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How to Ensure a High Appraised Value for Your Business
When you started your business, you did so wanting to grow it and increase its value.
No contractor starts a business with the...
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How to Increase Your Positive Online Reviews
So that Pipe Masters of Honolulu, Hawaii, can ensure customer satisfaction and improve quality control, every customer gets a call from the...
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Staying on Top of Your Business’s Finances
If your company’s going to grow, you need organizational processes that are streamlined and efficient. Bookkeeping is a key part of that —...
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Septic Pumping Offers Growth Opportunities
Several years after Julius Voss established Julius Voss Plumbing & Construction in Cleveland, Mississippi, the entrepreneur noticed that few companies in the rural...
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How to Maintain a Sound, Long-Term Marketing Plan
Every business owner wants to make more money — and many of us rely on marketing and advertising to do so. We...
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“Big Data” Is Not Just Helpful for Big Companies
Big Data is critical to business success because it provides important insights and information. Large enterprises use sophisticated systems to track data...
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Looking for a Career Change? Signing on With Franchise Provides the Help
Rich Vigil never intended to enter the plumbing industry. But faced with a career crossroads several years ago, the entrepreneur did some...
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Doing a Cost Comparison Between Pipe Lining and Traditional Excavation
“Is lining pipe worth it? I hear all the sales guys tell me I need to line pipe, but I have a...
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5 Ways Successful Leaders Deal With Uncertainty
Leaders are often expected to have all the answers. Not only is this an expectation shared by many, it is regularly self-imposed....
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Tips to Improve Your Hiring Process
Hiring is one of the biggest pain points for plumbing companies.
How do you find someone who takes the job as seriously as...
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Getting Your Entrepreneurial Journey Off to a Solid Start
Many a skilled plumber, at some point, has an itch to strike out on their own and open a plumbing shop. Daniel...
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Employees Not Measuring Up? Do’s and Don’ts of Improving Performance
Have you ever dreaded having a conversation with an employee who wasn’t meeting performance expectations? If so, you are not alone.
Most managers would agree...
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Becoming the Teacher Can Have Benefits for Your Company
Last month I focused on how to get the next generation — middle and high school students — interested in the plumbing...












