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Are Problems Brewing in the Family Business?
Anyone in a family business knows that according to many statistics, the chance of the business surviving declines with each handoff to...
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Dirty Business Tactics to Watch Out For
The internet has made great strides in leveling the playing field for businesses in competition with one other. But as with any...
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Company Boosts Referrals With Customer Cash Incentive
At Anthony Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical in Kansas, technicians are encouraged to be bigmouths — as in spread the word to...
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The Website Basics Customers Expect
When someone visits your company’s website, they’re looking for the answers to the following four questions:
Do you provide the services I need?
Do...
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Controlling Group Health Care Costs in Your Business
For small-business owners, there are obvious advantages to providing decent employee health benefits. Among those advantages: improved employee morale, potentially fewer sick...
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6 Tips to Help You Get Back to the Financial Management Basics
Many owners of small- and medium-sized businesses face a simple dilemma on a daily basis: They are really good at providing the service their...
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Tax Tips for Drain Cleaning Contractors
Tax season is here and drain cleaners need to start working on properly filing for their business.
Drain cleaning businesses have a lot of...
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Focus Marketing Efforts Through Platforms You Own
When Facebook told businesses it was all about getting “likes,” we put our efforts into getting “likes.” We thought the cards we...
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Effective Customer Service Starts by Following the Golden Rule
When Scarlett hung up the phone, she was close to tears. Even more unexpectedly, so was the customer service representative on the...
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Is It Time to Cut a Few Customers Loose?
Few businesses truly understand the actual profits generated by individual sales. Most metrics for sales effectiveness are monitored by reviewing top-line revenue...
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Do Employees Deserve Praise Just For Doing Their Job?
Do you ever feel like there is way too much appreciation shown in your workplace? If you said no, you’re not alone. Your...
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Customers Expect a Variety of Payment Options
Do you accept Bitcoin? Probably not.
Few plumbers and drain cleaners take groundbreaking forms of currency, and that’s OK. However, customers do expect various payment options....
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An Ever-Evolving Company is a Successful Company
How long have you been in business? Twenty years? Perhaps 40 years or more? Apparently, you’re doing something right then.
Think back to...
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Contractor Finds Marketing Success Through Instagram
There was a time when Chad Porter, the owner of West Coast Hydrovac Services in suburban Vancouver, British Columbia, used to make...
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Turn Website Views Into Customers
A lot changed in 2020. But one of the things that remained constant is the need for a well-optimized, high-converting website.
How does...
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Reshaping Your Workplace Culture
There’s a lot of emphasis these days on building a great workplace culture. Unfortunately, doing so is a lot like following through...






