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How to Get Electrical Technicians to Sell

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How to Get Electrical Technicians to Sell

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Recruiting Women in the HVAC Industry

SNIPS posted a great article quoting Danielle Putnam (The New Flat Rate's President), about Women in the HVAC industry. The article talks about the...

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More Choice, More Money: The New Flat Rate App Goes Live

The New Flat Rate Interactive App Offers Easy, Customized Pricing for Home Service Businesses!

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Menu’s All Over the World

This past year my wife Karen and I took a trip to Iceland to celebrate our 40thanniversary. We drove four-wheelers, ate overpriced chocolate, and...

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How to Start Using Menu Pricing in Your Company

https://youtu.be/1ycT33j1Axc

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Dispatching…You’re Not Asking the Right Questions!

Dispatching, the necessary management of the valuable incoming call. The phone is either ringing off the hook or during the slow times we are...

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How to Get Some Respect

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Loyalty is not Prejudice

For years we as an industry have been focused on one main thing; SALES! We have worked harder and harder year after year to drive up the average...

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Why We Changed- Your Service Tech Called

Your Service tech called and asked you this: “What do we do about our long-time loyal customers?” “I mean, surely if we walk in and show them this...

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It’s Never Just Anything

Have you ever been in a conversation with one of your office staff or technicians and asked or been asked, “If you could just…?” or “It’s just…”. I...

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