Home Shows Without Boxes

How to set-up, run, and have an enjoyable time putting on the easiest (and potentially most profitable) home show ever! When it comes to contractors and running booths at home shows, the old catch phrase, “ready… fire… aim!” is typically appropriate. I can’t tell you how many home shows I’ve attended, where a contractor’s ‘go-to’ plan consists…

Managing Expectations

Taking your customer satisfaction through the roof by understanding why people threw ‘tantrums’ after the election! If you have never received a bad online review, or feel ‘political correctness’ is a virtue, this article probably isn’t for you.  As part of our service, we do our best to help protect the online reputation of our clients. Having…

Go Figure!

The answer to the labor crisis we all are facing wasn’t ‘right under our nose’–it’s on top of it! Face it, our industry is fast heading for a cliff with the increase in demand for skilled labor, the higher level of technical skills required, and the fact that a lot of the best older service…

Save the Last Dance for Me

I was privileged to be a part of something that doesn’t happen all that often these days. In mid-July, my brother and I, as well as both our families, hosted a party to celebrate our mother and father’s 60th wedding anniversary. Their love and dedication to each other wasn’t something that just happened. It was…

The ‘Day’ that Got Away!

At the beginning of June, my brother Dan and I made our annual pilgrimage deep into Northern Canada for a fishing trip to Lake Esnagi to fish for northern pike and walleye. Normally, after spending a day driving from Michigan’s Lower Peninsula up into Canada, we typically catch a float plane and fly in. However,…

What’s Going On at Online-Access

Hello from your team at Online-Access! So far, this year has been both hectic and exciting at Online-Access. I can only say God has blessed us. Last year, we experienced over 30% growth and are easily tracking at about the same this year. Online-Access also hit another goal this year by becoming the largest reseller…