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Almost all employers on a regular basis receive calls from a prospective employer requesting information about a former employee. Today, most employers, fearful of a potential defamation or some similar legal claim, respond with nothing more than the period of employment and position held. Some even decline to respond at all. Rarely does a former employer provide any useful information regarding such things as the person’s job performance, disciplinary action or the reason for their departure. 

A plumbing company can either grow, die, or stagnate. Of the three, growth is more fun and profitable. But how? Here are 58 ways to promote your plumbing business. Many, but not all, are obvious. Use this as a marketing checklist. 

A single person from infancy to adulthood will experience hundreds to thousands of different people in their life. Some will be single meetings, some will be school or professional interactions, some are family and some become life long friends. Can you HANDLE the oars of personalities?

As the parent of adult children, I try hard not to give too much unsolicited advice. Mainly because I remember how annoyed I used to be when my own parents dared to counsel me when I was a (stupid) twenty-something. Nevertheless, I broke my pledge when my kids got their first jobs after college. My piece of advice? Put away your cell phones, and don’t look at them except during lunchtime.

The best case scenario for Contractors is to work with a customer, close them on a job, deliver that job and get paid, and then have them call you back for more work in the future. Unfortunately, the best case scenario doesn’t always happen, does it? Sometimes customers can’t be closed; sometimes customers are closed but resist paying; and sometimes customers even pay but complain about it.

Please take a moment to review the expiration charts for both the prior year and the current year to ensure that you have taken or will take the correct education course year for renewal. Remember: the TSBPE’s new education year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of every year, which means those who expire in July or August have certain provisions to remember.

Official Statement from the Office of the Executive Director

The Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas Charitable and Education Foundation has awarded a total of $5,000 in scholarships to the for 2019!

Knowledge is power and service and repair contractors can tap into that power through a wide variety of education and training offerings available from PHCC’s Quality Service Contractors. Check out all that is available—from webinars and in-person workshops to an extensive library of downloadable resources.

Enhance your business management skills and stay ahead of evolving trends by participating in our many educational programs. You’ll find valuable, relevant insights in a variety of formats to help you discover new opportunities to increase profitability and productivity.

Built on a commitment to excellence in the plumbing-heating-cooling industry, PHCC provides the best education, advocacy and connections. It’s everything you need to strengthen your business—now and in the future. PHCC gives you the power to succeed because we mean business.