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Service World Expo officials have announced that the home service contracting expo will be held Sept. 21-24 at the Kentucky International Convention...

In most markets, the competition is hot. Even if you’re investing in SEO, PPC, and Local Service Ads (LSAs), it can be...

Recently we were sent a few pictures of an installation by a reader that showed two workers walking back and forth in...

There’s a lot of emphasis these days on building a great workplace culture. Unfortunately, doing so is a lot like following through...

While soil texture describes the percentage of each size class (sand, silt and clay), soil structure is the organization of these individual soil particles...

Right now, we’re in the middle of a labor shortage. With more jobs than workers, companies are increasingly willing to hire anyone...

I had a discussion recently with a customer who was at a loss as he had received a request for a proposal...

For many consumers, reading online reviews is now an ingrained step in their buying and hiring processes. Although home service businesses have...

The world saw a drastic increase in online traffic and communication through the past year of working from home and social distancing,...

General Pipe Cleaners PD-25 Auto Handy General Pipe Cleaners’ new PD-25 Auto Handy with automatic feed offers feeding speed and convenience in a...

There are two parts to a septic services or plumbing organization — the business office and the field staff. Each area is important and...

Soil texture refers to the percent of sand, silt and clay in the soil. Most soil descriptions follow the United States Department...

Have you ever dreaded having a conversation with an employee who wasn’t meeting performance expectations? If so, you are not alone. Most managers would agree...

Franklin Electric appoints new VP and CFOFranklin Electric announced that Jeffery L. Taylor has been appointed vice president and CFO. John J....

When thieves stole one of Above All Sanitation’s portable restrooms along with its single-unit trailer, they didn’t realize there was a tracking...

A lot changes in a decade, but for A. Pederson’s Plumbing in Dallas, Oregon, you wouldn’t know it by looking at one...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Amish community and against Filmore County, Minnesota, which had ordered the Amish to...

“What tools pay for themselves a thousand times over? And that’s a conservative estimate,” says Zachary Jurkowski of Montreal Contractors, in Montreal,...

It’s common knowledge in marketing circles that it’s much less expensive to retain existing customers than it is to attract new ones....