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Apr 30, 2024 Before-and-After Photos for Service Businesses: How to Shoot Them So They Sell Before and after photos prove your work better than any sales pitch. How to shoot matching pairs on a phone, keep them honest and use them where customers look. Read more Apr 29, 2024 How to Get More Therapy Clients Without Giving Up Anyone's Privacy Mental Health Awareness Month is in May. Here is how to get more therapy clients with a clear, kind profile, while keeping your clients' privacy and your ethics intact. Read more Apr 25, 2024 How to Choose an IT Services Provider for Your Business A plain-English guide to choosing an IT services provider: assess needs, compare SLAs, vet security, check references, and the questions to ask. Read more Apr 24, 2024 Graduations, Grand Openings and Yard Signs: Getting a Local Print Shop Found This Spring Spring is rush season for banners, yard signs and grad invites. How a local print shop gets found by people who need it printed by Friday, not next month. Read more Apr 15, 2024 Where Business Listings Are Headed, and How to Stay Ready Business listings keep changing, but the businesses that do well online share a few steady habits. Here is what to expect and how to stay ready for it. Read more Apr 6, 2024 Termite Swarm Season: What Winged Bugs Indoors Mean and Who to Call Winged bugs at the window this spring? Learn what termite swarm season means, how to tell termites from flying ants, what to do now and how to hire a licensed pro. Read more Apr 3, 2024 Choosing the Right Category for Your Business Listing The category you pick decides who finds your listing. How to choose the most specific primary category, use secondaries wisely, and match how customers search. Read more Mar 29, 2024 How to Get More Word-of-Mouth Referrals Turn happy customers into a steady stream of new business: a practical playbook for earning, asking for, and making the most of word-of-mouth referrals. Read more Mar 19, 2024 Marketing Ideas for Real Estate Agents Practical, no-hype marketing ideas for real estate agents: local search visibility, directory listings, reviews, referrals, and fast response. Read more Mar 16, 2024 How to Spot Fake Reviews Before You Hire, Book or Buy Locally Learn how to spot fake reviews in a few minutes: the warning signs, how to read reviews the smart way and what to check before you hire a contractor or book a service. Read more Mar 9, 2024 Spring Car Detailing: What a Professional Detail Includes and How to Pick a Detailer Winter salt and grime don't wash off in a drive-through. What spring car detailing includes, what it costs to ask about, and how to pick a good detailer. Read more Mar 6, 2024 Getting Your Property Management Company Found by Landlords This Spring Spring brings new landlords and renters looking for help. Here is how a property management company can show up, explain its fees and win the owners worth keeping. Read more
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