Send Holiday Notices to Customers Via Email

This link provides helpful information on sending holiday e-mails to customers. A sample template is attached, as is information on how to convert your holiday greeting into an image file.

Tips for Transitioning a Sweeping Company From One Generation to Another

Advice from George Hedley, president of HARDHAT Presentations, on how to make working for your parents a worthwhile pursuit. This article includes information on why parents hire their children and what a second-generation employee should be able to answer to before they take ownership of their parents business.

Get Better Organized Through Building Company Systems

Information from George Hedley, president of HARDHAT Presentations, on installation of organizational and operational systems for standardization and continuous improvement. Topics include “Making People a Priority” and “Manage your Money”, among other subjects.

List of Safety Information at Website Locations

WSA Member Update 6.20.13

WSA Member Update 6.13.13

Safety Tips and Risk Management for Power Sweeping

Because our industry requires a somewhat unique set of safety controls, most of which do not appear in OSHA or State safety codes, we present these safety tips for our Members to adopt into their daily work activities. These are practical tips and techniques, and represent Best Safety Practices for sweeping professionals.

Member Update 6.10.13

Third Party Vendors: Cautions and Analysis

I recently invested a day-and-a-half in personally going through all the results from WSA’s Third Party Vendor Survey. This included setting up an individual results’ page for each individual vendor company included in the Survey. The reason this process was not delegated was that I wanted to see what insights I might gain about the way these companies operate, so as to pass along that information to the sweeping contractor community.

The Wisdom and Success of ‘Larry the Pool Guy’

The following story of ‘Larry the Pool Guy’ is presented in hopes it will inspire better business methods and understanding of the power of building a company on the cornerstones of professionalism, quality work product and ethics.