While Baker Hydro-Excavating focuses on hydroexcavating in the oil, gas and utility industries, the company has found other ways to serve its...
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Are Annual Employee Reviews Necessary?
It is a time-honored tradition in businesses across the country: Once a year – typically on the anniversary of an employee’s first...
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Build Your Brand While Building Your Hydrovac Fleet
When customers call Davids Hydro Vac, they know exactly what they’ll get, no matter which of the company’s four workhorses roll onto...
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High-Tech Check: Think Before You Shop
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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9 Tips for Preventing Employee Fraud
Unfortunately, far too many small-business owners have a story to tell, one probably as old as commerce itself — an employee wrongfully...
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5 Year-Round 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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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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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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Think Strategically When Considering New Equipment
When it comes time to buy new equipment, you face scores of decisions. What brand? What make and model? What features?Should I...
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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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Lease or Buy? Your Guide to Business Property Shopping
“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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Protect Your Biggest Assets
Heavy equipment theft is not only a growing problem in the United States but a costly one. The National Equipment Register estimates...
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Social Media Takes the Driver's Seat
The first step toward creating a successful marketing campaign is to take out the perfect ad in the Yellow Pages — if...
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Keep Your Best Employees On Staff
The next time you conduct a job interview, keep in mind this startling – and sobering – statistic from a recent U.S....

















