To grow a new HVAC division at Jolly Plumbing in Wilder, Kentucky, the company revamped an old service-agreement program and rebranded it...
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Video: Always Available Plumbing Cuts Through Gender Norms in Detroit
In a 2021 survey from the career website Zippia, females made up only 3.5% of the plumbing workforce. This video showcases the...
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Dealing With the Dreaded Customer Callback
Service plumbing, or as it used to be called "jobbing," can be a frustrating ordeal.
Day in and day out of various calls...
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Include Customers in Training Processes
When you run a business, you devote some time to training and educating your employees. But what’s often overlooked is the need...
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How Helping a Reporter Out Can Help Your Business
As a business owner, you know your stuff. You have to. But are you using that expertise and knowledge to get eyes...
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The Benefits of Actively Engaging Customers During Service Calls
There is nothing more powerful than a good visual.
Take a standard drain service call. I tell customers, “There’s good news and bad news...
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Is It Time For a Fuel Surcharge?
As you are no doubt painfully aware, diesel and gasoline fuel prices are currently surging due to several factors, from pandemic-related supply...
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Earning Customers’ Total Trust
Jordan Bowles, owner of Drain Savers in Grand Forks, North Dakota, emphasizes to his technicians that they must treat customers with the...
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3 Major Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
It’s still early in 2022 and, if you’re like many of us, you’re thinking about what you need to change and how...
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How to Announce a Price Increase to Customers
Many businesses boast about their low prices, or their efforts to make their services as affordable as possible. In some situations, though,...
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8 Social Media Posting Ideas to Build Customer Engagement
With new social media platforms popping up all the time, it’s easy for business owners to get overwhelmed. Where should you invest...
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Help Customers Beat Frozen Pipe Problems
It could be 1 a.m. when you get an emergency call from a customer whose house has a burst pipe. And as the...
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Best of 2021: Plumbers Offer Advice and Insight
It’s again that time of year that is typically reserved for some reflection. Here we reflect on some of the industry knowledge...
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9 Reasons For Your Business to Try Chatbots
Running a business is hard.
That’s the understatement of the year, huh? But the truth is, in some ways, running a business is harder than...













