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Lock in best airfare, hotel and show rates by making your arrangements for the 2018 International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo™ (PSP Expo) now. Check out the PSP travel site for more information. You'll save on show registration when you register by their Sept. 14 early bird deadline. As you make your plans, don't forget to include: APSP's WAVE Young Professionals Network Reception, APSP University Education, APSP University Sessions and APSP University On-Site Demonstrations. We look forward to seeing you this fall in Vegas!
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Attention all APSP Chapter Leaders! We want you at this fall's APSP Chapter Forum. Happening on November 1 from 3-5 p.m. in Islander D at the 2018 International Pool | Spa| Patio Expo™ (PSP Expo), it's the place you'll want to be. This year’s forum will be very different from those in the past. Come and meet Bob Blanda, newly appointed special Board Liaison for Chapter Growth and Development, and Larry Caniglia APSP President and CEO. We are planning an open and candid discussion to hear what APSP can do to help your chapter succeed and to present plans APSP has in the works to do just that. The event is free but we ask that you send in your RSVP by October 8 to Lorna Watkins at lwatkins@apsp.org.
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APSP welcomes Truebite, Inc. as a new member! Since 1985, they have been creatively solving issues before they become problems. Today, Truebite, Inc. has added a new division and is changing the way the swimming pool industry can service their clients, it does more than just remove water. Their new and innovative product Roll-n-Vac Industrial Extractor is saving companies time and money while cutting the risk of employee injury. Designed around the swimming pool industry, Roll-n-Vac is extremely fast at removing water.
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Aqua Magazine
To the unskilled outsider, working as a pool and spa professional might look easy. In their eyes, there’s only so much that needs to be done when installing equipment and maintaining aquatic recreational settings. Indeed, when a pool and spa professional is doing their work right, the consumer enjoys the water without care.
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Inc.
How to avoid the 3 most common new manager mistakes
You're suddenly responsible for the career trajectories of people who aren't yourself. And with that comes new a set of responsibilities, perspectives and skills. It's no small task, and without being mindful of common mistakes, it's easy to mishandle. I take pride in being a good manager. I focus a lot of my attention on managing my direct reports and think effective management is the most important aspect of my job. But managing didn't always come naturally to me and I've made my fair share of mistakes along the way.
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APSP Fact Sheet
In many areas of the United States (and Canada), Fall brings an end to the swimming season as temperatures drop. The swimming pool industry for years has faced the challenge of dealing with freezing temperatures that can damage equipment, interior finishes, plumbing, tile, and structures. The focus of this fact sheet is to look at the key elements that go into winterizing an in-ground pool to minimize and prevent both physical and chemical damage to components of the pool.
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APSP
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APSP Expo Education Deadlines and PPSO Instructor Courses:
APSP University Expo Course Registration Deadline | October 12
PPSO Instructor Courses | View Courses
24/7/365 Online Education:
PSCC Pool & Spa Construction Course (24 CEUs)
CST Certified Pool & Spa Service Technician (24 CEUs)
CMS Certified Pool & Spa Maintenance Specialist (24 CEUs)
CHTT Certified Pool & Spa Hot Tub Technician (24 CEUs)
PPSO Professional Pool & Spa Operator (12 CEUs)
Improving Your Bottom Line Using Project Management (24 CEUs)
Cracking the CBP Exam (2 CEUs)
Cracking the CST Exam (2 CEUs)
Cracking the CMS Exam (2 CEUs)
Pool & Spa Inspection Seminar (3 CEUs)
Service Industry News
As a pool service professional, telling customers that you do not vacuum pools isn’t likely to win a lot of extra business. But the fact is, effective, efficient pool service often does not include vacuuming anymore. It depends on the pool and location, of course, but today's automatic pool cleaners have largely removed vacuuming from part of a service professional's job description.
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Pool and Spa News
It's like Ring, but for swimming pools. That's the idea behind Morningstar SOS. Similar to how Ring, the camera-equipped doorbell, notifies homeowners when someone comes to their doorstep, Morningstar SOS lets you know when unscheduled activity happens around the pool.
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By Emma Fitzpatrick
 How much time do you think you spend each day driving people to your website? Contemplate all the planning, writing, editing and posting you do for your email marketing, social media posts, search engine optimization/marketing, content marketing, and…you get the point. But for the average business, nearly 70 percent of shoppers leave the website because of a basic problem with your website’s design or functionality, found a new study from Corra. In order for your marketing efforts to pay off, you need to make sure your website isn’t getting in your way.
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By Bill Becken
 Apple reached a milestone recently when it became the world’s first trillion-dollar company. It helped that, during its more than 40-year history, it has introduced some incredible innovations and products, most cannily directed at and designed for the end user. But a somewhat recent one, Apple Pay, also took aim at the retail and commercial markets, this time through mobile phone payments. There is no doubt mobile payments will continue to find more users in a retail context. But despite all the innovation in this area, smartphone payments, it seems, remain in their infancy.
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| SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT |
By Hank Boyer
 Being a first-time manager or supervisor can be a very scary time, indeed. The confidence you had in performing every facet of the job as one of the team now seems to abandon you as you ready yourself for your first day as the new supervisor. A little pep talk with yourself in the car on the way to work settles things a bit. But now, as you enter the department, it seems as if every eye is on you, expecting. You smile and warmly greet your team, though your mouth feels as dry as a cotton ball.
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By Lisa Mulcahy
 When trying to land a new client, close a sale, or win approval for a new project, selling your idea factually is, of course, your first priority. Yet, you also know it's crucial never to lose focus of the human element of connection — finding just the right way to convince the person in front of you that doing business with you will be beneficial, and will be a pleasure as well. This is where mastering the skill of positive persuasion comes in.
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Manufacturing.net
Why is there such a rush towards a blockchain-enabled future and what value can it drive in manufacturing? It helps to first establish exactly what blockchain technology is.
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IEEE Spectrum
Manufacturing today relies on a broad spectrum of machinery technology, including tried-and-true equipment that has been used in mass production for a century or more, as well as innovative tools at the cutting edge.
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| SHAREABLE CONTENT OF THE WEEK |
Curbed
These days, there's a backyard retreat for just about every creative endeavor. Architectural hideouts, tiny writing cabins, sewing studios &mdahs; all it takes is a hobby (or job) and some extra green space and you’ve got yourself the makings of a proper "shoffice," an eye roll-worthy portmanteau that refers to rather practical shed-like offices. This impressive backyard shed in Seattle is further proof of the trend.
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