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4 Ways Service Contractors Can Grow Sales Without Selling

Services businesses are "the gift that keeps on giving" in the revenue department...if managed effectively. Unfortunately, many are not very well managed and somehow lose their connection and relevance with customers. The success of Angie's…
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It Pays to Know: How Service Contractors Get Paid For Expertise, Not Just Labor

The best service contracting business model is based upon customers paying a premium for expertise instead of simply paying a markup on parts and labor.  When true expertise is offered, the customer perceives that in the long term they will…
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The Labor Market is Speaking – Are You Listening?

In early 2001, I had just been appointed to be the Vice President of North America sales for Red Hat.  Many of my early meetings with prospective customers were geared toward understanding what was going to drive buying behavior for large scale…

Ripe Bananas, Seat Miles, and Service Labor Hours

What do these things have in common?  They all represent “perishable inventory.”  Ripe bananas have a short shelf life - sell them or throw them out.  A flight that takes off without being full means seat miles were available and not…
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Why Cloud Applications are Perfect for Small Service Companies

If the thought of new software for running your field service business brings on pain, remorse, indigestion, or any other unpleasant malady, this blog post is for you.  Software that is well designed and delivered to you as an Internet application…