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How Much is Your Business Worth?

Whether you’re the owner, or an employee, chances are you don’t know how much the business is worth. And, chances are everyone thinks the business is worth more than it really is. This misunderstanding makes it difficult for the owner … Continue reading

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Nexstar Peer Group Meeting

You’re invited to the Hargis Electric Peer Group Meeting February 22-24 In Texas! For the third year in a row, Nexstar has awarded Hargis the Select Service Award of Excellence – “Best of the Best.” They ranked #1 in their … Continue reading

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Bonus Depreciation – Save some Money This Year

The Jobs Act of 2010 allows businesses to write-off up to $500,000 of qualified capital expenditures. Also, businesses that aren’t profitable this year can use 100% Bonus Depreciation on new equipment and carry-forward the loss to future hopefully profitable years. … Continue reading

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We’re All Power Hungry

The extreme weather we’ve been having on the east cost reached a peak this autumn. Power outages, communications interruptions, and even washed out roads seem to be becoming commonplace. The October 31 snowfall here in New Jersey affected operations in … Continue reading

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Quick Tip – Labor/Profit Rate Setup

Printing your books with prices that match your own business is a key benefit for NSPG Flat Rate users. As your business grows and changes, it is easy to customize your price books to match. For example, say you want … Continue reading

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“Work On Your Business”

During our conversations with business owners and managers we constantly hear how difficult it is to find the time to “Work On the Business” after working 50 or 60 hours a week in the business. We all know that you … Continue reading

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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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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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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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