Pool Season, that is. At least here in Florida--and it's  coming soon worldwide to the northern hemisphere. Hurricane season starts here in F-L-A in a week and three words come to mind:…

Back in the day if you were to ask a business owner why they were putting an ad in The Yellow Pages, the typical response one might get is “because all of my competitors are so why shouldn’t I?” 

People looking for specific businesses or…

A CPO and IPSSA member had contracted with a pool plasterer to re-plaster a swimming pool near Los Angeles.  Within a week after plastering, the IPSSA member notified the plasterer that he could see some long cracks in several locations.  The…

Social media, like Facebook and Twitter, can be a great communication tool for businesses. It will help you to spread the word about your product or service and build relationships with your customers and the…

Enterpreneurship is taking the country by storm and if you’re considering dipping your toe into the waters of being your own boss, here are some of my steps toward growing a small business into a thriving endeavor:…

When a new white quartz pool in San Diego developed numerous shrinkage cracks and very rough and sharp calcium nodules everywhere, the plasterer drained the pool and sanded it, charging the pool owner one thousand dollars for the work. The…

Regardless of where you live or what you do for a living, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. The great equalizer is how we spend those hours. There are days when we walk away from our desk and look at a to-do list that is all done! On other…

Hunger and motivation are the two driving forces behind business success, don’t you agree? Which one feeds the other, though I sometimes wonder. I believe that if you’re motivated you will tend to make things happen; you’ll leap over obstacles…

When you’re launching an entrepreneurial endeavor or even when you’re looking to work with a particular business owner do you stop to consider the who and what of the product you’re pondering? Actually, you could buy…

The following information provides pictures and scientific evidence from the cement petrographers who performed “failure analysis” examinations on white spotted pool plaster cores.…