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Articles Tagged with ''small business''

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Service Plumbing Pros | Matt Michel

10 tips to make running a small business easier

Ways to win the day.
Matt Michel
Matt Michel
February 18, 2025

No one claims that running a small business is simple. However, there are ways to make it easier, starting with how you begin each day.


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Plumbing Group Pipeline

Plumbing Group Pipeline: May 23, 2022

Natalie Forster
Natalie Forster
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Nicole Krawcke
May 23, 2022

In this new weekly feature, Plumbing Group Chief Editors Nicole Krawcke highlights the industry’s latest news stories.


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Charity

Heather Ripley: How charity can help your business and nonprofits

Giving back to your community can help create customer and employee loyalty.
Heather Ripley
Heather Ripley
May 6, 2021

A question I am often asked is whether or not it is appropriate to publicize a company’s charitable giving. 


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Debt Relief

Jeff Nager: PPP isn't the only SBA relief program in 2021

What small businesses need to know.
Jeff Nager
March 8, 2021

In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the small business landscape in the U.S., forcing businesses to adapt on a daily basis or face permanent closure. 


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Service Nation Webinar

Service Nation holds webinar providing critical information for residential contractors during coronavirus pandemic

April 2, 2020

The Service Nation Online Summit will be rebroadcast Sunday, April 5, from 4-8:15 p.m.


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COVID-19

Every plumbing company should consider the Paycheck Protection Program

March 30, 2020

Known as the Paycheck Protection Program, the initiative provides 100% federally guaranteed loans to small businesses that maintain their payroll during this emergency.


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Adams Hudson: Why plumbing businesses go under

Adams Hudson
July 18, 2018

All three of these elements must be in place for a business to survive.


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Kenny Chapman: Three powerful questions to build success

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Kenny Chapman
April 17, 2018

Does your company represent your vision?


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Morris Beschloss: Millennials help shape housing market in 2018

Morris Beschloss
February 27, 2018

Meanwhile, the fate of the estate tax could affect small businesses for years to come.


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Hamilton: You will sell your business

Jim Hamilton
January 30, 2018

The question is, what will you get out of it?


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