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Do Promotions Work?

The promotional offers show up every year and I always wonder whether they work? I suppose some do because the manufacturers repeat them. Buy a bunch of boilers, get a wi...

Published on 02/10/2023 10:43 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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A Homeowner's Challenge

I wrote a book for homeowners in 2003 and called it We Got Steam Heat (with apologies to The Pajama Game). I wrote that book because I had written another book 11 years e...

Published on 12/16/2022 12:21 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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What Makes for a Good Counter Person?

I asked the many contractors who post regularly on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com to tell me what they like (and don’t like) about the counter people at their suppliers. Her...

Published on 08/04/2022 11:36 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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It's Just What I Do

Some years ago, a wholesaler hired me to do a seminar in a New England hotel for about 100 of his contractor customers. After the seminar, the owner of the company invite...

Published on 08/03/2022 1:09 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Why It's So Hard to Find Workers

I went to high school in the mid-1960s. All of the students had to take a “shop” class during the course of our time there. The Lovely Marianne, being female, was guided ...

Published on 07/20/2022 2:09 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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What's In The Way?

In the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, which snuggles into the center of the state, you will find Mount Saint James, and upon that steep hill you will find The College ...

Published on 06/06/2022 12:10 PM
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Service Is Never Easy

We live in Bethpage, NY, a suburban Long Island town, known for the now-gone Grumman (maker of fine canoes and lunar landing modules) and a golf course that breaks hearts...

Published on 05/13/2022 10:26 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Good Help Is Hard To Find

My neighbor, Tony, loves his house. We live in a low-crime neighborhood on Long Island but Tony is always on guard against miscreants. He has a Ring camera on every side ...

Published on 05/05/2022 1:10 PM
Posted in The HVAC Business