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Common Website Cybersecurity Mistakes Small Businesses Make
A large and scary number of small businesses don’t think they need to worry at all about cybersecurity on their websites. Are...
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Taking a Deep Dive Into Financial Planning
It’s time for some real talk about the business side of septic services. You're great at installing and maintaining onsite systems, but...
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How to Manage a Customer Data Breach
It’s virtually impossible to run a small business in 2024 without maintaining a volume of sensitive customer data. Most notably, home service...
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Dwindling Disposal Options, Forever Chemicals Hot Topics in New Hampshire
Name and title or job description: Raymond Bellemore II, Owner
Business name and location: Souhegan Septic Tank Service, Amherst, New HampshireServices we offer: We...
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How to Identify the Leader Among Your Pumping Crew
Few things will doom a project faster than poor leadership. Without a respected captain at the helm, teams can easily be riven...
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When You Drive Hours to Get to a Job, You Better Build Equipment That Will Keep On Trucking
Providing efficient septic, portable sanitation and sewer cleaning service poses many challenges for Ray and Stephanie Purcell, owners of Dumas Pumping Service...
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Breaking the Mental Health Stigma
Discussing mental health has always been a bit taboo in the U.S. and especially so in construction-related industries. Then, the pandemic happened.
Getting...
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Family Roots Drive Success for Austin's Pumping Service in Strafford, Missouri
It was his family that convinced Douglas Hurrelbrink to launch Austin’s Pumping Service in Strafford, Missouri, in 2010.
His brother-in-law, Jack Crow, had...
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Secrets for Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent at Every Level
According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data from April 2024, the number of job openings in the construction industry dipped nearly 7% over...
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The Factors of Business Marketing You Can and Cannot Control
We all have “one of those customers” who talks over what you are saying and doesn’t want to listen to any of...
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When Is the Employer On the Hook For a Workers’ Comp Claim?
To run a successful operation, employers must safeguard their greatest asset — their employees.
The unpredictability of accidents and injuries in the workplace...
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Is Providing Feedback to Your Crew Becoming Problematic?
Few people will question the importance of accountability in the workplace. Establishing it, however, is an entirely different matter.
But Scott Robley suggests...
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10 Years Later, Douglas Hurrelbrink Is Confident About Handling the Hoses
Douglas Hurrelbrink has learned many lessons about running a pumping company over the last 10 years since Pumper first featured his company,...
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7 Business Books Every Leader Should Read
When you’re running a small business, it may be difficult to find the time or the bandwidth to sit down with a...
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How AI Tools Can Prevent Your Business From Losing Customer Leads
We have seen an uptick in businesses wanting add-on services.
They are looking into new products and new services that complement what they...
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Rules & Regs: Septic System Overuse Discussed in Wilmington, New York
Changes to Wilmington, New York’s land use code regarding short-term rentals are being considered, reported the Lake Placid News.
Section 3J requires a...











