Hey there, HVAC and plumbing professionals! April was quite busy for those of us in the trades. From completing routine service calls to preparing for Small Business Week and celebrating Earth Day, most business owners spent as much time in the field as they did in the office this month. But that doesn’t mean that the industry slowed down… in fact, it’s just starting to heat up!

This year marks the 60th anniversary of National Small Business Week, a week-long celebration established by the U.S. Small Business Administration to recognize the positive contributions of entrepreneurs and small business owners countrywide — small business owners just like you! As we gear up for this year’s Small Business Week, now is the time to shine a spotlight on your business.

Earth Day is an annual celebration of the ongoing environmental efforts taken around the globe to preserve Earth’s natural resources and raise awareness of ongoing environmental protections. If you thought this April 22 celebration didn’t involve the trade industries, think again! Trade corporations, especially HVAC and plumbing organizations, are integral to Earth Day.

It’s officially April, so you know what time it is - Customer Loyalty Month! Customer Loyalty Month is observed throughout April, which creates the perfect time to show appreciation for your HVAC and plumbing customers. In an industry so reliant on customer loyalty, contractors must understand the importance of recognizing customer loyalty and how to do it properly.

Welcome back, HVAC and plumbing professionals! Believe it or not, we entered Spring this month — and as the temperatures continue to warm up, the signs of the potential ‘slow season’ are here for many of us trade companies. But, no worries, JB Warranties is here again with our Monthly Round-Up to provide you with a bit of downtime reading material of the top industry news!

With the recent start of the spring season, we can expect temperatures to slowly warm across the country — a breath of mild air before the stifling summer heat sets in. Because of this unique temperature, HVAC and plumbing professionals often view spring as the “slow season.” The reliance on household cooling and heating decelerates for a few months. 

Every day across the HVAC industry, our contractors and technicians face many safety hazards that can put both themselves and their customers in harm's way. But while it’s the industry standard to educate teams on general HVAC regulations, it’s too common for operators to skimp over the basics of common safety hazards, including how to avoid illness and injury.

Welcome back, HVAC and plumbing experts! The team here at JB Warranties hopes you’ve had a great start to 2023, with nothing but smooth operations at each step. As the short month of February has quickly ended (and March is underway!), now is the time to recap the top industry news, trends, and topics in our monthly JB Warranties’ Round-Up.

Online searches serve as the leading method of connecting customers to HVAC and plumbing businesses, and in 2023, that’s not projected to change. With most home and business owners heading to search engines like Google to find a service provider, it’s never been more important to understand search engine marketing (SEM) to maximize lead generation all year.

When leveraging social media for lead generation when it comes to the plumbing and HVAC industries, it’s common to see the same go-to networks, like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as contenders to gain prospects. It’s also just as common for LinkedIn — the social media platform geared explicitly toward professionals of all sectors — to be significantly undervalued or entirely left out of the marketing strategy.