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What is SWOT Analysis?
As a business owner, when you start making plans for the coming year, it’s important to step back and take a long,...
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Contractors Share Equipment Fleet Management Best Practices
At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 earlier this year, a panel discussion was held on fleet management. Here, four contractors involved in the panel discuss...
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7 Overlooked Safety Issues for Installers
Your tailgate safety meetings probably focus mainly on the major hazards involved with septic installation work like operating heavy equipment and trench...
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Making a Case for Workplace Candor
Most people are told at an early age that if they have nothing nice to say, they should say nothing at all....
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Taking Care of Drip Distribution Systems
A drip dispersal system is a small-diameter pressurized effluent distribution system that can deliver small, precise doses of effluent to the soil...
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Understanding What Motivates Your Workers
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once observed that the only thing that is constant is change. That’s particularly true in today’s business world,...
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Reuse of Dry Excavation Spoils Can Save Your Clients Money
When Bradley Tanks Inc. in Danville, California, bought its first Dino Series suction-excavation truck from Germany-based MTS GmbH, company officials were curious...
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All the Steps You Need to Know for Accurate Wastewater Sampling
Taking wastewater samples from a septic system is an important task regularly performed by service providers, operators and maintainers along with designers...
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Turn Your Drivers Into a Portable Restroom Sales Force
Roy Baring encourages his drivers to present an image of professionalism and efficiency to the customers of Tex-San Site Services of San...
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Your Employee Just Asked for a Raise. What’s Next?
Years ago, I got fired over problems that arose regarding an employee’s raise. So I may care a little more about what you should...
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Protecting Your Brand With Trademark, Patent and Copyright Law
Your company’s trademark is its brand name. You’ve worked hard to establish your brand, so how can you protect it from infringement?
Gary...
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Why There's Value in Pumping Trade Associations
Paul Lawrence joined the Michigan Septic Tank Association shortly after starting his business, All American Septic Service, in Michigan, in 1991. It’s...
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The Best Landscaping Options For Septic Drainfields
There are countless lists of plants suggested for septic fields. This is not a comprehensive list, just a list of commonly used...
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How to Clean and Maintain Aerobic Treatment Units
There are potentially two or three compartments of an ATU that will need cleaning at some point. With some units these compartments...
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Make Flat-Rate Pricing Work for Your Business
Switching your pumping business from a time-and-materials rate structure to flat-rate pricing is a big jump that will ultimately affect your bottom...
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Tips for Proper Effluent Screen Cleaning
An effluent screen requires regular maintenance and must be periodically checked. The need to clean a screen should not be considered an...
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Keep Employee Engagement High
Employee engagement is always one of the biggest issues facing employers. As well it should be: Studies consistently show that disengaged workers...
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How Leaders Can Improve Workplace Communication
There are many problems that can be solved through better communication. Teams that communicate well together tend to be more productive and find...

























