“You’re only working 12 hours a day? What are you, weak? You’re only working half days. Listen, kid, working nine-to-five is just keeping up with the Joneses. Work nights and weekends also, then you’ll smoke ’em.” That was the mindset. And there is truth to that mindset. Kill yourself growing a business, and you’ll do…
Derrick Todd, CPO, ownerAquaNut Pool CareGreenville, South Carolina residential/commercial, service, repair, renovation, retailemployees: 9 accounts: 140-180 As far as jobsite safety goes, we have a list of protocols or rules we follow. As a result of following our safety protocols, we don’t have many injuries to speak of. For instance, here are a few of…
Employee pay and tax insight from our panelists Brian Diglio, CPO, AST, CSP, presidentBlue Wave Pool Service and Supplies, Inc.Hamden, Connecticut In the Northeast, typically the pools are too far apart to do a pay-per-pool compensation. Also, because of the seasonal aspect of the business, it sometimes makes it hard to offer a fair and…
Meet our panelists It’s been a longtime goal at PoolPro to create a panel of pool professionals to share their opinions and expertise. Each edition we’ll pose a question to our group. We tried to find panelists who vary in geographic location, experience and company size. Craig Sears, CSP, CPB, CPO, PresidentSears Pool Management Consultants,…
Brett Lloyd Abbott, president of MYM Austin, Inc., a marketing firm geared toward pool builders, focuses exclusively on pools in order to garner better marketing results for his clients. “We’re selling a product that most people would deeply emotionally love to have,” he says. “You don’t have to do a whole lot more than show…