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Your Employee Just Asked for a Raise. What’s Next?
Years ago, I got fired over problems that arose regarding an employee’s raise. So I may care a little more about what you should...
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Adapting Your Business for the New Normal
The shifting reality of society is changing business practices across the nation. For plumbers, drain cleaners, relining professionals and anyone providing home...
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How Leaders Can Improve Workplace Communication
There’s many a problem that can be solved through better communication. Teams that communicate well together tend to be more productive —...
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9 Questions to Test Your Business Savvy in the COVID-19 Era
In recent months, you’ve probably heard the refrain “these are unprecedented times.” But how do you adapt to “business not as usual”?...
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Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law
Let’s talk about trademarks, copyrights, patents and related litigation with respect to how these topics relate to wastewater service providers, dealers and...
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Virtual Trainings Are Now Available
Having access to content that can expand your knowledge base is as important now as it has ever been, so we are...
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Selling in a Digital Age - Creating Trust and Positioning Your Company for Success in a Virtual Business Environment
Listen in for an in-depth review of a new selling paradigm, how it works, how-tos and tips on how to make the...
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How to Ensure Employee Safety Amidst the Ongoing Pandemic
As we enter the next leg of the COVID-19 pandemic, many business owners are beginning to wrestle with a crucial question: How...
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Fact or Fiction? Flat Rate Increases Profit
Explore how switching from time and materials to flat rate affects your bottom line. We will talk about operations changes and leadership...
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People, Process, Profit – Make the Needle Jump in Your Company
Contractor businesses succeed and fail by how well they manage just three key areas: people, process and profit. In a successful company,...
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Can Friendships Survive Business Partnerships?
We’ve all heard the horror stories of great businesses utterly collapsing because the founders were good friends and the relationship turned sour....
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How COVID-19 Affects Your Business Taxes
In response to the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying economic disruptions, Congress has passed significant legislation to help small-business owners. This...
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Pandemic Provides Opportunity to Embrace Email Marketing
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, internet usage has skyrocketed across the U.S. People are turning to their devices and computers...




















