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Trade-Show Networking Might Just Help You Build the Next Classy Truck
The importance of networking at trade shows is difficult to overestimate. Just ask Wayne Borsuk, whose Classy Truck is largely indebted to...
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Earn Customer Trust With a Credible Website
Entry 288711Trust is an invaluable commodity for any business owner. Simply put, you won’t have any customers if people don’t trust you...
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10 Common Responses You Should Never Utter to Employees
Entry 288714We all overuse certain words and phrases. Myself definitely included: I’m guilty of ending sentences with “... so ...” when I’m...
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How to Handle a Good Employee Quitting
Entry 288717We often spend more time with our work family than our real family. I use the word “family” because we end...
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How to Beat Lower-Priced Competitors at the Estimate Game
Has this ever happened to you? You go to a prospect’s home to look at a potential job, and during the conversation, the...
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Should You Add Marijuana Guidelines to Your Employee Handbook?
Thirty states have legalized medical marijuana and nine of those have also legalized it for recreational use. This has caused confusion for...
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Roll-Off Dewatering Boxes Offer Advantage in Grease Trap Disposal Market
Neal Bennett is a pretty resourceful businessman, as reflected in his ability to build out his own vacuum trucks and successfully diversify...
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Weekly Flush: Professor Fights Septic Cartel With Competition-Driving App
Apparently in Dakar, Senegal, the septic system services industry is run as a cartel, and an associate professor out of the University...
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Satellite Women's Conference for Portable Sanitation Industry Set Oct. 15-16
Satellite Industries and PolyPortables, a division of Satellite, is announcing a new conference for members of the portable sanitation industry. The inaugural...
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This Shiny Machine Demands Customer Recognition
Bill Gilpin Jr. of Gilpin Septic Service in Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts, says keeping his steel tank clean is the key to recognition...
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3 Ways to Satisfy a Disgruntled Caller and Get Off the Phone
Telephone customer service may look easy, but until you’re responsible for navigating the world of tough calls, it’s difficult to appreciate the...
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Hero 12-Year-Old Revives Baby Brother After Septic Tank Fall
A 12-year-old girl recently used CPR to revive her 2-year-old brother after he was discovered unresponsive in a septic tank in Edgewood,...
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Industry News: August 2018
Wastequip names new chief information officerMike Marchetti has been named the new chief information officer for Wastequip. In this role, Marchetti will...
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Another Product That Could Harm Septic Systems
Bath bombs are hard-packed mixtures of dry ingredients that effervesce when wet. They are used to add essential oils, scent, bubbles and color...
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Excavator and Dump Truck Are Game-Changers for JCL Septic Service
When JCL Septic Service of Bennington, New Hampshire, formed in 2011, partners Jon Charlonne and Cory Lawrence had to rent all the...
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How to Choose the Right Equipment for Site Surveys
A number of different types of equipment are available with a range of cost and strength to determine elevation differences and establish...
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Michigan Finally Proposes Statewide Sanitary Code
After a few months of speculation, a proposal to give Michigan a statewide sanitary code is now in the Legislature.
House bills 5752...
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How to Determine Relative Elevation in a Septic System Inspection
If you are inspecting a system for a real estate transfer or troubleshooting a problem, it is important to know that the...




















