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ACCELERATE YOUR GROWTH
with the 3 A’s of Networking
W
U.S. Pavement
Services’ David
Musto and Inter-
county Paving’s
Tyler Spano lead
a round table
discussion about
sales and market-
ing best practices
at 800 PAVE-
MENT Net-
work’s Annual
Event in 2018.
hen your business is a part of
something bigger than itself,
there is tremendous opportunity for
you to connect with others and directly
impact your success in the process. Spe-
cifically, when your business is part of an
industry network, you get the benefit of
collaborating with peers who bring their
experience and knowledge to the table.
They each are ambitious individuals, and
also like you, they are in the same indus-
try and experience the same challenges.
One such network is the 800 PAVE-
MENT Network, founded in 2005
by Mike Musto, CEO of U.S. Pave-
ment Services, Inc. After branding the
1-800-PAVEMENT phone number on
all of his trucks and equipment, job signs
and printed literature, he saw his business
triple and U.S. Pavement Services, now a
$60 million company, became the found-
ing member of the 800 PAVEMENT
Network. Today the Network has devel-
oped into a group of over 200 pavement
professionals who generate over $1 billion
in combined total sales and employ over
5,000 people.
The effectiveness of the Network begins
with the unleashing of the industry’s most
powerful and effective marketing tool: an
easy-to-remember phone number that is
exclusive to your company in your area.
It starts with having access to the most
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The effectiveness of the Network
begins with the unleashing of the
industry’s most powerful and effective
marketing tool: an easy-to-remember
phone number that is exclusive to
your company in your area.
memorable phone number in the in-
dustry, as well as access to the National
Account team at U.S. Pavement who has
awarded over $80 million in work to Net-
work Members. But the true power of the
Network is found in the triple threat: Ad-
vice, Affiliation, and Access.
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Advice
Being a part of a National Network
groups you with professionals who play
the same game as you and experience
the same highs and lows. The Network
is comprised of a variety of contractors:
those with smaller start-up mentalities to
seasoned veterans with years of experience
and who have seen it all. There’s no better
way to connect with a like-minded pro-
fessional to exchange direct advice and
employ tried-and-true business practices
that actually work.
At the 800 PAVEMENT Network’s An-
nual Meeting, all Network Members are
invited to celebrate a successful season,
and furthermore prepare for the next sea-
son with round table discussions focusing
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