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Joshua Brown

Joshua Brown

Joshua Brown heads the marketing department at Metropolitan Bath (Reading, MA), a showroom division of Metropolitan Pipe & Supply Co. The fifth generation of ownership of the Cambridge, MA-based. wholesale firm, he has worked in the plumbing supply business his whole life, starting out in the warehouse. To contact him, e-mail brojos@metpipe.com. For information on the company, visit www.metpipe.com.

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Clean it up

Organization is a key component to a company’s success.
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Joshua Brown
January 16, 2014
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In school, we were taught how to organize our belongings and create different ways to keep everything neat and clean. Despite this exhaustive teaching in our elementary schools, more of us forget about that either in our business or personal lives. If you look at my desk in the middle of the week you’d think a hurricane roared through. I’ve always believed there is a method to my madness, but there isn’t anything like the feeling of a freshly cleaned desk.


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Don’t be afraid to ask

In this line of work there are no dumb questions.
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Joshua Brown
August 19, 2013
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Everybody makes mistakes. There’s no two ways around it. At some point, we were the new person at our place of business.


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Verbal and electronic manners are important in the workplace

The importance of proper decorum.
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Joshua Brown
June 19, 2013
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I will never understand how people can treat each other with anything but dignity and respect in the work environment.
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Youthful perspective

Face-to-face interaction, proper training are critical.
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Joshua Brown
May 21, 2013
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It’s time to check in again with Generation Y. So, I interviewed a wholesaler (Stephen Smith, an inside salesperson right here at Metropolitan Pipe), a contractor (Jameson Buckley, assistant project manager for mechanical contractor Thomas G. Gallagher) and a manufacturers rep (Chris Gooding of David Gooding Co.) about experiences in their particular industry. 


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Who can see me?

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Joshua Brown
October 1, 2012
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Wholesalers have many social media options to choose from.
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Relationships

Face-to-face interaction will never lose its luster.
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Joshua Brown
September 1, 2012
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I was posed a question recently at the WANE Executive Leadership Conference in Baltimore about how important it is for face-to-face meetings with vendors and competitors in this digital age. The answers to this question ranged from once a year for manufacturers to once a month for vendor representatives.
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Understanding the future

Getting to know Generation Y can benefit your business in the long run.
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Joshua Brown
August 1, 2012
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Welcome Generation Y! That’s right everyone, Generation Y has infiltrated your companies and it’s about time that you start understanding it a little bit more.
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What's Happening?

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Joshua Brown
March 18, 2011
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Can Twitter help your company?
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The Lost Art Of Customer Feedback

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Joshua Brown
October 1, 2010
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Get honest opinions about your company to ensure your continued success.
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Leadership vs. Management

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Joshua Brown
January 1, 2010
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Not every leader can be a great manager and not every manager can lead.
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