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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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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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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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...
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Avoid These 6 Costly Business Errors
Nobody likes to waste money, least of all small-business owners.
As the end of the year approaches, and as business owners take a...
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Using Various Methods to Draw in Customers
Plumbers often view modern customers as subversive, disloyal and sometimes traitorous when it comes to sticking with your services for the long...
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A Customer-First Approach Propels Company
It’s a plumber’s goal to always help a customer. It could be a pinhole leak in a pipe in the wall or...
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Turning the Bad Review Around With the Help of Technology
There’s no doubt that many plumbers would like to talk to unhappy customers and resolve issues before they lead to a bad...
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Lessen Your Reliance on Social Media Marketing
October was a hard month for Facebook for several reasons. One big one was the service outage that took place in early...
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Anticipating Customers’ Future Plumbing Problems
Armbrust Plumbing & Heating Solutions promises 24/7 service.
The DuPage County, Illinois, company has technicians on call all day, every day, including Saturdays,...
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Plumbing Firm Shows What It Takes to Reach 100
A few months ago, I was watching some of the summer Olympic games and saw athletes that were enthusiastic about the sports...
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Treating Customers Like Family
Plumbers aren’t called on a whim — “Hey, just for fun, let’s call a plumber and have him come out and check...
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Fixing Schedules Can Just Come Down to Adjustments
Sometimes what should be a simple job just doesn’t go as planned. You could be at a job site thinking it’s going...











