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

Do you value freedom? Do you like to have options and choices regarding how you spend your time? 

I’ll admit it. I’m not a giant fan of reading financials and management reporting.

Direct mail hits on the high points that anyone would want from an effective marketing campaign: Print builds trust more easily than digital ads. 

As long as you have a license, starting a plumbing company is easy. Succeeding, on the other hand, is not. 

As we move into a new decade, most of us are focused on how to continue to grow our companies, implement new strategies and ideas, and stay ahead in an ever-changing world of technology and innovation. 

One of the nice things about my job is I’m usually busy. I like when I look up at the end of the day and see that the day has flown by. 

It is harder than ever to recruit plumbers, which is why you need to pay extra attention to your recruiting brochure. You do have a recruiting brochure, right? No? Well, here is why you need one and the eight things to include.

You might not think about how massively sales impacts your company outside of what it represents in number form on your balance sheet. In fact, most people view the concept of sales in a negative light.

"It’s a drug and we’re hooked!” is what I said to my brother, Richie, about the fix I felt we got from doing the really big monster commercial and residential jobs for what we felt were lots of dollars.