Business Strategy Articles

Follow these five tips to ensure your company will survive and thrive into the next generation.

With strong vendor relationships, you’ll have someone in your corner when the chips are down and you need equipment or services fast.

Entrepreneur Trevor Flannigan shares top tips he used to generate exponential growth for a wastewater, plumbing and HVAC service

B&S Port-O-Jons' courier side business delivers everything from restrooms to body parts

Follow these 10 steps to improve your hiring process so you don’t get stuck with someone who is a bad fit for your company.

Employee ownership comes in many forms. Is one of them right for your operation?

It seems like Mother Nature lives to mess with your pumping business this time of year. Here’s a greatest hits list of April challenges and suggestions to overcome them.

As younger workers dominate the ranks of your small business, you may have to modernize the way you give feedback and offer pay raises.

You’re losing out on potential jobs if you’re not prioritizing follow-up after making initial contact with a lead

Build a customer retention program to fight back against large would-be operators who want to set up shop in your territory and take over.

If you’re not smart and strategic about your marketing efforts, the results might look as if you’re not promoting your business at all

Showing appreciation for a job well-done by your workers or loyalty by your customers is a good thing. And sometimes you can do it pre-emptively.

They can be a challenge, but if you handle your 18- to 36-year-old crew members wisely, you’ll have a smart, capable, and eager workforce.