• Friday, May 3, 2013
    Frank Blau Contributing Writer I've previously revealed that PHC contractors earned an average of only 2.7{938cd9e8dae860e800efc538277d4f7684e6f6981618ba70d1c34357a53c2e1f} net profit on gross…
  • Friday, May 3, 2013
    Ellen Rohr Contributing Writer Service Roundtable Do you know if your prices are right? Do you know if you are…
  • Friday, May 3, 2013
    1. Completely turn off lights and equipment when leaving at night. Many computers and other electronics are not truly off,…
  • Monday, April 15, 2013
    I subscribe to Fortune Small Business Magazine. In a recent issue, columnist Jay Goltz wrote an article called Do the…
  • Monday, April 15, 2013
    In the old Popeye cartoons, Wimpy never had enough money for a hamburger. He would offer to pay for today's…
  • Monday, April 15, 2013
    Contractors often ask me what’s the best method to use to invoice time and material work, extras or service /…
  • Monday, March 11, 2013
    My last couple of articles dealt with compiling job costs on the way towards developing a useful profit-loss statement. The…
  • Monday, March 11, 2013
    Ellen Rohr Contributing Writer Bare Bones Biz When I was a college student, I got an ‘A’ in my Accounting…
  • Monday, March 11, 2013
    Are you building a budget without a revenue plan? A revenue plan defines all of the activities and improvements to…
  • Tuesday, February 12, 2013
    Recruiting and keeping good employees, especially service techs, is the most difficult thing I know of in the PHC service…