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Entries Tagged Business Strategy
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Where to Cut and Where to Spend?
Trying to digest and implement business advice can be like trying to fill a squirt gun from a fire hose. There’s no...
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Financial Management: Troubleshooting Tips
As a business consultant, I see lots of financial reports. Most of them have a few “slinky knots” in them … accounts...
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Tips From Longtime Pumpers
As Tom McLaughlin and other longtimers in the industry know, things can change on a dime. “It’s just not like it used...
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Look Beyond Your Profit And Loss Statements
Too many companies are obsessed with their profit and loss reports. It hasn’t occurred to them that they might be looking at...
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Tips for Taking Over an Established Business
When Janelle and Ardell Kick purchased Purple Pumper LLC 10 years ago, the husband and wife team became the fourth owners of...
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Sold-Out Profit Series Event Was a Hit
The sold-out 2015 Pumper & Cleaner Profit Series course, which ran March 25-27 in Orlando, Florida, was a huge success. For the...
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Is The Wastewater Industry Right For You?
This feature in Pumper reports noteworthy conversations that take place at the Pumper Discussion Forum, an online forum for industry professionals found...
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Customer Testimonials Are Golden
Testimonials are powerful. They create believability, credibility and a sense of security for customers. They help break down the natural barriers and...
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10 New Year's Business Resolutions To Consider
It’s another year. What New Year’s resolutions have you made to improve the money management of your business? If you have a...
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Pump Up Your Profits!
Business-building advice. Networking. Financial tips. Take advantage of a great opportunity to learn how to make your business more profitable.Plan now to...
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Time To Reinvest?
If you’ve been in business a while and are beginning to see a steady profit, it may be tempting to think you...
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Emphasis on Experience, Education & Observance to Safeguard Businesses
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 was on its way to Charlotte, N.C., when, two minutes after takeoff, a flock...
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Strike a Balance: Business Consultants Discuss Cutting & Spending
Cutting expenses might seem like a sign of trouble. But it doesn’t have to be. Even the most profitable business can benefit...













