Home Energy Assessment or Business Energy Audit – Traverse City Michigan

Home Energy Assessment, also known as a home energy audit.

It’s the first step to assess how much energy your home or business structure consumes and to evaluate what measures you can take to make your home more energy efficient.

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Added WPtouch to WordPress Blog

WPtouch mobile plugin app for WordPressToday, Contractors You Can Trust, LLC added WPtouch as a plugin for our blog site.

To test it out, simply access http://blog.contractorsyoucantrust.com with your iPhone, iPad, Android device, or any other mobile smartphone.  It will default to a user-friendly, mobile-enabled version of our blog.

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Tell us what you think about this feature and if you need any help applying it to your WordPress site, we are always here to help.

Have a Great Day… and be sure to be mobile.

How to Manage Video Responses on Your YouTube Channel

A quick question came up online about Video Responses on YouTube.

Where do you find them?  Here is a screenshot example of the steps to find and manage your YouTube Video Responses:

YouTube Video Responses - How to Approval or Ignore

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  1. Log in to Your Channel: (ProsYouCanTrust shown in example — Go ahead –visit and subscribe now)
  2. Pull down the menu next to your channel name
  3. Click on Messages
  4. Click on Video Responses and you should see the video response(s) to Approve or Ignore…

Recent LinkedIn Post by Deward R. Knapp

I do not like coming across as if trying to ‘sell’ through these groups, but I have to be paying attention.

As the owner of a company that gets classified as ‘another list’ or a ‘lead generating’ site, I want to point out the common theme that most everybody should take away from this thread [on LinkedIn] — is that you should take control of your own information and associate with several sites that improve your visibility — to drive people to your business, which you can control.

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Create embedded YouTube Video using Screencasting and publish on WordPress

Wondering how to take a YouTube video and embed it on your WordPress Blog?

This video will show you how to do it using ScreenCasting.

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Contractors You Can Trust and Giving to the Community

Community involvement is important for trustworthy contractors.  It is a special part of the relationship building experience that earns respect and strengthens friendships.

Day of Caring- courtesy of G.Randall Goss/Petoskey News Review

Day of Caring- courtesy of G.Randall Goss/Petoskey News Review

On September 15, Emmet and Charlevoix counties in Northern Michigan were buzzing with activity from teams of volunteers helping seniors and non-profit organizations with odd jobs and tasks.

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Do You “Change”?

‎”If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” ~ John Maxwell

Sometimes, you have to change.  The world never stops changing.

We don’t have to like it, but if the “same old” strategy isn’t producing, we have to be strong enough to adapt to what does.

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONTRACTOR

”What’s dangerous is not to evolve.”–Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com

Today’s changing economic conditions demand that business owners continually look for new ways to improve the company’s status and services.

This requires a change in the methods of communicating and spreading information.

  • Have you examined the current state of your website?
  • Does it present an accurate representation of your company’s craftsmanship, integrity, and vision?
  • Can your visitors make an informed decision from the content available on your website?

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iPhone, iPad, iPad2, iPod Touch, and iOS Favicon

Apple_Touch_Icon_CYCT-Favicon_LOGO_129Contractorsyoucantrust.com’s Web Development team recommends using favorite icons, or ‘favicons,’ to properly brand your place on the web.

This blog explains how to make iPhones, iPads, and iPods display your favicon as a touch-icon to link to your web-application.

Is This How You Advertise Your Website?

Your website is meant to help your prospective customers to gain information about your company, and make an informed decision on whether or not to contact you for their project.
Limiting your viewership by only advertising locally can waste time and money. Advertising your website without a plan wastes your time as well.

A personal in-office consultation from Contractors You Can Trust can offer valuable assistance. In Northern Michigan, you can contact Deward Knapp in Traverse City, and Patrick Leitelt in Petoskey. Call us at 877-858-7878 today!