Here are the Coverings 2022 award winners. Tile Person of the Year Dirk Sullivan, of Hawthorne Tile in Portland, OR If you know Dirk, the only question you have is "What took so …
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This tile-related Wordle answer caused a meltdown on Twitter
The New York Times, which recently bought the new viral word-game Wordle, is being accused of making the game harder, trolling millennials, and being too obscure. Case in point: this tile-related …
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Pissed off that you don’t get calls from your website? Try this
Check your website in two quick steps You know that sense of pride that you felt when your business website went live? Yeah, me too. It's like your business is taking a big step and becoming …
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Are you tired of consumers taking the low bid?
The new Consumer Education Committee (CEC) is trying to change that. This new committee is a joint venture involving the NTCA, CTEF, TCNA, and some industry manufacturing companies. The CEC is …
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Largest Mosaic Discovery in 50 years
This second-century mosaic was discovered in London recently and thought to be an old Roman dining room floor. It's unfortunate that it has some missing sections because we're pretty sure this tile …
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Flood testing: “I’ve never had a problem”
I know you guys have never had a shower leak before. Guess what? I have. To my knowledge, I've never had one leak after it's been built. But I've had them leak during the flood testing stage …
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TISE 2022
The International Surfaces Event was much bigger than last year. It was almost a full-sized show. With the exception of the masking policy, it seemed like things were back to normal. Tile Nation …
Are your customers weirdos?
Did you know that there are customers out there that you don't want to be liking your product or service? Yes, there actually is a demographic of people that buy crappy products. These people seek …
“You’re Price is too High”
'You need to make your deal better' Ex-FBI negotiator Chris Voss is back to talk about price vs value and how to get past this all-too-common objection. In this video, he tells you to label the …
2022 CES Show in Las Vegas
The CES show, which isn't an acronym for Consumer Electronics Show, was in Las Vegas this month. Scaled-down because of another Covid scare it still consistently made headlines. The only things …