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Play it Smart After the Busy Summer

Here are the stupid things that I know you, the smart contractor, won’t do now that the unusually hot, humid and demanding summer is over.

How to Plan to Succeed

In developing a strategy, creating a new business, or introducing a new product, intensive preplanning can make the difference between success and failure.

3 Key Elements of a Successful Explanatory Video

Just about any service an HVACR contractor offers — can be effectively conveyed in an explanatory video, and with such widespread access to the Internet these days, explanatory videos are a great way to reach current and prospective customers.

How We Did It: GallettAir Inc. Green Solutions

GallettAir of Long Island, N.Y., added a new division that offers energy-performance testing in two months.

4 Landmines of Hiring and How to Avoid Them

How do you develop an ongoing hiring strategy?

The ‘Moneyball’ Approach to Business Hiring

How do you develop an ongoing hiring strategy?

Has Your Marketing Message Changed with the Times?

People have changed in dramatic ways over the past five years, and businesses should take that into consideration this holiday season, says one public relations expert.

Five Ways to Keep Your Business Upbeat in a Down Economy

The National Air Filtration Association (NAFA) recently announced the recipients of its 2012 Clean Air Award.

Ceiling Fans Save on Winter Heating Bill

Ceiling Fans Save on Winter Heating Bill

20 Questions with Joe Timo

Joe Timo, founder of Timo’s Air Conditioning & Heating in Palm Springs, discusses branding, search-engine optimization and the unusually humid desert summer.

Simplify 2013 Planning By Defining Goals and Tactics

It’s the time of the year when we all start working, to some degree or another, on next year’s business plan. While it’s a process all business owners have to go through, there are many ways to do it

6 Tips for Hiring a Professional Web Developer

Tips to finding and hiring the right professional website developer.

7 Common-Sense Tips from a Seasoned Entrepreneur

It’s true that many factors contribute to an organization’s success, but in the end, it all comes down to this: How will your business be better, or different, than what is already available?

How to Avoid 9 Common Sales Call Errors

Use these tactics instead to make the most of your opportunities

Things You Should Stop Worrying About But Can’t

It is unrealistic to believe we should think only good thoughts, particularly in business when things move at a lightning pace, and the path to achieving objectives is littered with potholes just waiting to cause a serious blowout.

6 Signs That You Need a Website Redesign

Many business owners often sabotage their online reputation without realizing it by making decisions that harm or certainly don’t help their websites. Analytics can help to verify what improvements need to be made, but not all HVACR businesses have such statistical tools.

Improve the Financial Health of Your Business

How to be creative and resourceful in finding financing during economic hardship.

Hiring a Veteran Has Benefits

A number of government programs have been implemented to provide incentives for employers to hire veterans, and special incentives are available for employers who hire disabled veterans. Is this something you should consider?

Tell Your Employees: Prepare or Perish

Business opportunities are everywhere, and the Internet makes it possible to always be ready.

To Revive American Manufacturing, Train Workers

There is a broad, bipartisan consensus that we have let our manufacturing sector wither to our economy’s detriment, and we’ve got to do whatever we can to create more production jobs and revitalize an industry force that once made the U.S. an economic powerhouse.