It's a new year, and there are new opportunities for the indoor environment and energy services contracting industry. IE3 is going to be with you every step of the way.
What's IE3? It's ACCA's new official publication, but it's a lot more than that. IE3 is a new approach to contractor business media. Built from the ground up for a mobile world, IE3 lives in the cloud and will meet contractors wherever they are.On your phone. On your iPad. On your desktop. And yes, even in your mailbox. Wherever you are, IE3 is there, and it works. Check it out today.
In the first issue of IE3, we reached out to some amazing contractors with lessons to share. You'll learn from them:
• How to increase your service agreement program retention by 50%
• Why lowering your maintenance agreement prices may make you less competitive
• How you may be driving Facebook fans away -- and what you can do to increase social media followers by more than 300%
• How office software can make or break a contracting business
• Why GPS should be about tracking vehicles, not people
• Why ACCA chairman Joe Nichter says, "I don't even think ACCA's name makes much sense anymore."
• And tons more, but this email is already getting too long.
But wait, before you go -- we want you to know that IE3 is not just about easy-to-read articles.
• There are interactive training tools you can put to use in your company right away, like the expanded Tech Challenge, a new Business Challenge, and safety tips for your employees.
• Loads of online extras, including videos, downloads, expanded articles, and web-only resources.
• The exciting new IE3 Audio program, where you can participate in in-depth conversations with the contractors featured in IE3
• And of course The Buzz, our flagship weekly column and e-newsletter, which will be continued and expanded as part of the new IE3 family
It's all live now at IE3online.com. Go ahead, poke around the site -- it adjusts itself for any size screen, on just about any modern browser. (If you're still using an old version of Internet Explorer, well ... let 2012 be the year you upgrade.)
You can even read the entire digital version of the January print issue online (and yes, it works on iPads, even iPhones, too).