Author Archives: TheNumbersCruncher
Quick Tip – Salary Information and Quick Job Search
Whether you’re looking to hire or looking to be hired, SimplyHired.com has a useful tool that shows the average salary for specific jobs in specific locations. SimplyHired gets their information from their job search engine that contains information on millions … Continue reading
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Tagged contractor, Electrical, HVAC, management, Plumbing, small business
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Quick Sales Tips
Before we get to show how good we are technically, first we have to make the sale. The best field tech in the world won’t be much use, if he can’t make the sale. Fortunately, sales is a skill that … Continue reading
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Price Book Q&A
How may price columns should I have in my Flat Rate Book? We usually recommend no more than two pricing columns. More price columns can confuse your clients and techs, and reduce the effectiveness of the entire Price Book. We … Continue reading
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Tagged breakeven, Flat Rate, management, profit, selling price, small business
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Changes at Nexstar
After 11 years of service, Nexstar’s current President & CEO Greg Niemi will hand the reins over to Jack Tester in November 2011. Mr. Tester was recruited by Nexstar founder Frank Blau to be the first employee of Nexstar (Contractors … Continue reading
NSPG Business Cost Calculator
We know that not everyone has Numbers Cruncher for calculating their breakeven and other numbers critical for setting their prices, so we have created a quick business cost calculator on the NSPG web site. This simple calculator takes your selections … Continue reading
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Tagged break-even, breakeven, business training, Flat Rate, management, margin, selling price, small business
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Summertime Thoughts
As we move into the summer vacation season here, we’d like to offer a few basic business tips to ponder if you get some time. Emphasize How You’re Different Write a list of the things that make your business different … Continue reading
Quick Tech Tip – Automatic Sync/Backup
If you have more than one computer that you use to run your business, you need Windows Live Mesh. With a few minutes of setup on each computer, you can have all of your business files automatically and constantly synced … Continue reading
Some Things Never Change
Twenty years ago the “Experts” would tell you that the way to success with a service business was a prominent, full page yellow pages ad. If you could only afford that big ad, all the work and profits would roll … Continue reading
Numbers Cruncher Tax Adjustment
As we all know, the Social Security tax was reduced by 2% for 2011 from 6.2% to 4.2% of salaries up to $106,800. This tax is usually combined with the 1.45% Medicare tax into what is traditionally called FICA. For … Continue reading
QSC Power Meeting XXXV Schedule
The schedule for the QSC Power meeting in conjunction with PHCC Connect 2011 has been released. You can see the combined schedule at the PHCC web site. You can find a printable (PDF) registration form here.
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Tagged contractor, management, PHCC, Plumbing, QSC, small business
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