Retailers continue to get creative with their displays, finding new ways to engage customers despite the craziness of 2020. Baker Pool & Spa in Chesterfield, Missouri, is no exception. As restrictions lifted and the company prepared to welcome customers back, store manager Josh Davis tasked his team with finding fun ways to engage clients. To…
The 2021 National Plasterers Council’s Annual Conference scheduled for February 2021 in San Diego, California, will be presented as a virtual event February 10th and 11th due to concerns and restrictions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. After long and careful deliberation, the NPC has made the decision, out of an abundance of caution, to convert the 2021 Annual Conference…
Pool and spa dealer internet marketing consultant, David Carleton, introduces his book The Book on Internet Marketing for Pool and Spa Dealers, which contains years of marketing wisdom, insights and proven techniques for increasing sales for pool builders, hot tub dealers and sauna retailers. It is being sold on Amazon. “Even in today’s hyperactive pandemic…
Pool Corporation, the world’s largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool and related backyard products, which operates approximately 375 sales centers in North America, Europe and Australia, announced the acquisition of two manufacturers: Jet Line Products, Inc., a leading distributor of swimming pool equipment, chemicals and supplies; and Ontario-based Northeastern Swimming Pool Distributors, Inc., the second…
As president and founder of Patriot Pool and Spa, Hal Denbar has good things to say about Robert Johnson and Travis Spearman. “Having the two of them on the team for more than four years each has absolutely brought Patriot to where we are now,” Denbar says. “These two are the model of what swimming…
Joshua Buzzell cleaned swimming pools for about three years and started learning pool repairs before he found his calling. And while he still loves maintenance, Buzzell says his real passion is in the swimming pool design/build aspect. Regal Pools builds about 120 pools a year and averages between $100,000 and $150,000 for full backyard build-outs….
Rosenberger started in the pool industry as the general manager at Pennsylvania-based Fronheiser Pools, where he got to experience all the industry had to offer from retail, sales, marketing, service and hot tub deliveries. “While working at Fronheiser Pools, I helped bring in new products and introduce a CRM system with email automation campaigns, which…
After a high school teacher recommended Eric Cassidy for a sales manager job at a friend’s pool store, Cassidy left his post at a potato chip company and never looked back. “I love growth, I love challenges,” he says, “and love seeing those around me grow and succeed with the ideas I have had on…
Brittany Puryear strives to bring in the most five-star Google/Yelp reviews possible to her company. Her nominator says, “Brittany is one who gets it. She had taken customer service back in time to the days when it was all providing a next-level customer experience. She may just have rediscovered the tool that enables an industry…
When Kelly Michael Skelton started in the industry, he didn’t know if he’d be staying for long, but he says opportunities have continually opened up and he’s enjoyed it. Skelton started at South Shore Gunite Pools as an admin assistant and eventually started the company’s marketing department. He says hard work and being in the…
Sitting in a cubicle 40 hours a week at an engineering firm quickly lost its appeal for Rance Schindler. He saw his brother, Reid Schindler, find success in the pool industry and work on exciting projects, and thought he could potentially do the same. In 2018, he found a sales/design job at an established Dallas/Fort…
Jamie Braddy and her husband started Parrot Bay because there were no companies building fiberglass pools in their area. “It was a long road to convince people that fiberglass may be better for them over a vinyl pool,” Braddy says. They started the company out of their garage and have grown to two retail stores…