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How an 'Abundance Mindset' Can Improve Your Business This Year
As a new year dawns, many small-business owners are making plans, adjusting strategies and resolving to be as productive and as efficient...
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Times Have Changed: From Flyer Handouts to Internet Marketing
When brothers Bruce and Michael Bopst started in the septic business 30 years ago in Eldersburg, Maryland, marketing consisted of printing flyers...
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4 Tips for Devising a Successful Marketing Plan in the New Year
It was a heck of a year. You’re probably tired. And the last thing you want to think about is what’s next....
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Gain an Edge By Regularly Conducting a Competitor Analysis
Entry 286978All contractors should consider doing an annual report on their competitors. Completing a competitor analysis report will reveal possible course corrections...
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Clayton and Harrison Whipkey Dish on the Best Convenience Store Food
Clayton Whipkey was taking a lunch break every day anyway, so why not turn on his phone camera and review the fare...
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9 Steps to Lead Your Team Through Uncertain Times
If there is one thing about business that doesn’t change, it’s that business will always change! Be it through the advent of new technology,...
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Implementing SWOT Analysis: Assessing Business Opportunities and Threats
What’s the best way to make an informed, analytical decision about the future of your business, whether it’s to add a new...
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Rockin' TV Commercial Sets This Michigan Septic Pumper Apart
Unstuck your toilet twice today,
Your plunger’s crying, “Dude, no way!”Make the call, we’ll bring our truck,And clear your tank, of all the...
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Finding New Methods for Educating Your Staff
Your employees and customers come to you for solutions all day long. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could hand us similar...
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The Magic of Interindustry Referrals
Consumers don’t have your list of services memorized. They don’t understand the nuances among home service providers: Is a water heater a...
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Learn to Be More Productive
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the never-ending onslaught of tasks and to-dos that accumulate with mind-numbing frequency every day, Steve Willis...
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Professional Groups Provide Powerful Ideas for Growth and Improvement
As the co-owner of Lutz Plumbing in Shawnee, Kansas, Amber Lutz-Sewell has one official business partner: her father, Jim Lutz. But she...
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Getting Buy-In From Your Team Even When They Push Back
Your most talented employees are probably a pain to manage. They frustrate you because they challenge you. Their very competence, confidence and...
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Industry News: November 2020
Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG enter joint ventureThe Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG have a joint venture to develop, produce...
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Tax Relief Available For Small Businesses Providing Paid Leave During Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has created a challenging climate for small businesses. Financial concerns are butting up against public health interests.
With that...
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Connecting With Customers Through the Keyboard
Customer: Hi, I’m having a problem with my bill. I’m being charged $50 more than what I expected. Could someone please help? I’m...











