Articles by Matt Michel

The biggest capital expense for most plumbing companies is the fleet of service vehicles. 

One of the most challenging marketing tasks for a plumbing company owner is identifying a point of uniqueness. 

Plumbing is what you do. It’s what you are good at. You are proud of that LMP designation, and should be. Now, it’s time to stop plumbing. 

The coronavirus has captured most of the discussion in the trade press since the lockdowns began. It should have — it’s been the overriding event. 

There are a lot of reasons for pessimism in 2020. The country is divided. 

Video calls are not new. The Service Nation Alliance has been conducting weekly contractor Advisory Board meetings this way for a decade. 

The greatest challenge of the coronavirus is not the virus itself. 

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) reported that 5% of all business revenue is lost to fraud, which is a huge number. 

Few contractors are successful with plumbing service agreements, but they should be.

It is no surprise that most plumbing companies are small. What is surprising is the number of plumbing company owners who are content to stay small. I