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10 Phrases to Avoid When Dealing With Customers
Busy contractors may wish they could take back something they said in the heat of the moment or because it seemed like...
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12 Questions to Ask Before Buying New Equipment
Newer! Better! Faster! There’s nothing like the feeling of unwrapping a piece of brand-new equipment designed to catapult your business into the...
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Proud to Be a Small-Business Owner
Every year since 1963, the president of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, designated to recognize...
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5 Simple Tax Planning Tips
So you’ve survived another tax-filing season – hopefully with your sanity and your business finances intact. Even for small-business owners who have...
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Help Wanted: How to Find Temporary Summer Workers
The start of the busy special-event season is looming. Maybe portable restrooms are a big part of your summer plans, or just...
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Client Clash: How Do You Deliver Bad News to Customers?
Service-based businesses thrive on delivering top-notch results to customers. Delivering bad news requires quite a different skill set.“Often, news is bad only...
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3 Portable Restroom Business Blunders
You’ve made the commitment and begun building your portable restroom business. But now business has plateaued and sales are floundering. From customer...
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When is it OK to Give Price Breaks?
In service-based industries, it’s difficult to know where to draw the line with discounts, and when to simply let the business go....
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Invoicing: There’s an App For That
When you perform a service for a customer, it’s obviously nice to get paid for that work as quickly as possible. Late...
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Could Leasing a Building Sink Your Business?
“There is nothing more secure than land and a building.” Commercial real estate expert Dale Willerton says that is the bottom line...
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6 Benefits of Joining a Business Association
It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind and view your business as a lone ranger in a vast landscape, but...
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Don’t Be Irreplaceable
No matter how profitable your company, how many employees you have, or your legal status, your business is – for all practical...
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7 Tips to Build and Grow a Small Business
Launching a business can often seem like a make-or-break moment. Entrepreneurs feel as though their company has to make a splash, or...



















