photography by Marc Ridel Tiffiny Consoli wasn’t looking to go into the pool business. She was just looking to own...
In the history of the pool industry, there have been few franchise businesses. Pinch A Penny, a swimming pool retail...
Not everyone provides service quotes to customers in the same way. Some go through a checklist with the customer over...
Misty Knight, technical sales manager for Zodiac Pool Systems, says her customers become like extended family. Bryan Banta, owner of...
The Pool Scouts franchise, which offers pool service exclusively, spans eight states: Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia,...
For pool pros, the pandemic has had a surprising twist: A major uptick in business. “This has been one of...
For many pool service professionals, the question of whether to raise prices can be tricky. The biggest concern, of course,...
After almost two years of utter COVID chaos in the world, it’s time to look beyond the pandemic toward the...
Pool Scouts, the pool cleaning and maintenance franchise with 101 territories nationwide, is continuing to surf the wave of the...
Frank Disher, owner of Poolwerx Keller in North Richland Hills, Texas, observed a “throwing up of hands” among pool service...
Tracy Bond, owner of Great Valley Pool Service in Frazer, Pennsylvania, pragmatically shares the benefits and drawbacks of paying per job and paying per hour, explaining that, while paying per job seems to create more incentive for techs to maximize their time, hourly pay tends to produce better-quality work.
Pool Scouts, a pool service and maintenance franchise with more than 109 units under Buzz Franchise Brands, partnered with Hope Floats Foundation during Water Safety Month and raised funds to donate more than 1,500 scholarships for swim lessons.