Although the business name has changed several times and spanned three generations of the Feikema family since 1956, one thing has remained...
Entries Tagged Business Growth
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Opportunities to Grow
If you are struggling to find a way to expand your plumbing company, a trade show coming up later this month could...
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Finding the Right People, Tools Can Be the Most Important Start for a Company
Jeff Logan describes his office staff as the heartbeat of his business. From making the pivotal first contact with a customer to...
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3 Steps to Improve Your Networking Game
Networking is kind of like going to the dentist. You know you have to do it and everyone tells you that you...
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6 Steps For Growing Your Plumbing Business in 2019
Every plumber wants to grow their business. Sure, you may not want to grow in exactly the same way as the next...
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Using Business Degree, Owner of Plumbing Firm Sees Company Grow Quickly
By several measures, Jessie Cannizzaro is an outlier in the plumbing world. For starters, she’s a woman in a heavily male-dominated trade....
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5 Mistakes Plumbers Make At The End Of The Year
You made it through another year — 2018 is almost done and 2019 is just around the corner. Are you ready to...
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California’s Pacific Drain & Plumbing Takes on Plumbing to Become a One-Stop Shop
Lane Post, Pacific Drain & Plumbing founder and president, had been working in conjunction with local plumbing contractors for years when he...
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Sometimes Being Busy Isn’t Good; Taking Time Will Benefit Your Company
In the challenging and frustrating plumbing industry, it would be blasphemy to say that busy is a bad thing; but most owners...
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Look to Local Service Clubs for New Business Promotion Opportunities
Promoting your company can be pricey, but it’s necessary for growth. If you’re searching for a way to get the word out...
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Building a New Foundation
Residential. Industrial. Commercial. R.I.C. Plumbing pretty much does it all, but it was underground work that really elevated the company.
Rick Kuhns was...
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Your Success Isn’t a Mistake
There is a thing called “imposter syndrome.” It’s a persistent fear that you aren’t the expert everyone says you are. It’s the...
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Contractor Builds Bigger to Keep Customers Happy With More Services
When Lance Smith started his plumbing company in 2011, he never expected it to grow as fast as it has in such...
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Lessons Learned From the Challenges of Business Growth
Like almost all plumbing companies, our origin story is humble. That's how plumbers start businesses. One truck, home-based, the whole nine yards.
We...












