Online Exclusives Soft Skills: Handling Customer Small Talk There’s a sweet spot between being personable with a customer and staying on the topic of the service call. Find it and you could establish the trust that gives you a customer for life. June 23, 2022
Online Exclusives Dealing With the Dreaded Customer Callback Returning to a job you just finished is not ideal. Here are some tips for managing client expectations up front so that their initial service call doesn’t turn into an endless saga. May 25, 2022
Online Exclusives Companies Boost Brand Visibility With Instagram It’s not only for lifestyle influencers. Whether the objective is customer engagement or employee recruitment, some contractors have found Instagram to be a valuable tool. May 05, 2022
Online Exclusives Include Customers in Training Processes Be sure to devote time to training customers as you would your employees. A well-educated customer is a loyal customer. April 28, 2022
Online Exclusives Earning Customers’ Total Trust This is a business of delivering bad — and sometimes expensive — news to homeowners, so it’s vital to have their confidence first or risk losing their loyalty March 01, 2022
Online Exclusives How to Announce a Price Increase to Customers Customers don’t like price increases, but if you get the messaging right, you can usually avoid pushback and still retain their business January 26, 2022
Online Exclusives Best of 2021: Plumbers Offer Advice and Insight Here’s a look back on some of what contractors shared in the pages of Plumber magazine in the past year January 17, 2022
Online Exclusives 9 Reasons For Your Business to Try Chatbots With countless avenues available for people to communicate with your business, it can be challenging to keep up with all the messages and questions. But ignoring isn’t an option if you want to attract and retain customers. December 28, 2021
Online Exclusives Avoid These 6 Costly Business Errors The end of the year is a good time to assess where you stand with your profits and expenses and if there are any problems affecting your bottom line that can be remedied December 20, 2021
Editorial Using Various Methods to Draw in Customers With multitude of advertising avenues, it’s important to have a consistent brand to pull in and keep those new customers. November 29, 2021
Editorial A Customer-First Approach Propels Company Washington plumbing company puts focus on serving customers and providing multiple solutions to getting the job done. November 29, 2021
Editorial Turning the Bad Review Around With the Help of Technology Software helps Texas plumbing firm generate online reviews, protect its online reputation. November 29, 2021
Online Exclusives Lessen Your Reliance on Social Media Marketing Social media is a valuable tool for reaching customers, but as the recent Facebook outage proved, you don’t want that to be the only part of your marketing toolbox that you’re utilizing November 02, 2021
Online Exclusives Anticipating Customers’ Future Plumbing Problems Armbrust Plumbing is equipped to address customers’ immediate issues quickly, but it also aims to educate and prepare people for what could be coming down the line October 25, 2021