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Service-based businesses thrive on delivering top-notch results to customers. Delivering bad news requires quite a different skill set.“Often, news is bad only...

You’ve made the commitment and begun building your portable restroom business. But now business has plateaued and sales are floundering. From customer...

When you perform a service for a customer, it’s obviously nice to get paid for that work as quickly as possible. Late...

“There is nothing more secure than land and a building.” Commercial real estate expert Dale Willerton says that is the bottom line...

Septic pumpers who are branching out into onsite installation and maintenance often work off the designs of others. As educators, we often...

It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind and view your business as a lone ranger in a vast landscape, but...

Soil erosion has been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the No. 1 source of water quality degradation/pollution. It becomes...

One of the principles established by our colleague Roger Machmeier at the University of Minnesota was that no matter what role you...

No matter how profitable your company, how many employees you have, or your legal status, your business is – for all practical...

Soil naturally treats and degrades organic matter, destroys pathogens, and acts as a filter to remove contaminants from water. Because the soil...

Whether you are replacing an outdated onsite system or installing a new one, removing vegetation or disturbing the soil increases the chances...

Launching a business can often seem like a make-or-break moment. Entrepreneurs feel as though their company has to make a splash, or...

“Advertising must generate more in business profit than it costs,” says Tom Egelhoff, president of Eagle Marketing and author of How To...

Vacuum truck buyers need to be as educated as possible, remembering the most cherished of all economic principles: You get what you...

One of the most difficult challenges that small-business owners face today is finding, recruiting and retaining new talent, yet few have a...

Some companies spend years developing their business — investing in equipment, systems, and people — and then expect the world to naturally...

If your business isn’t using cellphones, it’s probably time to rethink that. Whether you view them as a technological blessing or a...

One of the foundations of effective management is clarity in communication — and that includes clarity in explaining the expectations you’ve set...

A vacuum tank will hold vacuum without all the accessories. You can hook up a vacuum pump to a vacuum tank, evacuate...