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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Do remodeling trade associations lead to business success?
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By Jonathan Sweet
There's a pretty strong correlation between revenues and trade association membership, according to our annual Business Results survey (coming in the April issue of Professional Remodeler.)
In this year's survey, 70 percent of companies with revenues above $1 million were members of NAHB, NARI and/or NKBA, compared to 44 percent of those with revenues under $1 million. Last year we found that the average revenues for an association member was $1.4 million, while non-members had revenues of $725,000.
So here's the question: Does association membership lead to success or does success/growth lead companies to join associations? Or (and this is my hunch) are smart remodelers that are good businessmen and women, the people who are most likely to grow their businesses, just naturally drawn to the business benefits of association?
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at 3/19/2009 6:05:42 PM, KJS said:
I think you are right on the money with your hunch. Successful business people are constantly in search of new innovative ways to improve their business performance and profitability. How better to do that than by associating and perhaps more importantly, networking, with other successful people to create synergistic relationships to accelerate the business growth of all parties involved. A formal business association creates a springboard that can foster these types of relationships.
at 10/12/2009 4:37:37 PM, tim nagle of Remodel Buddy said:
Great point Jonathan! I would say it is fairly accurate to say that smart business people aren''t born, they are created. Where is a better place to be a student of the business than being surrounded by them.
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