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Protecting Your Online Reputation
If you’re an HVAC contractor, online reputation management is something that you should be thinking about. Your business depends on good feedback...
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4 Tips to Promote Your Business on Social Media
When you’re thinking about how to market your business, traditional media sources like print, radio ads and television may often come to...
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Plumber Invests Heavily in Creating a Distinct Brand
As Bob Oates explains his drain cleaning and plumbing firm’s integrated marketing campaign, it’s hard to determine what’s more impressive: the number...
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Optimize Your Website to Get More Leads and Long-Term Returns
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of hosting a seminar called “Know Your Role in SEO” (search engine optimization) at the...
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A Slow Business Day Doesn’t Have To Be an Unproductive One
Ever have a day so slow you called your own business just to make sure the phone was working? Meanwhile, when you’re...
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Take Control of Your Advertising Spending
When it comes to marketing, more isn’t always better. There are so many viable options out there today and it’s easy to...
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Will Handing Out Free Items Draw in Business?
Every now and then when I want to measure a kid’s height or retrieve change that somehow found its way under my...
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Plumbers Find Variety of Solutions to Boost Efficiency
Improving the efficiency of a plumbing company can take many different forms. For Mark Vice it was purchasing some land so he...
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Google Business Listings Bolster Online Presence
It’s important that online search engine users be able to find your company. Simply put, this is how most consumers make their...
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The Benefits of Blogging
More businesses are starting their own blogs. Financial planners have them. Doctors and dentists have them. Marketers definitely have them. And service...
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Radio Ads Build Plumber’s Brand
Word-of-mouth referrals often serve as a plumber’s best, and least expensive, form of marketing. But at Zeitler Plumbing in Cecil, Wisconsin, third-generation...
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5 Ways To Beat Your Competition
Running a business means you’ll eventually face competition. In fact, you probably had competitors in your market as soon as you opened...
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3 Common Social Media Mistakes
If you spend any time filtering through contractors’ Twitter or Facebook accounts you will find that several have been abandoned with the...













