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8 Social Media Posting Ideas to Build Customer Engagement
With new social media platforms popping up all the time, it’s easy for business owners to get overwhelmed. Where should you invest...
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Husband and Wife Team Work Side by Side in the Field
It’s not unusual for husbands and wives to work together in small, family-owned businesses in the plumbing and drain cleaning fields. The...
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How to Build a Durable Enterprise
Deborah and Brian Poole did their due diligence before buying a Mr. Rooter Plumbing franchise in 2016. The business is flourishing today...
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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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The Basics of Engaging With Customers on Social Media
Social media lets businesses showcase their services and the work they can provide for a client while also allowing companies and customers...
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Cyber Insurance Becomes an Important Business Protection
Fundamentally, insurance is about protecting your business from unnecessary risk and for verifying that there is a way to mitigate setbacks and...
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How to Avoid Facebook Jail
In a recent column, we talked about the problem with relying on Facebook and Instagram for client communication. But there’s something else we...
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The Risks and Rewards of Business Partnerships
Maybe you shared a faded futon as college roommates or a second-hand Chevy as brother and sister. Whatever the circumstances were that...
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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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Recognizing the Signs of Employee Burnout
According to WebMD, burnout can be defined as a form of exhaustion, typically resulting from a prolonged period of mental, emotional, and/or physical...
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How to Ensure a High Appraised Value for Your Business
When you started your business, you did so wanting to grow it and increase its value.
No contractor starts a business with the...
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How to Increase Your Positive Online Reviews
So that Pipe Masters of Honolulu, Hawaii, can ensure customer satisfaction and improve quality control, every customer gets a call from the...










