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Getting Your Business on Google
It’s vitally important that online search engine users be able to find your company. Simply put, this is how most consumers make...
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Contractors Can Benefit from Friendly Competition
When was the last time you sat down with your biggest competitor and had a friendly conversation over coffee? Possibly never.Generally speaking,...
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Eight Tips for Dealing with Project Conflict
A project team was separated only by the locked doors to the two trailers that sat side-by-side on their wastewater treatment project...
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Secure the Cash for When You Need It
You have good cash flow, minimal debt and no upcoming major purchases in the works.But you know just how unpredictable the future...
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The Benefits of Blogging
More businesses are starting their own blogs. Financial planners have them. Doctors and dentists have them. Marketers definitely have them. And service...
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Are You Your Most Toxic Employee?
In a nutshell, a toxic employee is a person who is not just difficult to manage or get along with but whose...
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5 Web Content Rules Every Business Owner Should Know
When a potential customer wants to learn more about your underground utility construction company, where are they most likely to head? Chances...
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Busting the Top 9 Equipment Financing Myths
As a business owner, you’re in constant decision-making mode. With everyone relying on you to make the right choices, even small decisions...
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SSC Global Builds Career Paths for Employees
Thanks to a looming workforce shortage — particularly for skilled laborers — it’s difficult for contractors to find quality employees. At Specialized...
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3 Common Social Media Mistakes
If you spend any time filtering through contractors’ Twitter or Facebook accounts you will find that several have been abandoned with the...
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How to Help Employees Through Personal Crisis
As an employer, you don’t always know what your team members are dealing with in their private lives. When there is a...
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Build Back Customer Trust After a Hit to Your Reputation
You know what they say about good reputations: They take a lifetime to build, but only a second to destroy. That’s true...
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Waterblasting System Brings Added Versatility to Contractors
Today’s high-flow nozzles require some serious horsepower. Yet not every job needs a great deal of flow. Enter the Twin Force dual-pump...
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Bonuses Can Be a Way to Keep Employees Happy
The business is doing well and you’d like to show your employees some extra appreciation — and maybe encourage them in a...
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How to Improve Employee Morale
It’s important that you have a happy workforce. A happy workforce means better retention, which means much less time and money spent...
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Breaking Down Communication Barriers With Your Employees
If bees stayed in their hives every day, the miracle of cross-pollination — which creates the bounty of fruits and vegetables that...











