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Do You Have the Courage to be Profitable?

Once you understand your financials and start consistent monthly reviews, you must boldly implement changes based on what you see.

Updating Your Business Plan? Don’t Forget About Marketing!

The New Year is a good time to revisit and refresh your business plan. In recent years, the economy, technology, and consumer habits have changed rapidly and dramatically, affecting every aspect of your business. That makes it absolutely vital to re-evaluate your short- and long-term strategies. One of the most …

4 Ways To Avoid Discrimination Claims Related to Hiring

Be aware that a person can sue you even before they become an employee.

How to Become a Home Performance Superhero

Home Performance Contractors not only can identify and solve comfort problems for homeowners, but they can keep them and their businesses safe from harm.

3 Key Steps to Creating an Effective Vision Statement

If your business doesn’t have a clear idea of the goal, you’ll never get there.

Commercial Contractors: 10 Questions on Client Relationships

Do you have “healthy” relationships with your customers? This checklist will tell you.

2013 Economic Outlook: Housing and Exports Strong; Confidence So-So

John Augustine, Chief Investment Strategist for Fifth Third Private Bank, talks about the impact of the presidential elections, Europe’s rocky economy, and persistent domestic unemployment.

7 Reasons Why Customer Referral Programs Fail

There are certain predictable mistakes companies make that can derail customer referral programs before they ever get off the ground.

Driving Inbound Marketing With Content Management

When using social media tools alone to drive your company’s messages, it’s nearly impossible to determine the correlation between all the likes, tweets, and shares you receive and how they translate in actual, concrete sales results.

20 Questions with Takeshi Ebisu

Takeshi Ebisu, senior executive officer for Daikin, discusses Daikin Industries' acquisition of Goodman Global Inc. for $3.7 billion and what the future holds for both companies.

Take Advantage of Ongoing Market Improvement

Improving and growing companies can and is being done every day by many HVACR contractors. Be sure you’re geared up to move your company, and our country, forward in 2013.

Year-End Bonus Backfire

Employee recognition expert Michael Levy offers three secrets every CEO should Know to keep the holiday bonus ritual from going horribly wrong.

The Top 5 Pitfalls that Derail Decision Making

Despite the wealth of information available these days, many of the best business leaders still make poor decisions. This is unfortunate, because sound decision making is at the heart of every company’s success.

An Exaggerated Sense of Your Own Importance Can Hurt Your Company

Nonverbal communication speaks volumes about your style of management and how receptive you are to new ideas without worrying about who comes up with them. The best CEOs are the ones who know their people’s first names, a little bit about their personal lives, and their jobs.

Can you Afford to Hire a New Office Employee?

Last month I wrote about how to determine whether you can afford to hire a field employee. This month I’ll give you the calculations to determine whether you can afford to hire a new office employee.

10 Tips for Running a Great Meeting

Few people receive formal training on how to conduct a great meeting, and this lack of training is apparent in corporate conference rooms across the country.

Community Noise Control: A Few Simple Rules

A major concern, particularly in more affluent neighborhoods, is noise (unwanted sound). Knowing what is causing the noise, and how to address it, can be a key element in preserving your reputation as a supplier and installer of quality equipment.

Smart Financial Moves for Late 2012/Early 2013

Now is a good time to think about the investing, saving or budgeting methods you could employ toward specific objectives. Some year-end financial moves may prove crucial to the pursuit of those goals as well.

How to Identify and Deliver on Your Sales Promise

Collect input from everyone, define your promise, and then train for company-wide delivery.

8 Ways to Be Memorable at Networking Events

Follow these strategies to present yourself concisely and confidently so contacts recall you later.

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