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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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Business Tips

10 tips on growing your pool business from Pool Monopoly’s Ryan Flannery

Ryan Flannery from Pool Monopoly has lots of great ideas on how pool pros can leverage online marketing to grow their business. He stopped by the Between Two Stops podcast to share 10 of them with hostess Niki Acosta. 
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Best Practices
Business Tips

How to compete on value for maximum profit

Pricing alone won’t win you loyal customers. Skimmer’s Niki Acosta and sales expert Steve Hasenmueller share how pool pros can shift from competing on price to delivering real value. Learn practical strategies to build trust, stand out from the competition, and grow a more profitable business.
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Business Tips

Hire, train, retain: Building rockstar pool service teams with Kyle Peter

Kyle Peter of Nevergreen Pools shares practical strategies for hiring, training, and retaining top talent in the pool service industry. From sourcing candidates to using KPIs for team performance, it offers actionable tips to help pool pros build strong, scalable teams.
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Billing & Payments
Business Tips

How to turn QuickBooks into a secret superpower for your pool business

This blog post is a summary of a Between Two Stops episode co-hosted by Niki Acosta and accounting expert Sharon Burch.
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Industry News

Skimmer Announces Public API to Support Custom Enterprise Workflows

Skimmer has announced the availability of its new public API, designed to support enterprise customers who want to integrate Skimmer more deeply into their operational tech stacks.
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Pool Service Software

Why better scheduling might be your key to growth: A guide for pool service pros

Better scheduling is key to growing a pool service business beyond 100+ accounts. Skimmer’s suite of recurring tools helps pros streamline operations, reduce manual work, and ensure consistent, high-quality service.
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Billing & Payments
Pool Service Software

10 easy ways to get even more out of Skimmer

Read on for 10 super quick tips to get the most out of Skimmer this busy season.
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