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What Every Small-Business Owner Should Know About Sexual Harassment Claims
The past few years have brought a sea change in our cultural conversation about sexual harassment.
Ever since the beginning of the #MeToo...
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Sharing Resources With Industry Peers
Peers helping peers in the service company world. That’s the story behind an organization that EJ Plumbing, of Santa Clara, California, joined...
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Common Website Cybersecurity Mistakes Small Businesses Make
A large and scary number of small businesses don’t think they need to worry at all about cybersecurity on their websites. Are...
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Successware Releases Another eBook to Online Resource Library for Contractors
Successware is continuing its popular eBook series, releasing a fourth version in its online library called Mastering Metrics: KPIs for HVAC, Plumbing &...
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Small-Business Response Guide Following a Customer Data Breach
It’s virtually impossible to run a small business in 2024 without maintaining a volume of sensitive customer data. Most notably, home-service companies...
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Taking a Deep Dive Into Financial Planning
It’s time for some real talk about the business side of plumbing and drain cleaning. We’re great at things like fixing leaks...
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How to Make Business Accounting So Easy a Non-Accountant Can Do It
It takes a multitude of accounting functions to run a small business, from accounts receivable and accounts payable to managing credit card...
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Breaking the Mental Health Stigma
Discussing mental health has always been a bit taboo in the U.S. and especially so in construction-related industries. Then, the pandemic happened.
Getting...
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5 Tips to Get Customers to Open Your Emails
Not so surprising statistic according to online career networking site Zippia: nearly 350 billion emails are sent worldwide every day. But here...
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The Factors of Business Marketing You Can and Cannot Control
We all have “one of those customers” who talks over what you are saying and doesn’t want to listen to any of...
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Sharpening Your Employees' Skills
Ben Smith, owner of Marvel Sewer and Drain in the Minneapolis area, has made sure to put an emphasis on developing his...
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Employee Empowerment Translates to Employee Retention
Finding good employees is difficult. Keeping them on board is no picnic, either.
But at Hoover Electric, Plumbing, Heating & Cooling in Troy,...
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7 Business Books Worth Checking Out
When you’re running a small business, it may be difficult to find the time or the bandwidth to sit down with a...
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Fight Against Employee Burnout Begins With a Business’s Leaders
Business leaders often find themselves in the trenches, navigating through the chaos and driving their teams toward success. However, amid the pursuit...
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How AI Tools Can Prevent Your Business From Losing Customer Leads
We have seen an uptick in businesses wanting add-on services.
They are looking into new products and new services that complement what they...
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A Test Case in Smooth Business Succession
Running a family-owned business can be challenging. Passing it on to the next generation can be difficult, too, as well as risky,...








