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Staying Informed Can Keep You Out of Trouble

You can get yourself in a lot of trouble in our industry by thinking you know what you really don't.

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Communicating With Customers Through the Web

Most conflicts between a service business and its customers can be avoided with good communication.

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Connecting All Contractors

A retrospective on 25 years of builder technology: How did we get here, and where are we going next?

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Toolbox

Makita compact cordless drill and impact driver; Kevlar work jeans; plumbing and heating; tile

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The View From Above

In its few years of existence, the virtual globe program Google Earth — which allows anyone with Internet access and a personal computer to zoom in on recent satellite images of almost any point on...

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Defining Your Niche Can Help in Downtimes

I specialize in custom decks. I switched to this niche last winter, when my backlog of general remodeling work dried up and I had no jobs on the horizon. The suburbs of New York City — where my...

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Letters

Raising rafter ties; computer help; venting reminder; more

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Web Sites For Rookies

If you don’t have an online presence yet, now’s a good time to start.

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Back-Priming Fiber-Cement Siding

Q: We ordered preprimed HardiePlank lap siding to finish a project, but when it was delivered, we discovered that the backs were left unprimed. Normally, we back-prime wood clapboards, but I'm not sure...

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Faster, Smaller, and More Connected Than Ever

Four technology trends that will change how you build and remodel.

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A Carpenter's Favorite iPhone Apps

Last year I replaced my cellphone with an Apple iPhone, a smartphone that allows me to check my e-mail and go online.

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Putting Social Media to Work for a Construction Business

Do you really need a “blog” for every house you start or a “Twitter feed” telling your prospects what you had for lunch? You just got your Web site up and running last year — isn’t that good enough?

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Pros Benefit from Building Science Discussion Group

Tips for creating a community for learning, networking, and sharing with construction peers.

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Preventing Handoff Errors

Putting all the paperwork for a project in a single notebook ensures details don't get lost during the transition from sales to production

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Fixing Manhattan's Flooded Internet Backbone

Among the assets destroyed by Superstorm Sandy was one piece of critical infrastructure that didn't even exist two decades ago: the cabling and switching that serves lower Manhattan's data networks.

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Backlit LED

Its maker says the TerraLux Decorative LED looks just as nice in a pendant fixture as a conventional halogen bulb

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Three Key Changes in the World of SEO

Search engines are making big changes in how they calculate page rankings. Make sure your business is in the know when it comes to SEO and the latest content marketing strategies.

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App of the Month: Hello

You can say goodbye to typing with this contact management app from Evernote, with it excellent text recognition.

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Using Evernote to Manage Your Business

An introduction to the features of Evernote, a cloud-based application for storing, tagging, and retrieving text, images, audio, and other information on a computer or mobile device.

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Tips for Finding Strong Keywords for Your Website

The SEO rules have changed. This article describes how to use Google Keyword Planner to find the three or four keywords that best describe your expertise, and how to use them to rewrite your Web copy.

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