIG goal do you want to accomplish this year?

· Who do you want to meet?

· What is something no one knows about you?

· What is your favorite ice cream or soup?

· How do you feel about Social Media?

· Other info?

Thank you in advance for your help and I am looking forward to this! Oh and if you are local, how about a live interview?

Since CONTRACTORS: Doing it Right Not Just Getting it Done has just officially gone live! I figured I would start promotion of the book by honoring the three people who wrote the forewords, Iris Harrell, Steve Klein, and Tom Capizzi Jr. Each week I will post a portion of their foreword for you to check out. This week we will meet Iris Harrell!

•  - You can get the book on Amazon.
•  - Learn more about Iris, Steve and Tom here.
•  - I would love hear your opinion on the construction industry and where it is going here.

Here is a sneak peak at Iris's foreword:

Knowing the importance of the hard-to-define culture of our company has helped us not only survive, but thrive these last twenty five years. I’ve often wondered why so few books have been written about culture, as in my opinion, it is the key to business success.

Business culture is especially critical in the world of residential remodeling. Our typical client is often home, watching every move of our employees. Working in a "fish bowl" environment requires the highest level of professional performance on a consistent basis. This may help explain the less-than-stellar regard that is given to our industry at large, as very few people in the construction world can take that kind of pressure.

Starting out with absolutely no business training, I had to learn the technical aspects as well as the business aspects of becoming a remodeler. Having been a former high school teacher and leader of a 5 piece traveling band, I had an established knowledge and framework of how to set goals, motivate drummers and students and influence the behavior of others. Performing music gigs for 5 years straight night after night, town after town, also helped me learn how to perform and deliver, come what may. (If I never enter a bar again, much less play for happy hour, I will not feel deprived. I have done my "time".) . . .