In the skilled trades industry, where the focus is often on technical skills and physical endurance, soft skills are sometimes overlooked. However,...
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6 Soft Skills All Skilled Trades Workers Should Master
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Learn How to Understand What Your Business’ Data Metrics Are Telling You
It’s commonly said that your marketing is only as good as the numbers tell you it is.
But knowing your numbers is sometimes...
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The Reppa Family Goal: Never Say “No” to Your Customers!
When opportunity knocks at Macy’s Services in Jackson, Wyoming, someone is always eager to answer the door. And by doing so, owners...
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Island Life in the Pacific Northwest Creates Wastewater Challenges
Name and title or job description: Jason Kramer, owner
Business name and location: A1 Septic on Lopez, Lopez Island, Washington, one of the...
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Coping With the Stresses of Business Ownership
Make no mistake: Running your own business can be a lot of fun. There’s no feeling that’s quite as good as building...
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Registration Now Open for Free Wastewater Sales Training Session
Are you in the wastewater industry and looking to boost your sales figures? Have you ever felt like you're just a step...
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How to Balance the Ups and Downs of Seasonal Revenue With Diversification
When Dwight Woelkers and his brother Dennis bought Royden Clemens Excavating in 2000, they supplemented the excavation work with septic pumping and...
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Are You Missing Out on Prime Local Opportunities to Market Your Business?
As digital marketers, we often get questions about, well, digital marketing. But we often see companies relying on nothing but online marketing...
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How to Make Yourself a Top Job Candidate or Employer as Wages Increase
The average wages for construction workers increased by 5.9% to $34.96 as of November 2023, according to Associated General Contractors. Increasing wages could be...
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Manitoba Needs to Update Onsite Regulations — Then Enforce Them
Name and title or job description: Brett Gaudry, ownerBusiness name and location: BNS Excavating, Teulon, ManitobaServices we offer: Septic installations and repairsAge:...
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Pay Attention to Emerging Employment Law Changes
Employment laws change over time. Employers and human resource leaders who follow the latest directives not only avoid lawsuits and fines, but...
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Take a Lesson From Taylor Swift … the Employer
Four years ago, when I talked with Wright Thompson about his book The Cost of These Dreams, he called Taylor Swift “the...
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Navigating the Legal Pitfalls of Workers’ Comp
To run a successful operation, employers must safeguard their greatest asset – their employees.
The unpredictability of accidents and injuries in the workplace...
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Is 2024 a Defining Year for Home Service Businesses?
A new year, 2024, is here and business owners in the home service sector are bracing for a year that promises both...
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Dynamics Shift as More of Gen Z Enters the Workforce
The newest coming-of-age cohort that’s beginning to shift workplace dynamics is Generation Z, generally defined as the 72 million or so people...
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Don’t Be An Impediment to Employee Advancement
If you want your business to outlast you, you’ll need to put a succession plan in place.
But for any succession plan to...
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What’s Sinking Your Employees’ Wellbeing?
The sinking of the Titanic stands as a tragic and haunting reminder of human fallibility. Surprisingly, the parallels between the Titanic disaster...