The goal of home service companies is to get the phone to ring. We can calculate the cost to get the phone...
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6 Ways to Show Customer Appreciation During the Holidays
Looking to increase your rates of customer satisfaction and retention? Ultimately, building a loyal customer base isn’t rocket science. Provide a quality...
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Make Sure You’re Not Wasting Your Business Marketing Dollars
There are countless ways you could be wasting your marketing dollars. As John Wanamaker, known for his successful use of advertising, once...
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Going Above and Beyond Creates Customers For Life
Diego Lujan, owner of Alphalete Plumbing & Heat, strives to provide every solution to his customers in and around Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Just...
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Give Customers a Healthy Home With the Right Piping Materials
When building science expert Steven Easley embarked on a project to showcase how wellness, sustainability and durability could all be optimized in new homes,...
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Soft Skills: Calling a Customer with a Clogged Drain
When calling a customer who has a main drain backup, you should avoid asking them how they are doing, even though this...
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4 Ways to Minimize Downtime at Your Business
You’ve heard the old saying “time is money.” Certainly, business owners strive to use their time wisely and productively, serving clients, developing...
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6 Mistakes Contractors Make When Selling Their Business
Selling a company isn’t an easy.
You spend a large portion of your working life trying to grow your company and now for...
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Soft Skills: Handling Customer Small Talk
Running a service business requires excellent communication skills.
From the time you receive the phone call to the time you're en route to...
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Service Agreements Help Retain Customers, Keep Technicians Busy
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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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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GPS Used for Tracking Fuel Usage and More Helps With Business Finances
For Steve Fox, the third-generation owner of Fox Plumbing in San Diego, the GPS TrackIt technology his company uses is so much...
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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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A Twisted Path Leads to the Start of a One-Stop Shop
The name of the plumbing company is catchy, but also succinctly captures the breadth of the work that Dennis Dallos undertakes in...












