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ACHP News, Announcements, and Resources
Stay Informed!
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March 2018
Newsletter
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Welcome New Members, Renewed Members & Lifetime Members.
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Feature Article
6 Reasons You Need ACHP Handyman Insurance from
Next-Insurance
As a handyman, you know that insurance is important to your business. While we hope you'll never need to make a claim, solid coverage helps you grow your business with the confidence of great coverage behind you. Now that we at Next Insurance have been chosen as the Association of Handyman Professionals' exclusive new partner providing handyman insurance, we wanted to introduce ourselves and some of what we offer you.
Why Should a Handyman Buy Insurance?
Let's face it, accidents happen. In fact, they're called accidents for a reason. And accidents, as we all know, can be very costly - whether it's someone slipping onsite, unintentional damage to a customer's walls, or even if you accidentally post photos you don't have permission to use on your social media.
In addition, having handyman insurance can help you show your customers that you are serious about your business, and that working with you doesn't expose them to extra risk they don't need. You can easily get Certificates of Insurance, even add an Additional Insured for free anytime. You can also work knowing that if something does happen, you're covered.
What Insurance Do You Need?
The insurance you need as a handyman depends on the nature of your business. If you're a one-person operation, you probably won't need workers' compensation, for example. But there is a certain level of coverage all handyman businesses need, no matter your size, including general liability insurance, most importantly
More than that, to land many jobs, you'll need a Certificate of Insurance (COI), to prove to potential employers that your business, work (both in progress and complete), and employees are all insured.
ACHP chooses Next Insurance
As part of their professional commitment to members, ACHP has done the legwork to find the best partner for your insurance needs. We at Next Insurance are delighted to have been selected.
Unique in the insurance field, Next Insurance offers ACHP members:
- Next Insurance is committed to keeping premiums and deductibles low, and offering a full, online range of services 24/7, for free. By eliminating the use of insurance agents and using technology to make insurance policies suited specifically for handymen, we were able to drastically reduce costs, for us and for you.
- Online Access. You can do almost everything online, whenever and wherever you choose. Need a Certificate of Insurance with an Additional Insured at 9pm? No problem. Realize at 3am that we have an old credit card? Update your information in the customer portal. Need to file a claim on a Saturday? Just log in. Of course, it's all free.
- Tailored, Comprehensive Coverage. Our coverage for handymen was created after hundreds of hours of research into exactly what coverage handymen like you do and don't need. Why should you pay extra for a general policy designed to meet the need of photographers, or restaurant owners? Our policy was built for you. Get it here.
- Product Complete Coverage: Our coverage doesn't stop when your policy ends. Let's say you retire or switch careers, and cancel your policy. Five years later, someone sues, claiming that work you did damaged their floors which they didn't see at the time. Even if you no longer have a policy with Next Insurance, we'll still cover claims against you for the time you were our customer.
- Outstanding Customer Support. While getting all your insurance done online is great, we also know that sometimes you just need to talk to a person. Our team of highly-trained, always friendly support staff is available by phone, chat, email and even Facebook message, so you're always able to get answers to any questions you may have. Call during office hours, and you'll be amazed; the current average time to answering is just 7 seconds per call!
- Easy Cancellation. We hope you'll keep your policy with us for many years, and we're confident that you won't need to cancel. But we also know that sometimes, life happens and needs change. If you need to, you can instantly cancel your policy at any point, 24/7 online. It's literally just two clicks away once you log in, absolutely hassle-free, and no phone calls needed.
We're looking forward to working with more ACHP Members to offer you insurance so that you can focus on your business, with confidence that you have great coverage at an amazing price. Get a
Quote!
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FLUIDMASTER'S "Better Than Wax" Wax-Free Seal
Fluidmaster's "Better Than Wax™" Wax-Free Toilet Gasket was rated #1 compared to similar competitive products in a survey conducted by Smart Plumbing products.
Better Than Wax® provides a superior solution to an old problem by eliminating the messiness of wax. It is stackable, with no temperature restrictions. It has 10 PSI back pressure rating at all times under compression and fits all standard 3 and 4 inch flanges. With this gasket you also get a slide-on spacer as well as no-rust brass bolts and hardware. This gasket comes with a 10 year warranty and is great value for your money. And your customers will think you are a genius!!
To learn more about this product and where it is available, please click here:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
ACHP Insurance Program
It's a Hit! In February, ACHP saw an overwhelming response to our new insurance program. Many have participated and many have renewed with our new insurance program.
Please keep in mind, we are no longer advertising our previous carrier, Lockton. However, we still have an online presence with them for Florida members and a few other states. Next-Insurance will soon be accepting Florida members and those states in a couple of months.
Get your new policy here.
Policies can be purchased online in just minutes and offer monthly payments, making it easier for you to get your business off the ground without breaking the bank.
Insure yourself against potential liability issues.
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*NEW Partnerships* Please visit our partner items and sign up for their discount page links! Many of you are missing out on savings that'll help your bottom line.
Seek success and not excuses!
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Tax Time Reminder
Don't forget to send
out your IRS form(s).
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Please check your ACHP Listing!
Many customers visit our directory listings daily! Unfortunately, some of our you have not created or submitted a listing to the directory and are losing out on good revenue. Please log in to your ACHP account and click on "create a listing", fill in the info, then click "continue/submit" then the "submit" button on the next page to activate your listing. Please note clicking the "save" link will not submit your listing to the directory, you must click "submit". ACHP does not nor is not a referral based company. However, ACHP allows you as a member, to use our directory listing to advertise your services.
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Renew Your Membership!
Having trouble? We can help! Contact ACHP at 407-462-8822 or by email
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ACHP - Lowes Exclusive savings for our Members!
Learn How: Sign Up for a New Lowes Account or add to existing -
tutorial
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*NEW* ACHP-Community Buyers Group
is now
ACHP-Think Realty
Don't let the new name fool you. Think Realty offers more to our group. Join the many ACHP Members who have signed up and are saving! Through our partnership with Think Realty, the program offers tremendous savings with
84 Lumber,
Sunbelt,
Sherwin Williams, and many other of your favorite places to shop (not all listed below).
Click
here to go to the ACHP- Landing
sign-up page. Click on
Intro Level FREE [Sign Up Now!]
This member discount program is
FREE and provided by ACHP for its member. Please take advantage of it and save LOTS!
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ACHP Members Training Videos
The ACHP Sharpening Project -
"Iron sharpens iron"
Have you ever video recorded your home improvements and repair skills? Would you like to? If so, ACHP has a video "how to links" in the Members Area that could use more member videos. It helps others visualize correct practices and allows you to give back to our craft; "give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime". Please pass your skills along to preserve what others passed to you.
To participate, please send a link to your YouTube, Vimeo, etc video here.
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MORE REVENUE FOR YOU! Garage Gator announces: "all ACHP Members are now eligible to install their products". In the past all ACHP Members were required to take and pass the Garage Gator installation exam, this is no longer required. All members listings are used for Garage Gator installation opportunities. ACHP will keep the exam in place for those who wish to learn prior to installing the systems. Below are the links to the necessary forms. Questions? Garage Gator can be contacted at:
sales@garagegator.com or
352-742-0702
Want to Sell Garage Gator Products to your customers?
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Cool Tool
Stop "messing" with Wax Toilet Rings!
Why deal with mess when you have Better Than Wax™?
Special Features:
No glunky mess to clean
Its reusable and stackable
No temperature restrictions
Fits all standard 3 and 4 inch flanges
10 PSI back pressure rating at all times under compression
10 Year Warranty
To learn more about this product and where it is available, please click here
Eazy Peezy Lemon Squeezy
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ACHP Members receive $200 for each referred and installed ADT system. It's as easy as printing a flyer, staple your business card to it, hand it to all your customers, and collect $200 for each installed system you refer. Easy money! Log into your account for more info and to print the handout flyer.
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Are You Leaving Money On The Table?
LEARN THE BEST WAY TO PRICE YOUR SERVICES SO YOU GET MORE JOBS, KEEP MORE CUSTOMERS, AND MAKE MORE MONEY.
Learn More
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Need Insurance? Click on your country flag below.
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Check Out Our Updated Blog Content
Every week, we are adding new blog posts that are consumer-friendly that cover a wide range of home improvement topics to draw in more traffic from search engines. Our goal is to bring consumers to the ACHP site, who will then have an opportunity to use our Handyman Professional directory to find their next hire. Click here to visit the blog.
Have a topic you'd like us to cover on the blog? Email the idea to ACHP communications advisor at service@handymanassociation.org
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Exclusive Member Resources and Opportunities
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All ACHP Members are now eligible to install Garage Gator
Garage Gator and ACHP have a program for those who wish to add a new skillset and more revenue to their business. Log in to your ACHP account ("My Account"), click on the Gator icon.
Garage Gator serves US and Canada
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Promo1America - Promotional Branding Consultants
Promo1America is happy to partner with the members of the Association of Certified Handyman Professionals and offer a significant discount on promotional items. They offer a tremendously broad range of categories and products with your logo on! Please feel free to browse their website www.promo1america.com or call/speak to your rep Mary Ellen Walsh at 1-877-703-9460 ext 6505.
Please be sure to:
- Say you are an ACHP Member
- Speak to Mary Ellen
"Any products prices that you see on the website will be discounted per order"
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Office Depot/Office Max Member Discount -
Free shipping on orders over $50, and a coupon for 15% off your first online order!
The Association of Certified Handyman Professionals (ACHP) is excited to announce an additional 15% off on first-time online purchases for the Office Depot/OfficeMax Discount Program to help you save money on office supplies.
You can take advantage of discounts of up to 80% off thousands of preferred products. Plus, FREE next-day shipping on online orders of $50 or more along with an additional 15% off first time online buyers. You can save online or in-stores today.
Be sure to print out your free Store Purchasing Card on our Office Depot/OfficeMax website before going into your local Office Depot/OfficeMax store to ensure you receive your savings - they'll even laminate it for you for free.
You can order online by going to http://achp.ctcshares.com and use coupon code 61112117 to take advantage of this additional 15% offer.
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Are your Customers Able to Find You?
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Our search requests continue to increase significantly. The new search engine installed in August was indeed what the doctor ordered. This means more and more folks are browsing our directory listings. However, many of you have not updated your listing in a while. In some cases, customers are having difficulties reaching you because of outdated information in your listing. How do we know this? Some of them are calling ACHP. Makes us wonder how many customers are reluctant to go the extra mile thus contacting someone else with a working or displayed phone number, etc.
To fix this problem:
Log in to your member account and:
- Ensure you have access, if not contact us immediately.
- Click on "My Directory Listings" then "Edit". Ensure your information is up to date.
- Enter a city, state, zip code in the display map. If not, the search engine will not be able to find you by zip code search.
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Ensure your email and phone number is correct, etc. Add more unique keywords.
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My Lifter
ACHP teams up with myLifter. 10% off on all products for ACHP members. Show your customers, they will love this. Easy installation. Click the link under the logo to see how it works. Get the Promo code by logging into your "My Account" area
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More Member Resources.
Log in to access!
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Check out The ACHP Store!
Items such as ACHP shirts, hats, decals, and more.
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ACHP Member Referral Program. Refer new members and earn. To Read more about the program, login to My Account and click on the ACHP Member Referral Program icon at the bottom of the page.
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Don't Forget to check out the new educational Online Training video's in the My Account section. Is there something else you're looking for?
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Member Knowledge Base Videos.
ACHP has created a place to add your own helpful videos for others to use and learn. Get involved in your trade association and share your knowledge.
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ACHP Member Exams. Test your skills. This is a difficult exam to pass and more geared for the contractor. Test your knowledge. |
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