The road map for selling a small business can be tricky to follow. And reaching your next destination — whether it’s a...
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5 Ways to Motivate Your Team
If you run a growing drain cleaning company, then you know this already: One of the biggest challenges is building a team...
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How Invoice Format Plays Into Prompt Customer Payments
To maintain a healthy cash flow in your business, it’s important to get client invoices paid on time — the sooner the...
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Do You Have an Equipment Replacement Plan?
If you were in business 10 years ago, recall what that business looked like. What was your equipment situation? Did you have less...
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Should You Pay for Customer Leads?
When, if ever, should you pay for a customer lead?
There is certainly no shortage of lead-generating services out there — all ready,...
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Recognizing the Contributions of Small Businesses Nationwide
This week is the time to celebrate the small business. Every year since 1963, National Small Business Week has been held to...
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7 Keys to Small-Business Longevity
Everyone who starts or leads a business dreams of passing it along to the next generation. But few are successful in making...
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Why Hiring Veterans Can Be Good for Business
There are countless good reasons to hire veterans at your company, starting with the simple fact that it’s the right thing to...
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Add Your Website to the Spring Cleaning List
As the weather starts to thaw — at least in some parts of the country — it's time to start thinking about...
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7 Steps to a Better Online Reputation
So much depends on what pops up on a screen when a potential customer types your name or company name into a...
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5 Things to Avoid When Selling Customers on Your Services
You define your work as pipe rehab and cleaning work, but the truth is that it’s more. To get more work, you have...
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Company Finds Success Staying Small, Focusing on Niche Market
Although Cloyd Mason Rogers Jr. lives in the tiny Georgia town of Lithonia (less than a square mile with a population under...
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The Trick to Achieving Work-Life Balance
Every business owner wishes for more hours in the day — for more time to grow their business and to get things...
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Keeping the Business Growing Shouldn’t Be Done by You Alone
I spent my early adulthood working in restaurants. In these businesses, there are clear lines of delineation for responsibilities. There’s a front-of-house...










