How to Become a Motorized Installation Senstation

Motorized window treatments have become increasingly popular, offering convenience, style and energy efficiency to homeowners. As an installer, the process of installing motorized window coverings requires a few extra steps compared to traditional...

Anne Bild

Increase Your Bandwidth on Bluetooth

How motorized window coverings utilize this tech, plus its benefits and challenges

Anne Bild

TEXTON Partners With Rollease Acmeda for Exterior Zipscreen Installation

Zipscreen shading system elevates outdoor spaces Living in the northern United States, winter can linger for as long as six months. So, when the warm weather finally returns (for some, “warm” is anything above 40 degrees), northerners are ready to...

Anne Bild

Measuring Progress: A Guide to Your Second-Quarter Performance

Half of 2023 is nearly history. How is this possible? Summer is upon us and the International Window Coverings Expo, High Point Market and Exciting Windows! Conferences are all in the rearview mirror. It doesn’t seem right, but it is. I do hope you...

Anne Bild

Is Outdoor Installation for You?

As the weather gets warmer, people have a tendency to enjoy the outdoors more. Adding to this is the fact that during the pandemic eating outdoors was the only way restaurants could serve their patrons. Almost three years later, many restaurants...

Anne Bild

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Category - Education

Business Insight Competition Education Inspiration Lessons in Leadership Marketing Sales Uncategorized

Selling Transformation: Where Thinking Meets a Healthy Dose of the 3 Cs 

Think less and include the 3 Cs in your selling process and your business will grow. Sell the feeling that comes from owning the thing. Your sales will grow, which is why 2023 should be the year you stop selling window...

5 months ago

Business Insight Design Industry News Installation Motorization Outdoor Living Uncategorized

MATTER: A New Window of Opportunity

5 months ago

Awards Business Insight Competition Design Drapery Hardware Education Events Industry News Inspiration Installation IWCE Uncategorized

IWCE Exhibit Hall Sells Out in 2023

The International Window Coverings Expo, held April 19-21 in Charlotte, NC, produced beyond expectations in the quality of the event and the number of exhibitors and attendees.

5 months ago

Awards Business Insight Competition Design Education Lessons in Leadership

CES 2023: Coulisse’s Award-Winning Eve MotionBlinds Smart Window Covering Motor Matter Certified

9 months ago

Child Safety Drapery Hardware Education Industry News Uncategorized

Window Covering Manufacturers Association Files Lawsuit Challenging New Consumer Product Safety Commission Rule on Custom Window Coverings

10 months ago

Child Safety Education

Window Covering Safety Solutions

At Rollease Acmeda, we believe that child and pet safety is of the utmost importance when designing and engineering our innovative and reliable window covering solutions. Our Easy Spring collection is completely child...

September 29, 2022

Design Education Inspiration Installation Motorization

The Invasion of The Integrators

By O’D McKewan If you are involved in selling motorized window coverings and you haven’t noticed the impact of audio/visual integrators on the window treatment industry, you will soon. Audio/visual integrators and more...

August 30, 2022

Business Insight Education Lessons in Leadership Marketing Sales

How To Sell Your Business

By Steven C. Bursten Selling a business continues to be a popular hot topic and history can tell us why. Window treatments took off in the 1960s as wholesalers gave free fabric sample books to drapery workrooms and...

August 30, 2022

Education Inspiration

3 Steps to Define (and Leverage!) the Personality of Your Brand

Name one brand—right now—that you really love. It could be an international behemoth or a local cafe. A hotel chain. Your favorite makeup brand. No matter what comes to mind, the reason you “love” this brand is because...

August 9, 2022

Business Insight Installation

Increase Your Profits with Plantation Shutters

From my experience, I know many dealers and installers run away from plantation shutters, but I go in the opposite direction and embrace these wood or faux-wood interior shutters. It is true that making any mistake...

June 14, 2022

Inspiration Installation

Change Your Mindset

We are just a few weeks into the new year and some of the goals set for 2022 may already be chipping away from your desired targets. Perhaps you made an educated decision but did not change your mindset about it. It...

January 31, 2022

Installation

Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Window Treatment Installer? (Part 2)

By Roger Magalhaes Last month, we started a discussion about what it takes to be an outstanding professional window treatment installer. This month, I have four more tips for how you can go from being someone who can...

July 8, 2021

Installation

Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Window Treatment Installer? (Part 1)

By Roger Magalhaes In order to become a great window treatment installer, you need to check a few boxes. It is more complex than you may think. I see many people calling themselves window treatment installers, but to...

June 9, 2021

Installation

4 Things to Consider When Choosing a Window Covering Installers’ Vehicle

By Roger Magalhaes Buying a working vehicle is a big investment and should not be rushed. Besides the large financial commitment, there are specific needs that the new company car should fulfill. Our industry is very...

May 10, 2021

Installation

Where Can You Find a Good Window Treatment Installer?

By Roger Magalhaes “Where can I find a good window covering installer?” This is a question I get asked frequently—and even more so since the pandemic started. Most window treatment professionals have been working extra...

March 30, 2021