{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The STRONG Roofer™ w/ Adam Bensman","title":"BIG NEWS: RSRA Officially Joins the TAMKO Family","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":700,"description":"RSRA has officially joined the TAMKO family.I know that might raise some questions. To answer them before you have to ask, and to show you what this means for you moving forward.It started in 2021 when I had a wild dream… I wanted to find a partner who would offer sales training, resources, and community collaboration to their contractors. And they needed to help provide even more value and resources to contractors than I could do on my own. I didn’t know who it would be, or how it would happen. But one thing I knew for sure - if I was going to stake my own name behind them, we had to be value-aligned. And access to the resources needed to continue to be by application-only so we could maintain the standard.In 2025 I shared the idea with Members to reach out to their manufacturer or distributor to see if they’d support, sponsor, or reimburse RSRA Membership dues. And it worked! Some Members shared success.So it led me to creating a new Sponsorship Offering that would allow a manufacturer or distributor to cover RSRA Membership for their contractors. The day I put the new offer together I picked up the phone and called my good friend Jon Abernathy. Jon Abernathy joined the TAMKO team about 2 years ago after building and selling a very successful roofing company. He was previously what I would consider a ‘loyalist’ to a different manufacturer. But after he saw the shift in TAMKO’s product development (Titan XT® shingles specifically), leadership, culture, and desire to create a wildly valuable contractor program, he literally sold his company to join the team because he was so passionate about creating positive transformation in the roofing industry. Since he joined TAMKO, Jon had been calling on me to get involved, but I initially refused. So when I called him, I figured this would be a good way to find out who was leading the TAMKO team and what they were actually about. It would give me a ‘behind the scenes’ peek. Jon was ecstatic and set up a meeting right...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/PaHOnvzPtAbZuaDqKsH4zhz8OxPaxPTyVAt8o8SBBks/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNjAw/ZDMwMzVlODc3ZjI1/MWVlOWMzMGI5Nzli/ZDY0My5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}