Pool Scouts Welcomes David Mele as New Brand President
Pool Scouts, a pool cleaning and maintenance franchise under Buzz Franchise Brands, announced the appointment of David Mele as the new brand president.
From Service To Sale
Choosing an approach to backyard sales can be tricky, especially when deciding who should initiate sales and who should close them.
Pool Scouts Celebrates Revenue Growth and Expansion into New Territories
Pool Scouts, the pool cleaning and maintenance franchise under Buzz Franchise Brands, maintains growth momentum in 2023.
Incentivizing Excellence
Bonus pay can be a strategic way to encourage employee satisfaction and retention, which leads to higher-quality service for customers.
Pool Scouts Provides Renovation Services Through PoolCare+
Pool Scouts announced its newest offering — PoolCare+, renovation services to help the brand act as a one-stop shop for pool-related needs.
Pool Scouts Sees Impressive Start to 2023
Pool Scouts, a pool cleaning and maintenance franchise, has had an exciting first two quarters in 2023.
Pool Scouts Partners with Hope Floats Foundation to Raise Funds for More Than 1,500 Swim Lessons
Pool Scouts, a pool service and maintenance franchise with more than 109 units under Buzz Franchise Brands, partnered with Hope Floats Foundation during Water Safety Month and raised funds to donate more than 1,500 scholarships for swim lessons.
Pay Day — What Pay Structure Works Best?
Tracy Bond, owner of Great Valley Pool Service in Frazer, Pennsylvania, pragmatically shares the benefits and drawbacks of paying per job and paying per hour, explaining that, while paying per job seems to create more incentive for techs to maximize their time, hourly pay tends to produce better-quality work.
Layers of Safety
Frank Disher, owner of Poolwerx Keller in North Richland Hills, Texas, observed a “throwing up of hands” among pool service professionals throughout his career when it came to the topic of drowning prevention. He attributes that to a frustration within the industry because, regardless of a pool company’s preventative measures, it could still be held…
Pool Scouts 100th franchise unit signed
Pool Scouts, the pool cleaning and maintenance franchise with 101 territories nationwide, is continuing to surf the wave of the post-pandemic boom in pool construction, breaking revenue and franchise sales goals along the way. The brand saw a revenue jump of 77.8% in Q3 of 2021 versus Q3 of 2020, with sales rising 76.3% year-to-date,…
The Modern Pool Service Industry
After almost two years of utter COVID chaos in the world, it’s time to look beyond the pandemic toward the future for the pool service industry. “Pool service is pretty resilient, no matter the conditions,” says David Hawes, president and CEO of H&H Pools in Dublin, California. Growth, he adds, is inevitable over the next…
The Price is Right
For many pool service professionals, the question of whether to raise prices can be tricky. The biggest concern, of course, is losing customers, especially if the company operates in a competitive market. Unlike building a pool, where the rising cost of materials is more readily apparent, raising service prices may not be palatable for customers….