As the co-owner of a busy water features company, I know how hard it is to keep track of potential work while keeping in touch with current customers. As recently as last winter, my husband would come home from workingMore…
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Marketing and Business Converge at the Contractor’s Sales Academy
POND Trade was invited to the Mountain Top Marketing Mastermind seminar, and I took them up on it. After all, a trip to Colorado in April? Sure, I can do that. The seminar was run by the nice folks atMore…
Small-Business Tax Tips: Reasonable Compensation
Since 2010, small-business owners have seen a significant uptick in reasonable compensation challenges, as the IRS has increasingly trained its tax examiners to examine payroll tax issues — among them, reasonable compensation. After all, the payment of a salary inMore…
Pond Showcase Model Connects with Customers
Creative Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania provides a stage for multiple designs.
Being in the business of installing ponds, we’ve done all types, shapes and sizes over the years. It has been a thriving part of the business for us for a long time. But with more and more landscape contractors installingMore…
2017 Your Pond Farm Trade Show Dates
Your Pond Farm is announcing their 2017 Trade Show Dates. The 2017 Your Pond Farm Trade Show will be taking place on Tuesday, October 17th and Wednesday, October 18th. The event will be held at the picturesque Bear Creek MountainMore…
Pond Hunter Podcast Connects with Enthusiasts
The Pond Hunter podcast is talking all things ponds, water gardens and koi.
The pond and water garden industry’s constant push to stay relevant in the age of information can be traced back a couple of centuries —all the way back to the physical publishing of articles and books. Pond enthusiasts in theMore…
The Most Popular Pond, Water Garden and Koi Articles from 2016
With the state of the pond and water garden industry being so strong, everybody is looking forward to a great 2017. However, before we move on, we wanted to provide a quick look at some of our most popular pondMore…
Pondliner Wholesale Celebrates “Living the Pond Life” at the 2017 Water Garden Expo
Ed Beaulieu and Kevin Dougherty headline Pondliner Wholesale’s 2017 Water Garden Expo on Feb. 21-24 at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. This year’s theme, “Living the Pond Life,” draws its inspiration from the popular Facebook groupMore…
Pond Business | Tips for Last-Minute Tax Savings
Regardless of when you plan, the goal with any planning is to keep the tax bill at a legal minimum, year after year. So, keeping in mind that a garden pond professional’s obligation is to pay their fair share ofMore…
WAC Lighting® hosts First-Ever Landscape Lighting Summit
WAC Lighting® hosted its first Landscape Lighting Summit on Thursday, November 4th and Friday, November 5th which included landscape contractors and other industry professionals from around the nation. The event was held at WAC Lighting Headquarters in Port Washington, NewMore…