Posts Tagged ‘Business’
Hiring Procedures for New Employees
Things you need to understand and think about when looking for a new employee. Most of you never went to college to take classes on hiring, so unless you have earned a degree in Human Resources, everyone needs help in this area. Most of what I know I learned myself while running my own business,…
Read MoreTime Management Tips for Business Productivity
If you are lucky enough to have reached the point where you can have a crew or two working for you handling the actual work of your business, congratulations. But now, how do you use this newfound freedom of not working daily out in the field on a job site to improve and grow your…
Read More5 Ways to Start the New Year Off Right
Many people start each year off with a New Year’s resolution, but why don’t you start your year off with 5, and I promise, if you stick with even 2 or 3 throughout the entire year, your business will be up too. 1. Keep a calendar or planner with everything you need to do and…
Read MoreAre Credit Card Charge Fees Just the Price of Doing Business?
This question came up recently on a contractor’s Facebook page and I think it is a good one to address since it affects almost all pressure washing contractors. How do you pass the cost of credit card processing on to customers? First, you must look at how much business you do each year that is…
Read MoreGive Information to Your Readers
Improve your website with informational or educational links, pages, blog posts, and or white papers available for download for readers. The more content and the more often you update this content will increase your site’s SEO, increase the number of visitors, get loyal readers, and over time new customers. Here is a list of suggested…
Read MoreWhat really is a Business Plan and Why should I make one?
Many small business owners just decide one day, for whatever reason, that they want or need to work for themselves and up and start a self-business. But sooner or later there will come a time when this single-person business will be asked for or need a business plan. Maybe it is the bank for a…
Read MoreRainwater Harvesting
Here in the late Spring early summer is a great time to start thinking about what may happen if you have a dry summer. I wanted to bring you an article that my friend Mr. Don Schwerzler wrote a while ago about rainwater harvesting. If you own or even rent office space or are just working…
Read MoreHow to Get Free Advertising
Everyone loves something for free but as they say “Nothing is Free” realistically. The same can be said for advertising. The only true free advertising is “Word of Mouth” but even then you as a business person did something that cost you money to earn that free recommendation “Who shared it with their friends”. But…
Read MoreBuilding Success in Twenty Minutes a Day
Now twenty minutes a day does not sound like much and I am sure you hear advertising claims every day asking you to spend just 20 minutes a day to achieve some goals like; weight loss, firmer abs, more money, etc. Well in a way I too will be promising you more money, because it…
Read MoreWinter Season Tips
Happy Holidays to you all. Hope you all had a profitable year and we look forward to working with you in the New Year. Now for many, this is the start of your slow time or winter break and you may think you have nothing much to do but sit around and wait for the…
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