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Grow Your Professional Sales Staff

At some point, an owner must decide to either continue to sell through technicians or hire a professional salesperson. The difference is whether or not they want to be a retail sales organization, or simply a residential contractor.

Consider Expansion Through Franchising

By franchising your HVACR business you create a franchise system around the business assets and systems you’ve already built, including your business or trade name and your methods for attracting customers and providing excellent service.

Prepare the Next Generation

Developing and/or identifying the appropriate successors in a family-owned business can be both challenging and exciting — and, in some cases, a source of conflict and frustration. But, with proper planning, it doesn’t have to be.

The More You Do Well, the Better Your Chances for Success

In the past 37 years, I’ve learned a few things that helped our business grow and move forward. Often, the solutions are not as complex as we would like to believe. Here are 10 lessons I’ve learned in my 37 years in the business.

20 Questions with Konrad Rybak

Konrad discusses his company’s mission to be customer oriented, plans for growth and what he looks for in a supplier partner.

How to Deal with Conflict in the Workplace

Conflict in the workplace is inevitable. When you throw a group of people together, differences are bound to surface. If addressed early, conflict can also provide insight into larger issues that may be brewing.

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July 2014 Issue of HVACR Business Magazine

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Motivate with Money

Bonuses and incentives without targets are like playing football without end zones or scoreboards. Set the exact results you want your employees to achieve and measure them to design your incentive program.

Reputation: The Real ‘R’ in CRM

Even if the concept of managing customer relationships was the premise for the CRM industry, the actual result is little more than a tool to oversee an employee’s progress with customers and prospects.

Find & Leverage What’s Right in Your Workplace

Appreciative Inquiry is a model of organizational development that asks leaders to shift to a positive perspective by examining the things an organization does well and thereby leverage its innate strengths to outweigh its limitations.

20 Questions with Jason Stom

Jason Stom, president and CEO of Clear the Air Cooling & Heating in Friendswood, Texas discusses his company’s history, his father’s legacy and the importance of enjoying what you do.

10 Ways You May Be Failing Your Customers

Most HVACR business owners would be shocked to hear they’re putting clients last. In reality, they’re putting so many other things first — their own bank accounts, comfort, convenience, even their own pride — the customer really does come last … or close to it, anyway.

Empower Your Team to Lead

As the leader of your business, you’re the guide, the director, the manager. By your communication and direction, the team around you listens, follows and executes the goals of your company.

Career Advice is a Dirty Job

Mike Rowe always has practical, real-world common sense advice for anyone willing to listen. Recently, he offered career advice to a young fan who wrote to him, and his profound response really hit home.

There’s No Leaning In On A Unicycle

As an independent businesswoman, running small companies and working with hundreds of businesswomen across the country, I know our experience is different. As women, we lead differently, often with the desire to bring more balance and compassion to our working world.

Do you have a Collection Problem?

The Receivable Days ratio tells you whether you have a collection problem or are heading toward one. It lets you know how quickly you’re being paid, and whether you’re being paid on time.

Protect Your Fleet with Built-in GPS

Built-in GPS tracking for fleets bring the benefits of a navigational system without the hassles of a separate piece of equipment, allowing companies to confidently send out drivers at any time and to any place

How Fleet Management Can Help You Run a Better Business

Having GPS is different from having a GPS fleet management system — it’s the difference between the ability to simply get turn-by-turn directions and an intelligent business solution.

Cruising the Strip and Turning Heads

Sometimes, generating leads is as simple as putting your name out there in a memorable way. Three HVACR business owners share their unique take on mobile marketing.

Tops in Trucks 2014: Bold, Brilliant and Memorable

The 2014 Tops-in-Trucks Fleet Design contest winners were simply brilliant — showcasing clean design, legible text, eye-catching graphics, clean layouts and strong colors.

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