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How Your Potential Customer Base Uses Online Reviews
Most business owners are at least aware of the increasing importance of getting online reviews, but the 2017 BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey confirms...
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Company Shows Its Colorful Side Through Reality Web Series
Cultivating a company image can be tricky and using unscripted, unfiltered video of workers on the job — colorful language included —...
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Beat Out Competitors When a Prospect is Considering Multiple Estimates
Has this ever happened to you: You go to a prospect’s home to look at a potential job. During the conversation, the...
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How to Handle a Good Employee Quitting
We often spend more time with our work family than our real family. I use the word “family” because we end up...
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Earn Customer Trust With a Credible Website
Trust is an invaluable commodity for any business owner. You likely won’t have any customers if people don’t trust you to follow...
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Should You Add Marijuana Guidelines to Your Employee Handbook?
Thirty states have legalized medical marijuana and nine of those have also legalized it for recreational use. This has caused confusion for...
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Create a Love-to-Work Culture
It used to be that prospective employees had to convince companies why they should be hired. But in today’s job market, with...
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3 Things You Can Learn From Your Competitors’ Reviews
There’s no shortage of competition in this industry, especially for companies working in bigger markets. Sometimes customers have literally thousands of drain...
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Improve Your Customer Communication Skills
Sometimes lost in discussions about tools, techniques and emerging technologies are the many soft skills this industry requires. For example, properly communicating...
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Quality Work Done Right Builds Drain Cleaning Business
Russell Joe Jr. knows the value of quality work. He’s built his business around it.
“Like it says on my website, customers deserve...
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Contractor Goes All In with Ethical Inspection Assessments
Patrick Hooper’s inspection business began with a single question: “Who do you call if you want an honest, unbiased pipe evaluation?”
It only...
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Play a Bigger Role
We all face struggles and challenges. On a good day, you handle your business and move on. But we all have bad...
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Controlling Cash Flow
You completed your latest plumbing project on time, sent an invoice to your demanding client, and are eagerly awaiting payment ... and...
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Let Them Pay With Plastic
When Sean Dolan switched careers a few years ago and bought Sanitary Pumpers in Eagle River, Alaska, he made one change right...
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Bring in More Business With an Eye-Catching Truck Wrap Design
When Mark Treglia started up his plumbing firm in 2014 in Nevada’s Reno-Sparks metro area, about $17,000 of his initial investment went...
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Using Your Office Wall Space to Maximum Benefit
What if there was a silent, ever-present way to inspire and motivate your team, keep them on track and aligned with your...











