ICA news
More than 12 hours of education is available at The Car Wash Show™ 2017, all designed to help you enhance your business and take it to the next level. Don't miss your opportunity to drive forward and hear from the best playmakers in the business.
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Industry News
Keeping professional car washes affordable to reduce stormwater pollution is the idea behind a legislative effort being mounted by the Puget Sound Car Wash Association. The PSCWA is seeking an exemption from state retail sales tax for all professional car washes in Washington State. As of this writing, bill language has been drafted and a sponsor is being sought for this legislation.
Visit http://www.carwash.org/news-landing/2017/01/25/sales-tax-exemption-work-in-washington-state to view the full article online.
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Leadership
Erin Condren knew her artistic day planners might not leap out at online shoppers, so she asked her regular customers for a favor – buy extras and give them to pals. "I thought, 'If I can just get this product into more hands, they will share it with friends,'" says Condren.
Visit http://www.inc.com/magazine/201702/etelka-lehoczky/customer-referrals.html to view the full article online.
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The ever-increasing presence of knowledge workers (people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does) presents challenges to modern-day leaders that their counterparts in years gone by were not called to address. The main challenge is: "How do you help your team members achieve their goals when you, as a leader, are not an expert on the topic?"
Visit http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/one-thing-great-leaders-never-do.html to view the full article online.
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Marketing
Recently, I listened to the CEO of a multibillion-dollar corporation tell me about his company’s profit and loss; and I realized that he considered marketing, sales and PR – all of it – as a single line item. In this man's mind, anything driving new business belonged in just one single category.
Visit https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/286843 to view the full article online.
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