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Join Builders Notebook in 2012

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Become a member of the Builders Notebook Online Plan Room. Our Santa Barbara plan room and trade association covers Riverside to San Luis Obispo and beyond with plans, specifications, and addendas both digital and hard copy. Learn more about how our online plan room, construction reports service, and trade association can help you!

Visit the BN Plan Room Online

5th Annual San Joaquin Valley Regional : Public Contracting Expo & Conference

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Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012 – Time: 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Downtown Radisson Hotel & Convention Center – 2223 Ventura Street,Fresno,CA

Our goal is to help valley DBE / SBE / DVBE firms become Ready, Able & Qualified to successfully perform public sector work. We are inviting San Joaquin Valley public agencies ( Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare) to participate in the marketplace and provide information on :upcoming projects, how to do business with the agencies, and bidders requirements. (Including state and federally-funded projects and DBE / SBE / DVBE goals and “good faith efforts”).

This annual event will provide San Joaquin Vally public agencies and prime contractors, bidding State and Federally funded public work projects,outreach opportunities helping fulfill your SBE / DBE / DVBE / MBE / WBE / SEC 3 contracting “goals & good faith effort”.This event will have a vendors & agencies marketplace where agencies can provide information on upcoming projects, hand out materials and discuss requirement on how to do business with the vendor / agency.

$98 Billion Dollar CHSR Project – 1^ST Phase start 2012
High Speed Rail Contracting & Construction Job Opportunities
* California High Speed Rail Authorty
30% SBE/DBE/MICRO contracting participation goal
“Your Connecting Point”
> Prime Contractors & Sub Contractors
“Meet and Greet”
Networking Breakfast
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 am
High Speed Rail Design – Build
(RFQ) Prime Contractors – invited
> Vendors / Agencies & Contractors Marketplace
Hand out materials & staff to answer attendee question
Time: 9:30 am – 5 pm
> SBE/DBE/DVBE/MBE/WBE & Prime Contractors
Teaming to meeting projects goals.
Workshop (Panel 2)
> Academy Public Contracting Boot Camp
Micro & Small Business / Start up & Firms new to public contracting
Are You Ready & ABLE
Workshop (Panel 3)
> How to Get Certification Forum
SBE/DVBE/MBE/WBE/DBE/UDBE
SEC-3/HUB ZONE/8A
Certification Application Assistance
Workshop (Panel 4)

Event web site: www.sjvannualpce.info , More Information & Registration: (Fee $50 Small Business – $75 Prime & Agency) KMCA @ 661- 324-7535 or Marvin Dean @ Cell # 661-747-1465

Double Your Sales Lead Results

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In every industry selling your products or services is a major key to your success as an entity. To sell anything you must create and stick to a sales plan and marketing plan, two different objectives that assist each other. A sales plan is the what, why, who, when, how, where of your product or service.

The What is simple, you are selling a service and likely a product to accompany that service. So first you need to select Who: the who should be a sales oriented, dedicated, focused, persistent yet friendly salesperson. Sales is usually a natural talent, you can spot this person by how friendly and talkative they are when you first meet them. Sales people and typically social and the “everyones friend” type. The selection of this person is key and they do not need to know every facet of your industry, the estimator or project manager is keen for that task. The When: A scheduled plan should be dedicated to for a term no less than 6 months, in six months you can easily see the results and double or tripple your sales.

Next is the strategy part How & Where; you need to make a proven plan of how and where you will obtain the sales leads. A service (like Builders Notebook) can provide you with leads for a specific area. Alternately you may be part of an organization, trade association, or other social club, and this is a great place to get leads as well. Regardles of how and where, you will need a plan stating the how and where.

After you have solved the basics of your plan, I recommend paying a professional sales writer to write a sales introduction letter, follow up script, appointment script, and several other after the fact letters. This will assist the salesperson with following the leads from meeting through project closure.

Part of your marketing plan should include at the very least, company t-shirts, truck and car signage, and site signage with your logo and phone number easily read from a distance.

To learn more about construction leads provided daily to your email, contact our office at 1-877-776-5436. We currently cover Santa Barbara County and parts of Ventura County.

11th Annual GovLink Conference – Linking You to Government Opportunities

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Early registration has been extended to Friday, September 23, 2011. Don’t miss the 11th Annual GovLink Conference - Linking You to Government Opportunities hosted by The Federal Technology Center and Defense Microelectronics Activity on November 1-2, 2011 at the Radisson Hotel in Sacramento, California. This highly-packed conference provides networking opportunities between more than 350 attendees and 50 exhibitors from government agencies, prime contractors, and small businesses.

Click here to register now as an attendee. Limited sponsorship opportunities are available and exhibit spaces are almost sold out.

For more information, see details below or go to www.TheFTC.org/govlink.

For questions, please call The Federal Technology Center (The FTC) at 916.334.9388 or 866.382.7822 toll-free in California.

BN Construction Directory

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Be part of the BN Construction Directory! For a small annual fee, we will market and direct internet traffic to your name and phone number or your company website. The BN Construction Directory is maintained personally by Michelle, owner of Builders Notebook. Michelle is a well rounded business consultant who knows how to get the traffic to a website!

To get listed in the BN Construction Directory you will need to have a valid contractors license in good standing, 3 local referrences, a few pictures of previous projects, and have been in business for at least 3 years. For years we have received calls from home owners, commercial developers, government agencies, and general contractors looking for contractors. To find out more, email Michelle at planroom@buildersnotebook.com or call our office at 1-877-776-5436.

**This opportunity does not require membership and is open to the construction community.

Contractor’s Referral Service Santa Barbara

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CLICK Here for a CONTRACTOR REFERRAL by Trade

BN Trade Association is the easiest way to find reliable and licensed Contractors and Sub Contractors for your Home Improvement Project in the Santa Barbara area. We are a local service located in Downtown Santa Barbara.

Our service specializes in New Construction, Site Improvements, Additions and Remodels in the greater Santa Barbara area. If requested, we can provide you with bids from licensed and qualified contractors or give you contact information for really great contractors, FREE of charge! We are here to assist you through this process, please contact Michelle at anytime should you have a question about finding a contractor 1-877-776-5436 (local to Santa Barbara).

To help you better we offer two types of services. The first is to simply refer you to a licensed contractor and you can talk with him/her regarding your project. The second is to submit your project (with plans and specs) to our plan room and obtain bids for your project by several qualified contractors (interview process). Either way our goal is to provide you with a licensed and qualified contractor that suits your needs. You can always call our office for help, just mention you need help finding a contractor.

WANT A PHONE REFERRAL? Call 1-877-776-5436

Disaster Assistance Available for Small Businesses

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Sacramento, CA – Small, nonfarm businesses in the following counties are now eligible to apply for low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) from the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). * “These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by adverse weather conditions that occurred in the following primary California counties,” announced Alfred E. Judd, Director of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center West. “SBA eligibility covers both the economic impacts on businesses dependent on farmers and ranchers that have suffered agricultural production losses caused by the disaster and businesses directly impacted by the disaster,” Judd said.

12722- Stanislaus and Yuba ;Alameda, Butte, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada,
Placer, Plumas, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Sierra, Sutter and
Tuolumne – Storms with excessive rain and high winds – 6/3-6/6 – deadline 3/29/12

12723 – SLO; Kern, Kings, Monterey and Santa Barbara – Freezing Temps – 4/8-4/9 – deadline 3/29/12

Small, nonfarm businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private, nonprofit organizations of any size may qualify for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) of up to $2 million to help meet financial obligations and operating expenses which could have been met had the disaster not occurred.

“Eligibility for these loans is based on the financial impact of the disaster only and not on any actual property damage. These loans have an interest rate of 4% for businesses and 3% for private, nonprofit organizations, a maximum term of 30 years, and are available to small businesses and most private, non profits without the financial ability to offset the adverse impact without hardship,” Judd said.

By law, SBA makes EIDLs available when the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture designates an agricultural disaster. Secretary Tom Vilsack declared this disaster at the request of Governor Jerry Brown.

Businesses primarily engaged in farming or ranching are not eligible for SBA disaster assistance. Agricultural enterprises should contact the Farm Services Agency (FSA) about the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assistance made available by the Secretary’s declaration.

Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure Web site at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.

Disaster loan information and application forms are also available from SBA’s Customer Service Center by calling SBA toll-free at (800) 659-2955, emailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov, or visiting SBA’s Web site at www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance. Hearing impaired individuals may call (800) 877-8339.

The deadline to apply for these loans is March 29, 2012.

Webinar Hosted By The Credit Management Association

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This webinar is designed for material suppliers. Participate in this webinar to learn the best way to handle construction disputes and mechanic’s liens under the new California Mechanic’s Lien laws that took effect January 1, 2011.

• Understand Preliminary 20-day notices
• Learn how to make your Mechanic’s Liens collectible
• Identify time limits for recording mechanic’s liens and for filing mechanic’s lien lawsuits
• Learn to avoid legal technicalities which make liens unenforceable
• Learn practical tools, tips and techniques to streamline your collection efforts.

DATE/TIME: August 16th 2011 9-10 AM
COST: $79 for CMA Members/ $109 for Non-Members
Easy online registration is available here through Anscers.com. Please note if you have not signed up with Anscers.com before, it is quick and easy. You can also contact CMA’s Debbie Mendoza at 888-889-7913 x 222 for further questions or information.

Webinar brought to you by:
Milene C. Apanian / mca@agrlaw.com
Law Offices of Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman
Emphasizing Construction Law
P.O. Box 15458 North Hollywood, CA 91615-5458
(Phone) 818-760-2000 (Fax) 818-760-3908