Your Pond Farm has released their 2018 show Dates. The dates will be Tuesday, August 28th, and Wednesday, August 29th. The show will be taking place at Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Retailers use the show as partMore…
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Mike Mallon joins BioSafe Systems as Technical Sales Manager – Retail Division
BioSafe Systems is pleased to welcome Mike Mallon as Technical Sales Manager to the Retail Division. Mike will be working directly with distributors, as well as independent garden centers and other retailers throughout the United States. He will be providingMore…
Building an Exit Strategy for Selling Your Pond Business
Many of us who own a regular (or pond) business have dreamed of selling it one day and living the dream of retirement. Most of us have very little idea how to make this dream come true. Usually this onlyMore…
How Pond Installers Need to View All Labor Angles
How Pond Installers Need to View All Angles
All trades, including pond-building, have one thing in common: 90 percent or more of all owners used to be a tech working for someone else. One day in the field, a little light bulb goes off and says, “Gee, theMore…
Pondliner Wholesale Announces the 2018 Water Garden Expo
Kevin Dougherty headlines Pondliner Wholesale’s 2018 Water Garden Expo, which will be held between Feb. 20-23 at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. For the last 31 years, Kevin Dougherty has been speaking to the construction industry.More…
Perks of Customer Relationship Management Software
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…
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…