Damian Lang
Damian Lang is a mason contractor in southeast Ohio and inventor of many labor saving masonry systems and products. Lang has served as the Marketing Committee Chairman for the Mason Contractors Association of America. He is also author of the book Rewarding and Challenging Employees for Profits in Masonry. To network with Damian on contractor tips or tips you have and would like published, contact him at dlang@langmasonry.com or 740-749-3512.
103 articles by Damian Lang:
Be careful of the words you say
Be careful of the words you say; keep them short and sweet. For you never know from day to day, which ones you will have to eat! Full story
Report of the MCAA Marketing Committee
The report of the MCAA Marketing Committee presented at the 2012 MCAA Convention in Las Vegas, Nev. Full story
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
When you are under the gun, it doesn’t matter if it is Sunday or if it is a holiday. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Full story
Honesty, good judgment and action
After being in business for more than 27 years now, I believe the most important quality a leader can have is honesty. Full story
A rich person is not the one with the most
Regardless of how big or small companies were, the ones streamlined with the lowest overhead were best fit to survive this recession. Full story
Keeping employees happy
Hiring employees for your business isn’t hard, but keeping them happy is a never-ending job. Full story
It’s comeback time!
Has this recession kicked you in the teeth like it has almost every contractor in the country? Have you hit bottom yet? And, where is the bottom? Full story
The customer is always No. 1
How far do you go to please your customers? One thing in business never changes: The Customer is always No. 1. Full story
If You Feel Good, You Can Deal with Everything Else
With all the bad economic news out there caused by things totally out of our control, one must keep a healthy mind by focusing on “feeling good.” Full story
The Best Operators of Business Are Goofy
I network with business people from all over the country, and I’ve discovered something: The ones doing the best are goofy. Full story
Customers Hire Those That Make Their Job Easy
Tremendous service builds rapport with customers,, all because they made their customers’ jobs easy! Full story
When You Price Work, Do You Estimate or Guesstimate?
We cannot survive going forward with a guesstimate. In today’s business climate, you’ve got to estimate, not guesstimate. Full story
You Lose More on the Good Jobs Than on the Bad
Once you have the project, where do you risk losing the most money? The good job, or the bad one? Full story
When Do You Give Up On a Potential Job?
At what point do you give up on a potential job? When the customer won’t return your calls concerning your bid? When you’re told you weren’t the low bidder? Full story
Report of the MCAA Marketing Committee
The report of the MCAA Marketing Committee presented at the 2011 MCAA Convention in Las Vegas, Nev. Full story
Set Your Goals Now
Do you have a plan – a goal – as to where you want to go? Or, are you just waiting to see where you end up? Full story
Sometimes, Best Laid Plans Create a New Direction
A few months ago, I wrote about how we have to be willing to change. Now, after some soul searching, I have to be ready to take my own medicine. Full story
Do It Anyway to Survive!
Even in these tough times, when the bad things happen that are out of our control, we’ve just got to “Do It Anyway” to survive. Full story
Time to Change, Before Change is All We Have Left
In a time when there is so much negativity, staying positive seems to lift people up. However, staying positive doesn’t mean there aren’t changes needed to survive. Full story
Little Leaks Sink Big Ships
No one dreamed the Titanic would go down, but it did. Do you have leaks in your ship? If so, are you fixing them, or waiting until you can’t keep it afloat? Full story
