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| Seth Ewing Joins APSP Staff
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APSP
We are pleased to announce Seth Ewing as APSP’s new director of membership and business development. Seth, and avid swimmer and former runner, comes to APSP from the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors, where he served as the assistant vice president of business development and strategic partnerships. He will be responsible for the overall strategy, planning and implementation of activities to promote membership retention and growth and business development strategies including sponsorship. He earned his BA from Longwood University and resides in Virginia with his wife and 8-week-old son.
With over 16 years of nonprofit experience, we look forward to him elevating your member service experience. You can email Seth or reach him at 703.838.0083 ext. 159.
APSP
To help you better understand what proposed legislation and regulations mean for you and your business, APSP reports on bills that affect the pool and spa industry as they are filed. Members also receive email alerts on any proposed rules affecting the pool, spa or hot tub industry in their area. These three states need your immediate attention.
Florida — Building Codes and Public Pool Rule
Maryland — Public Pool Application Fee
Oregon — Amendments to Residential Entergy Tax Credit Rules
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Top 10 Designated Market Areas: Residential inground pool installed base, 2015
| APSP Yearbook a valuable tool for expansion
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APSP
Are you looking to expand? Find the right location, using APSP's 2015 YEARBOOK. For just $299, you'll get thousands of dollars of research you can use to quickly identify important growth areas. Order your copy today by emailing your APSP Account Representative or call 703.838.0083 ext. 301.
| Earn 24 CEUs in Las Vegas this fall
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APSP
Earn your CBP Certified Building Professional certification designation this September 16-17 at Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. For just $899, members receive: The Pool & Spa Construction Course (Online Self-Paced Course), Cracking the CBP Exam (Online Self-Paced Course), The APSP Builders Manual and Workbook, the APSP CBP Prep Course and Exam Fee and will get continental breakfast and lunch. Attendees will earn 24 CEUs that they can apply toward earning or renewing their APSP certification. Share this course flyer with others that might be interested. Register today by emailing your APSP Account Representative or call 703.838.0083 ext. 301.
APSP
Ensure that your company has a prosperous summer by offering your customers consumer financing. Through our relationship with Prosper, we’re able to offer members the ability to provide their customers with easy, low cost financing for their hot tub or swimming pool purchase or renovation. For more information visit APSPFinancing.com or download the Frequently Asked Questions.
APSP
Throughout the year, the APSP Georgia Chapter is very active giving back to their community and providing local education. Whether they are donating their time, talent or knowledge they are always working toward industry excellence. If you’re in Georgia, we recommend that you get involved. It's a great way to give back, make invaluable local connections and make a difference. Get started by emailing Tracie Maxhimer.
Here are some great things they are doing:
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APSP
Are you looking for a way to make an impact on your industry? Make your voice heard by joining an APSP Council. If you're a service professional, think about joining our Service Council. Comprised of six dedicated industry professionals, this group is critical to helping APSP identify and service member needs. They work towards creating industry awareness through education and training.
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Digital Trends
WhiteClouds, a 3-D-printing company, collaborated on what it says is the first swimming pool constructed from 3-D plans. The project was for Cutting Edge Pools, which tapped WhiteClouds to show a client what to expect from a customized pool design for their Ogden, Utah, home. The goal of the model was to display the finished product — prior to actual construction.
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Aqua Magazine
Although it's difficult to quantify in specific numeric terms, few would question the notion that fire features have enjoyed a long period of sustained growth in the pool business. Once considered exotic, poolside fire is now a common addition to a project.
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PYMNTS
According to emerging reports, Google is moving to make it easier for retailers and travel firms to promote themselves using better connection of search results to appropriate advertisements through its Shopping Showcase format. Shopping Showcase ads look for broader search terms where users are more likely to want to see a variety of items as opposed to one specific unit. Google is giving more tools to retail and travel businesses hoping to promote themselves through search results and ads.
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Retailing Today
A lot of attention has been paid to the impact of mobile wallets in the payment technology arena. However, other technologies are also emerging to make payment, among other shopping activities, easier and more efficient. For example, 1-800-Flowers.com is partnering with Amazon.com to make the digital ordering process (including processing and payment) even easier.
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| SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT |
By D. Albert Brannen
 The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division recently disclosed the details of its final revised regulations relating to certain "white collar" salary exemptions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. In brief, the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees is increasing to $47,476 annually, up from $23,660 per year. These new rules become effective Dec. 1. Unless these changes are postponed, by that time you must have done what is necessary to comply.
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By Paul Zukowski
 We all see the same government-supplied numbers on the U.S. economy each month — the jobs added, the unemployment rate, the Fed's interest rate. But what those numbers mean to your small business is often quite different from what they mean to the business next door, to Exxon or to the economy as a whole, especially in a presidential election year. Case in point: the massive surge of 287,000 jobs added in June.
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American Enterprise Institute
Think the days of U.S. manufacturing are numbered and that our nation's economy is becoming so-called service-based? Not so fast. In fact, U.S. manufacturing has been at the forefront of the nation's economic recovery with strong growth in output and employment, and a large part of the reason is an abundance of low-cost natural gas due to America's shale revolution.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Think of a factory and smokestacks come to mind. "Green" building isn't in the picture. But factories around the world are going green at a remarkable pace. Today, there are 500 million square feet of green factory space.
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