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Hot tub service revolutionized with simplified contracts, water tests, and sales

Service professionals find themselves busier than ever, ensuring these hot tubs remain clean and fully operational. To fully capitalize on this opportunity, service technicians must efficiently manage their hot tub service contracts, which involves conducting water testing and generating reports in the field, along with selling chemicals on-site.
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The CK Spas Story: From transportation to tranquility

CK Spas’ journey started with an unexpected twist—a shift from the world of residential moving to the realm of hot tubs. The company’s co-owner, Charles Koncewicz, was inspired to make this transition after witnessing how swiftly spa movers completed their tasks while he laboured away moving household items for hours.
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Explore new options: POS Software integration

The end of QuickBooks POS on October 3, 2023, will likely impact many pool and spa retailers. However, this also provides the perfect opportunity for pool and spa businesses to look for a new, fully integrated, industry-specific software solution that will make the transition from QuickBooks seamless and with more new opportunities to improve business operations.
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Enhancing the swimming experience through user-centric pool equipment

In the realm of product design, specifically pool access equipment, user experience is an indispensable design pillar that profoundly impacts the way an individual interacts with and perceives a product. Good or bad, these experiences have the power to reach beyond the product, including the impact of brand image and reputation.
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Education in a difficult labour market

In today’s tight hiring market, companies need to place more emphasis on education to retain and develop their own employees as well as to recruit and hire new staff. Many in the pool and spa industry are taking an innovative approach to retaining and finding new employees by focusing on “human capital” from the individual worker’s perspective.
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Mobile technology for pool and spa businesses

The past two pool seasons have emphasized the importance of having mobile software solutions to thrive in today’s business environment. With resources stretched thin, business software should be accessible on any mobile device to support staff and provide better customer service.
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Homestay and rental hot tub maintenance

Rental owners are aware that adding a hot tub is an easy and cost-effective way to get their property to appear at the top of the search list—they also see it as a salespoint to demand a higher price than competitors. However, once visitors book the unit, hot tub water maintenance and cleanliness becomes a priority.
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Balanced water chemistry is important to prevent algae growth

In pools, four main types—green, yellow, blue-green, and black—are typically identified as unwanted invaders. Since these species are omnipresent, especially in the outdoor environment, keeping them out of the pool is nearly impossible.
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Curating and maintaining a brand online image

Whether people recognize it or not, everyone has their own personal brand, and it is important to maintain it in today’s noisy, digital world, where information spreads quickly and often without a thought about the consequences. This article will discuss tips for success when it comes to both personal and business branding, and how businesses can navigate difficult customer interactions.
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The pool builder featured on HGTV is the subject of fraud allegations and lawsuits

Winnipeg-based pool builder Kurt Wittin, who starred in HGTV’s Fixer to Fabulous in 2022, has been accused of fraud by many of his past clients, as well as been the subject of several losing lawsuits.
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