Material and equipment prices are going bananas. Skyrocketing. Haywire. Wacko. Whatever word you prefer, it’s out of control with no end in...
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Nailing the Business Basics Vital to Marketing Success
When you think about marketing, you likely think of ads, truck wraps, social media, Google posts, your website, and other things of...
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Respect the Value of Your Skill and Experience
One of the biggest hurdles to clear for customers is price. These days anyone with a smartphone or internet access can find...
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Job Bids Can Double as an Opportunity for Customer Education
I had a discussion recently with a customer who was at a loss as he had received a request for a proposal...
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6 Key Stats About Online Reviews
For many consumers, reading online reviews is now an ingrained step in their buying and hiring processes. Although home service businesses have...
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The Small But Valuable Reminders That Keep Customers Coming Back
It’s common knowledge in marketing circles that it’s much less expensive to retain existing customers than it is to attract new ones....
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Don’t Plant Seeds of Doubt in Customers’ Minds
We’re living in a DIY age where how-to videos for just about anything can be found all over YouTube. Still, we won’t...
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A Look at Industry Gender Issues
Gender should be a non-issue in this industry, but reality doesn’t always reflect that.
Case in point, Marisa Beaver and Kara Wasserburger, owners...
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Service Agreements Bolster Customer Loyalty
To better retain customers, Miller’s Services of Saluda, Virginia, has established service-agreement programs for both customers with alternative septic systems and customers...
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The Tricky Business of Homeowner Trust
Plumbers and drain cleaners are often in the business of delivering bad — and expensive — news to homeowners. These conversations can be...
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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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Charging Call-Out Fees For Providing Estimates
I'm going to begin with a brief look at car dealerships. Stick with me.
In the past, car dealerships would write down their...
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Why Should You Offer Customers Pipe Rehabilitation?
“I bought a jetter several years ago and it’s the only tool I need to keep sewers flowing. I think that the...
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Image is Everything in the Drain Cleaning World
Society views the plumber and drain cleaner as an uneducated, dirty, dopey, polluted guy with his “plumber’s crack” bent over repairing a toilet.But...

















