As we enter the next leg of the COVID-19 pandemic, many business owners are beginning to wrestle with a crucial question: How...
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Writing Great Website Content Is Challenging But Worthwhile
Considering how many times I've restarted this first paragraph, it's fair to say that writing is hard.
Writing for something as specific and...
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Fact or Fiction? Flat Rate Increases Profit
Explore how switching from time and materials to flat rate affects your bottom line. We will talk about operations changes and leadership...
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Effective Employee Recognition Is About Tailoring to the Individual
Most employers operate employee recognition programs, marking everything from good performance to job longevity. But that doesn’t automatically produce engaged employees. There...
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Place a Priority on Professionalism
Professionalism is key in this industry. That probably goes without saying, but it’s worth emphasizing as it’s easier said than done. While...
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Are You Treating Customers Right? Do They Think So?
It’s not often that you get a chance to rip off a customer a second time. I suppose that’s because most people...
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Why Drain Cleaners Must Adapt to the Digital Landscape
Growing a business in 2020 is vastly different from doing so even only 10 years ago. This is true for just about...
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Explore SBA-Backed Loans When Your Cleaning Business Needs Cash
Where does a drain cleaner turn when he or she needs an infusion of cash to buy a new piece of equipment,...
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The Benefits of a Bold Branding Strategy
Producing quality service work is an important aspect of business success, no doubt, but it only gets you so far. No matter...
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The Ways Online Marketing Has Shifted and How You Should Respond
Google makes changes to its algorithm over 500 times a year. And every one of those changes can have an impact on...
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A Rundown of the COVID-19 Impact on Business Tax Legislation
In response to the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, and its accompanying economic disruptions, Congress has passed significant legislation to provide small-business owners with...
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Keep Customers From Eyeing Up Your Competitors
Although Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield may have been right about love relationships when they penned their hit, “Breaking Up Is Hard...
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Pandemic Provides Opportunity to Embrace Email Marketing
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, internet usage has skyrocketed across the U.S. People are turning to their devices and computers...
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3 Tips for Making the Most Out of Downtime
With the disruption that the coronavirus pandemic has caused in our lives, for most people it’s not business as usual. Many nonessential...
















