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    The Invisible Tax

    Dec. 13, 2021
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    Beyond Tariffs

    July 22, 2019
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    Highlights

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    Pursuing Excellence

    May 6, 2019
    Excellence is still the benchmark of a true craftsman.
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    58 Ways to Promote Your Plumbing Business

    April 19, 2019
    Many, but not all, are obvious. Use this as a marketing checklist.
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    Getting Smart on Smart Plumbing and HVAC

    April 11, 2019
    In this article, I will explore some of the trends impacting the smart HVAC and plumbing space as well as provide details on why and how to enter this exciting market.
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    Do We Have a Trade...or Don’t We?

    April 2, 2019
    ! I want our trade to become vibrant again. I want new blood to come into it and to be proud of their chosen craft.
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    I Never Saw it Coming

    March 19, 2019
    I am now at a point in my life where sometimes I can actually see some things coming ahead of time. And there is one thing I see coming in the future that we in the industry need...
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    ‘That’s Not How We Used to Do It’

    March 16, 2019
    There has always been a certain ‘friction’ between new journeymen and the ‘old school’ guys about how things could and should be done.
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    Too many mouths to feed in 2nd generation family businesses

    June 27, 2018
    That which provided a perfectly comfortable (or even extraordinary) lifestyle for a single family cannot do the same for four grown children with families.
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    Editor's Note: #InfrastructureWeek Must be More Than a Punchline

    June 2, 2018
    Even as the White House put off its own new Infrastructure Plan until 2019, reality intervened to remind us that our water systems, transportation networks and electrical grids...
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    Rising steel prices? How firms under contract can legally protect themselves

    April 14, 2018
    As an emerging trade war rages between the U.S. and China, unsettling price increases for steel and aluminum have rippled across our industry. One trade group offered this legal...
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    HVAC Marketing, Branding & Lead Generation

    April 3, 2018
    Develop a contractor marketing plan designed to maximize your “Brand” while getting the required leads and reducing your cost per lead.