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Pumper: What else should pumpers consider when setting prices? Sjofors: Businesses need to vary prices to fit different circumstances that boost costs....

Pumper: How do you deal with a newcomer who undercuts the competition on price?Sjofors: Price wars are always a mistake. When one...

Pumper: What else can pumpers do to determine prices? Sjofors: You need to understand the demand curve of your client base. One...

Pumper: So how do people go about figuring out a proper price? Sjofors: The first thing people need to do is figure...

A few readers have said recently that they received a lot of sound advice in a past Pumper Interview story we did...

New Jersey-based Wastewater Eco-Charities, formed last October, has announced a plan to help low-income homeowners – including senior citizens, veterans and the...

Many small business owners, when asked how they got where they are today, will say, “Because I had a great mentor.” Will...

When the economy soured beginning with the collapse of the financial industry in 2008, Williamston, N.C.-based Bennie A. Moore Septic Tank Service...

The new FL Series of submersible effluent pumps from Liberty Pumps offer higher head capacity, better motor protection, increased durability and easier...

Often, a time-consuming and physically demanding part of a service technician’s job comes before he even fires up the vacuum pump: uncovering...

Beginning this fall, state associations can book the National Association of Wastewater Transporters one-day, eight-hour traveling waste treatment course for their annual...

Huge numbers of Americans approaching retirement age have not saved nearly enough for their later years. The Federal Reserve reports that Americans...

For more than 20 years, pumpers and installers have popped the lids on precast tanks to occasionally find eroded outlet baffles, a...

Dear Editor:My husband and I owned a pumping business for over 20 years. He recently passed away, but he always felt he...

The economy may be improving — inching upward by degrees — but employee moods may not be following the trend. With a...

MSA Offers Workman Tripod The Workman tripod from MSA is designed for confined space entry and features an internal leg-locking mechanism, maximum...

As a septic service contractor, I’m sure there’s been countless cases where you flipped the lid and found more than you bargained...

Rietsema is SJE-Rhombus Distributor Sales Manager SJE-Rhombus has promoted Scott Rietsema to distributor sales manager for the United States and Canada. Rietsema...