Save It For The Meeting

Have you ever walked into your office and been jumped by the bookkeeper? "What's this check for?  I can't read your writing.  And Jimmy hasn't filled out his time card all week."  When you aren't in financial manager mode, these questions can feel like an ambush. Have you ever interrupted your bookkeeper with [...]

Save It For The Meeting2017-03-31T13:51:04+00:00

Team Rohr at the AHR Show!

If you were to throw your mother a birthday party, you would put a little plan together.  Set a date, book a venue, create a guest list, etc.  Yet, so often, we show up for work, in a business of our own, and wing it.  Without some kind of plan, the party, and the business, just [...]

Team Rohr at the AHR Show!2017-01-11T14:32:37+00:00

Sales Tip #3: Be UN-afraid of Silence

This is my husband, Hotrod, the Plumber. Hotrod is one of the best salespeople on the planet.  He is a tight lipped guy.  Oh, he can talk.  However, when he puts on his sales hat, he understands Sales Tip #3:  Once you've asked for the sale, shut up.  He is UN-afraid of the silence.   That's because [...]

Sales Tip #3: Be UN-afraid of Silence2016-12-01T14:55:08+00:00

The Law of Freedom

What appeals to me about running is that there is no good reason to do it.  I mean, jogging a few miles for fitness' sake...that makes sense.  But 26.2 miles through mountains, rocks, tree roots, mud and nasty weather?  There is absolutely no reason to do that.  Yet, I want to do it.  This is fun for [...]

The Law of Freedom2016-12-01T14:55:08+00:00

Here are Some Helpful Tips for Tax Time

Dreading tax time?  Take a deep breath, and reconsider.  Tax season can be a terrific opportunity to ramp up your business and profitability.  As you assemble your financial information, block out some time to... Clean up the accounting.  Like the back of a service truck, the accounting can get messy.  Extra accounts and rogue transactions.  Work with your bookkeeper and accountant [...]

Here are Some Helpful Tips for Tax Time2016-12-01T14:55:12+00:00

Is Your Flat Rate Price Book Setting You Up to FAIL?

Ride Alongs are essential for building relationships with Techs and Customers. I've hopped in the truck over one hundred times. The number of times I've seen a Service Tech use the Flat Rate Price Book the way you THINK he is supposed to be using it? Zero. Not once have I seen the presentation that [...]

Is Your Flat Rate Price Book Setting You Up to FAIL?2016-12-01T14:55:12+00:00

Is Your Business Planted in Abundance or Poverty?

Consider that only one watermelon seed is required to propagate the watermelon family. However because stuff happens, I planted 6 watermelon seeds. Two seeds produced plants strong enough to bear fruit. And each of the dozen watermelons is full of hundreds of seeds because even God knows that stuff happens. The universe is designed with [...]

Is Your Business Planted in Abundance or Poverty?2016-12-01T14:55:12+00:00