07 AUG 2001

Energy Savers of America – Houma, LA. USA – www.btubusters.com *Full Supporting Member

Yencee Insulating Co. Pvt. Ltd. – Amedabad, Gujarat, INDIA - www.betterinsulation.com Trial Member

Air Krete Insulation – Weedsport, NY. USA – www.aircrete.com Trial Member

The Insulation Professionals -- Kansas City, MO - USA -- www.betterinsulation.com Trial Member

Solutions Insulations Systems -- 100 Mile House, BC -- Canada -- www.betterinsulation.com Trial Member

Tascon Industries - added Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, and Mexico to their distribution territory. Trial Member

Applegate - added Colorado and the Netherlands to their distribution territory. *Full Supporting Member

Energy Savers of America - added Nevada to their distribution territory. *Full Supporting Member

We now have listings from contractors and manufacturers on 4 Continents and 11 countries. We have listings in 46 states in the U.S. We would like to thank everyone for their support as we spread the good word about non-carcinogenic products available as alternative insulating materials. We have been instrumental in welcoming 8 new alternative insulation contractors to the industry since the last newsletter. These in areas that sorely needed contractors.

Because of the fact that good contractors are not highly concentrated in most areas, we have had to ask some of our members to travel quite far to service requests for better insulation. We are also proud to say that Better Insulation Contractors and Manufacturers are rising to meet the needs of this site's inquiring visitors admirably and we appreciate it, as do the customers.

We’ve added some website promotion tools for you to use on your own websites. Especially good is http://bounty.bighits.net/index.cgi?10624169 . If you have your own web site you really should use this. It may not bring you much business locally, but it will expose your site to people all over the world and go 50% farther in spreading the word… If you do your part for general public education, it will come back to you in real business… There’s comprehensive Internet marketing tools available at the bottom of the contractor and manufacturer search page.

Advertisers help us promote this site and develop more public education and marketing aids.

Due to expressed interest, we are adding an "Equipment for Sale or Wanted" area to the site. We tried one of those bulletin board scripts, but they don't seem to attract attention very well. As you all know, it is our personal attention to detail, providing full page custom listings and the like that help make this site what it is, so, we will follow what works and add the personal touch to this area. If you have equipment for sale or need equipment, just contact us for listing information. We prefer photos of the equipment if you are selling and a good description with phone number to contact you. You can have a photo put on disk at most Pharmacies or photo places for about $3.00 so you can email it to us from your computer.

We are also entertaining relationships with suppliers of supporting products, such as hoses, staples, canned foam, installation equipment, new trucks, etc... and looking for suppliers who will give you a discount as an ABI member so we can put up a "store front" on the site where you can purchase the consumable products you use every day and equipment at a discount through collective purchasing. If you have a good supplier, please notify them of our interest in this area. Collective buying and selling benefits both the seller and the buyer. Know your supplier's email? Click here to send this newsletter to them.

Of course, we have to keep saying it... if you have your own site, link to this site! Get it to work for you... you're missing out on a lot of business if you don't. That's plain truth.

If you don’t have a website, or would like yours revamped, let us know… we offer tremendous discounts to Cellulose Contractors for professional design services (Contractor websites $299), hosting ($15.99 a month), and search engine submission (free when we design your site or you change your hosting service over to us) domain name registration through us is only $9.00 per year… Call 270.842.4658 to discuss …or drop an email and we’ll call you…Ed.)

EVERYBODY NEEDS A BIG CALLING CARD TO LEAVE WITH THE CUSTOMER TO HELP THEM REMEMBER REFERRING... and a sales tool that actually adds to the total reduction of your customer's utility bill AND sure does make your insulation job that much more memorable each month. When you order the Insulsure Attic Tent and personalize them with your company name, address and phone number with a sticker on the underside of the door, you've got something better then a refrigerator magnet!

"We even go the extra step and install an attic door tent that keeps any dust and heat out of your house from the attic stairs. No extra charge, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of course."

Or give them as referral bonuses. In all reality, they should be standard insulation products. Think about it, people spend money on the best insulation, but leave the attic stairway door un-insulated. You are the pros. It's up to you to finish the whole insulation job by insulating the stairway door. Just makes sense and the fact you can personalize these things easily with your company info, keeps your information at hand for them to send referrals to.

The Short and Sweet: If you are a contractor or manufacturer and have a web site and it doesn't link Back to this site, you are losing business. A lot of you write in and ask how to do this. Who ever made or administers your web site is the one who has to do it. We can administer your site and do it if you host your site with us. Some of you had your sites done years ago and the person is gone. We can host it and administer it and even work on it for you. We don't charge a set up fee or anything, just $15.99 a month for hosting and we can transfer your site and all that. Just let us know. We also make sure it's search engine friendly and submit it to search engines for you at no extra charge. If you want a lot of work done to your site (revamped) or a new one, it cost only $299 to contractors. A bargain, for sure.

Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ,US)	Air Force Material Command (OK,US)
Necastle University Local Area Network (GB)	Allstate Insurance Company (IL,US)
University Of Sydney (AU)	First Team Real Estate (CA,US)
Norwegian Information Technology Network	Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. (KY,US)
Operation Education Reseau 74 (FR)	Asia Pacific Network Information Center (JP)
Owens-Corning (OH,US)	Australian Academic And Research Network (AU)
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. (AZ,US)	Bethlehem Area Public Library (PA,US)
Purdue University Adsl Trial (West Co) (IN,US)	California State University, Sacramento (CA,US)
R. R. Donnelley & Sons (IL,US)	City Of Jacksonville, Florida (FL,US)
Salmon Arm School District No. 89 (CA)	City Of Omaha Utilities (NE,US)
Simon & Schuster Inc. (NJ,US)	City Of Thomasville Utilities (GA,US)
Simon Fraser University (BC,CA)	City Of Winnipeg (CA)
State Farm Insurance Corp. (IL,US)	Commonwealth Of Kentucky Dept.... (KY,US)
State Of Montana, Department Of Administration (MT,US)	Criminal Justice Institute (AR,US)
State University Of New York At Buffalo (NY,US)	Department Of Housing And Urban Development (DC,US)
State University Of New York At Stony Brook (NY,US)	Duke Power Company (NC,US)
Suntrust Service Corporation (GA,US)	Environmental Design And Management (NS,CA)
Tasmania Police Department (AU)	Fidelity Investments (MA,US)
The Christ Hospital (OH,US)	Foundation Of Research And Technology Hellas (GR)
The Dow Chemical Company (MI,US)	Greater Vancouver Distance Education School (BC,CA)
The Procter And Gamble Company (OH,US)	Naval Air Warfare Center-Tsd (FL,US)
The United States Centers For Disease Control (GA,US)	Harvardnet (MA,US)
The Vanguard Group Of Investment Companies (PA,US)	Illinois State University (IL,US)
The Winnipeg School Division No. 1 (CA)	Jacksonville State University (AL,US)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (NC,US)	Johnson Controls, Incorporated (WI,US)
U.S. Postal Service (NC,US)	La Trobe University (AU)
Union Gas Ltd. (ON,CA)	Lockheed Martin Nic (CO,US)
United States Department Of Ag... (CO,US)	Merck & Co. Inc. (NJ,US)
University Of Arkansas (AR,US)	Moravian College (PA,US)
University Of Cincinnati (OH,US)	National Informatics Centre (IN)
University Of Illinois, Ccso (IL,US)	Naval Air Systems Command (MD,US)
University Of Maryland Baltimore County (MD,US)	University Of New South Wales (AU)
University Of Massachusetts (MA,US)	University Of Southampton (GB)
University Of Michigan (MI,US)	Owens-Corning (OH, US)

Kind of interesting... public education apparently isn't just for homeowners...

Running for Cover – More protective bankruptcies in the news.

Does your company publish an electronic newsletter? Want to increase circulation? Let us know and we'll add it to the script on the Better Insulation Web site and visitors and members can sign up from there!

This baby is a sure fired winner! Your customers will remember you every time they go up to their attics. Solid Bargain. Close the last hole! Order a case today and try it out. We have a sample. They are good.

(This week’s article provided by Konstantin Yelizarov, of Jupiter Insulation, Russia’s oldest promoter of cellulose and foams. A progressive company interested in forming alliances with international companies for the purpose of import and export or technology exchange.)

Thank you very much for your support to my company and the products mentioned on your website.

Three times we did jobs to remove condensate in the living rooms of the buildings. (By condensate I mean the water in the air after the cooling).

In all three cases the condensate appears in the attics. The insulation was placed just under the roof. The penopolystirol was used as insulation material. There was a problem with insulation. The warm air through the gaps came to the cold roof and water dropped to the floor through the ceilings. It is very cold in winter here and steam is used much for heating, which creates moisture problems.

We were asked to solve the problem without interrupting the technological process in the building. We solved the problem by using the cellulose insulation. We were able to push the hose inside the wall and fill the gaps by cellulose insulation under the air pressure.

In all three cases the condensate disappeared. This was a good introduction for Russia businesses to use cellulose insulation. This was a big problem not solved with other insulation.

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