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7 Tips to Build and Grow a Small Business
Launching a business can often seem like a make-or-break moment. Entrepreneurs feel as though their company has to make a splash, or...
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Finding and Keeping Clients in a Crowded Marketplace
Is the drain cleaning industry a dog-eat-dog world where companies are in a tug of war to find jobs and defeat competitors?...
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6 Ways to Fix Your Crappy Marketing Plan
Some companies spend years developing their business — investing in equipment, systems, and people — and then expect the world to naturally...
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Client Clash: How Do You Deliver Bad News to Customers?
Service-based businesses thrive on delivering top-notch results to customers. Delivering bad news requires quite a different skill set.“Often, news is bad only...
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Do You Know How To Price a Job?
You want to make more money. Good for you. And it’s good business. Here’s the problem. A customer balks at your prices....
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3 Reasons to Cash in on Customer Surveys
In the hectic day-to-day operations of a business it’s not always top of mind to step back and really check in with...
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Crabby Customers: You Can Learn From Them!
It’s never fun to hear a customer complain about something. But don’t panic, don’t get defensive, don’t yell at your employees. After...
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Do You Hire Tattoo-Covered Employees?
When John Baethke visited the doctor recently, he was greeted by a male nurse with a bunch of visible tattoos. And, Baethke...
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Good Business Practices Generate Loyal Customer Base
The customer is always right. It sounds so trite. Anyone who has ever been in any kind of business knows customers regularly...
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4 People Who Can Build Your Drain Cleaning Business
The phone won’t ring unless you land a new construction job or a find those needed emergency jobs, and those require contacts....
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3 Myths About Drain Cleaning
You’ve been in the drain cleaning and plumbing business for decades, so your knowledge of waterjetting and pipeline inspection equipment and business-building...
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7 Easy Ways to Deal With Difficult Customers
Nobody wants to deal with unhappy, difficult or angry customers. However, in most cases the company representative taking an angry call is...
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Drain Cleaner Advocates Industry Certifications
For owner Vi McCoy, the ultimate reward is the recognition from peers and clients for the quality of Rickreall, Ore.-based C-More Pipe...


















