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Business Tips

From Driver to Delegator: How to build a team of leaders

Learn how to shift from managing every detail to building a team of leaders who can run your pool business without you—and set the stage for long-term growth and freedom.
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Business Tips

How to build a valuable pool business with Casey Graham

Discover Casey Graham’s framework for growing a valuable pool business — from mindset shifts to the five key buckets that define lasting success.
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Business Tips

Three drivers that fuel real growth in the Small Team stage

At the Small Team stage, you’ve built a crew—but still carry the weight of the business. This article breaks down three powerful growth drivers that help pool pros move from daily chaos to real control: sales, recruiting, and training systems.
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Business Tips

Solopoolneurs and the leadership leap that changes everything

The post explains how many pool pros get stuck at the “Solopoolneur” stage of growth, and covers tangible steps to help you delegate, automate, and reclaim your time. From hiring part-time help and using software to outsourcing admin or calls to free up hours to focus on strategy and growth, read on for field-tested tips for growth.
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Pool Service Software

From quote to completion: Building a system that keeps big jobs on track

Turn complex repairs and installs into seamless, profitable jobs—with less paperwork, more control, and happier customers.
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Business Tips

Five No-Nonsense Pieces of Advice for Pool Pros from Casey Graham

Casey Graham has become an expert in growing pool businesses. He recently joined Skimmer on a webinar on how to build and run a successful (and profitable) pool service company, and shared some awesome advice for pool service owners.
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Business Tips

10 Insights on the Future of Pool Service: What’s Now, What’s Next, and How to Win

Private equity. High competition. Turnover. Technology. These are just a few of the hot topics currently buzzing around the pool service industry. The industry today looks vastly different than it did just a few years ago. So what does that mean for the future of pool service?
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Industry News

Where to find Skimmer: Pool & spa trade shows 2025–2026

Connect with Skimmer at pool and spa trade shows across the US.
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Business Tips
Best Practices

Five Lessons on Breaking Growth Barriers with Kyle Peter of Nevergreen Pools

In 2018, Kyle Peter’s pool service company had 12 recurring customers. By 2023, it had 600. Today, Nevergreen Pools services 1,300 pools a month. You could say that Kyle knows a thing or two about breaking through growth barriers.
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Industry News

Skimmer Ranks in the Top 1000 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 500 Percent, This Marks Skimmer’s 3rd Time on the List
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Industry News

Skimmer Announces Integration with LaMotte Spin Touch® for Seamless, Error-Free Water Testing

Skimmer has announced a new integration with LaMotte Spin Touch® photometers (models 3580–3582), bringing pool professionals a faster, smarter, and more accurate way to capture and record water test results in the field.
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Business Tips

Five lessons on building a pool company from scratch with Cool Pool People’s Todd Gustafson 

We chatted with Cool Pool People's Todd Gustafson about the biggest lessons he's learned while building the business.
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