Finding ways to market your plumbing business during the holidays can be a challenge. Consumers are inundated with advertising this time of year, so home service businesses might have a hard time penetrating the noise to get their messages across.

Last month, I shared tips for keeping your office team busy when the phones aren’t ringing. This month, let’s explore what to do with your field technicians when there aren’t any calls on the board. 

For the past 11 years, I’ve owned Blue Planet Plumbing, in Asheville, North Carolina, but I entered the plumbing trade at the early age of 17. It all started in 1992, on a hot summer night after clocking out at 2 a.m. after working a 17-hour shift at a popular chain restaurant for minimum wage pay of $4.25 an hour.  

Before you read anything else, take another look at our cover. Or any pictures included with this feature. What do you think of those colors? Teal. Orange. Yellow. 

New York Yankee great Yogi Berra had a knack for making funny and ambiguous statements. He'd say things such as, "It’s like déjà vu all over again," and "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

Industrial Equipment & Parts is a Minnesota-based distributor of heavy industrial pumps.

On the verge of becoming the most decorated offensive player in LSU history, Burrow has set numerous school records as a senior in 2019.

Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA) of Brazil recognized Armstrong with its New Project of the Year Award and Retrofit (Energy Upgrade) Project of the Year Award.