Your employees and customers come to you for solutions all day long. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could hand us similar...
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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...
Editorial
Plumbing Company Does Things Differently in Order to Succeed
As David Sierra worked for nearly two decades at plumbing companies in both Puerto Rico and Florida, he slowly developed a vision...
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Your Questions About Flat-Rate Pricing Answered
Some of you are using the coronavirus chaos to work on business operations. If you weren’t, my email inbox wouldn’t be blowing...
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How to Have Tough Conversations Without Damaging Employee Relationships
No one enjoys conflict and confrontation. We all want to be liked and accepted, and very few of us enjoy hurting people’s...
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Tap Introverts’ Potential to Improve Your Staff
A flashy, bright-red Ferrari Portofino will attract a lot of attention in a parking lot. A shiny new Honda Accord? Probably not...
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Why You Should Take Staff Meetings Seriously
For a myriad reasons, many small-business owners don’t hold regular staff meetings. Furthermore, most who do don’t get the most they could...
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Visualize Plumbing Problems for Customers Rather Than Confusing Them With Industry Jargon
People are visual.
This idea hit home when I was in college and took an advanced marketing class that featured an individual who...
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6 Tips for Building Better Business Relationships
Relationships matter — not only in your personal life, but in your business life as well. Start with the obvious point: Long-term...
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How to Navigate Challenging Business Relationships
One of your employees is acting weird. Typically personable and engaged, this guy suddenly seems distant and distracted.
As the odd behavior adds...
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3 Ways to Increase Plumbing Revenue by Texting
Wouldn’t you love an “easy button” you could press to magically grow your revenue? Magic buttons don’t exist, but the next best...
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How a Culture of Nice In Your Company Can Have a Negative Impact
Developing a workplace with a “culture of nice” sounds like a worthy goal for any organization. After all, who wants jerks for...
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How to Gracefully Handle Big Changes to Your Business
Are you thinking about making some big changes in 2020? Good — change is necessary for growth. But have you thought about...
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An Ever-Evolving Company is a Successful Company
How long have you been in business? Twenty years? Perhaps 40 years or more? Apparently, you’re doing something right then.
Think back to...












