Customer reviews matter — and not just for the business owner’s ego. Reviews and star ratings, posted to sites like Yelp, Angie’s...
Entries Tagged Customer Service
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Do You Have a Fall Plumbing Checklist?
Leaves have been falling, the air is cool and crisp, and we recently “fell back” on that extra hour of sleep. But now...
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Trust, Communication Help Drain Cleaners Handle Emotional Customers
How a company deals with a distraught homeowner over the sudden and unexpected costs of a major drainline issue is something that...
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Sell the Problem You Solve, Not the Product
Many times, customers want to sell lateral lining by advertising and showing that they have the best widget to get the liner...
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Restoring Customer Faith Is No Easy Task
You know what they say about good reputations: They take a lifetime to build but only a second to destroy. That’s true...
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Adding Remote Payment to Your Business
As you can probably attest from personal experience, most people don’t have a lot of cash on hand these days. Rather than...
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For 5-Star Results, Be SMART About Your Service
I bet most plumbing managers believe good customer service plays out like a movie script — right down to happy, smiling faces in...
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Great Customer Service is More than a Catchphrase
Every plumbing company wants to provide good customer service, yet many fail at it. What seems like such a simple task has...
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The Need for Soft Skills
Today’s workers require more than technical training to succeed, say panelists at the Workforce Development Roundtable on Capitol Hill in May.PHCC members...
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What Should Your Customer Service Representative Know?
What are the most important qualities your customer service representative (CSR) should possess? Is it a smile that radiates through the phone?...
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For Job Corps Apprentice, the Journey Begins
Raha Kambale, 20, has learned how to work with customers, install pumps, toilets, sinks, showers and more as part of a Job...
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Plumber Industry News: Kinetico Co-Founder Passes Away
William C. Prior, 85, co-founder of Kinetico home water treatment systems, passed away Feb. 28. In addition to his work with Kinetico,...
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Let Customers Generate Work for You
If you own a plumbing company that generates service calls, you don't always have to wait for customers to call you. It’s...
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10 Tips to Improve Your Online Reputation
If you were operating a restaurant, you’d be accustomed to having your business reviewed all over the place — newspapers, magazines, travel...


















