FEATURED ARTICLE Casey Harvey The Fire Time Magazine | December 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. Back to Basics In keeping with the trends of the last several years, this year has been anything but “normal.” We’ve Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Kenneth Walker The Fire Time Magazine | December 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. The Hidden Costs of Crummy Showrooms As an independent sales representative who covers nine states, I’ve had the privilege of seeing Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Jodi Connors-Harrington The Fire Time Magazine | December 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. Introduction: The Nature of Our Business There’s no denying it: If you’ve been in or around the hearth industry for any Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Dax Johnston The Fire Time Magazine | December 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. Introduction: From Highways to Trails I came to the hearth industry from a big box hardware store background where every object Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Kim Davis The Fire Time Magazine | December 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. The Profit Paradox You’re staring at your monthly statements, and the numbers look good. Sales are strong, customers are paying on Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Kyle Titsworth The Fire Time Magazine | December 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. In the COVID years, many of us in the hearth industry found ourselves overwhelmed with demand. Customers were home, focused on Read more…
FEATURED ARTICLE Dave Anderson The Fire Time Magazine | December 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Download Printable PDF Listen to the audio article. The Small Sales Opportunity Walk into most hearth showrooms today, and you’ll witness a familiar scene: salespeople gravitating toward the big-ticket Read more…
Gideon Honeycutt The Fire Time Magazine | December 2025 Share Share on facebook Share on linkedin Share on email Listen to the audio article. In an industry that sells warmth—literally in the form of fireplaces and figuratively in the comfort of a well-tended home—you’d think authenticity would be our native Read more…
► ► RESOURCES December 2025 Resource 1: “What’s Best Next? Prioritizing the 4 Critical Tasks of a Salesperson” This week, Tim shares one of his courses from the 2025 Digital Fire Time Summit. In this course, Tim talks about: Managing the tension of the “whirlwind” and the wildly important work Read more…
► ► CONTRIBUTORSPOTLIGHT Tim Reed Tim has been in the hearth industry since he was 18 years old. At that time, he was in a failing punk band that was playing shows up and down the West Coast, and his future father-in-law asked for some help installing a wood insert. Read more…