Entry 288165Recently I was talking to a small-business owner and friend when the topic of volunteer time off, or VTO, came up....
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Holiday Parades Are a Fun Way to Promote Your Company
The Fourth of July is one of handful of holiday parade opportunities for your septic pumping or portable restroom company. There’s nothing like...
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The Thrill of Flying Mud and Roaring Engines
There’s nothing that unwinds Josh Campbell more than the distinctive Johnny Pop putt-putt sound of an old two-cylinder John Deere tractor and...
Felling Trailers holds sixth annual Trailer for a Cause Auction
Felling Trailers held its sixth annual online auction of an FT-3 drop-deck utility trailer to benefit a nonprofit organization. For 2018, Minnesota...
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Finding Ways to Give Back to Your Community
“We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give.”
Winston Churchill knew what he was...
Infiltrator Water Technologies works with Habitat for Humanity
Members of the Infiltrator Water Technologies team joined Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Connecticut to help in the early renovation stages of...
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Site Evaluators Team Up With Habitat for Humanity
When the Maine Association of Site Evaluators was looking for a way to celebrate SepticSmart Week in late September, they found an altruistic...
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Simple Sells in This Year’s Crop of Classy Trucks
Our Classy Truck feature is typically one indicator of trends in wastewater work trucks. The 18 trucks chosen for publication in our...
Infiltrator Water Technologies partners with Habitat for Humanity
Infiltrator Water Technologies has partnered with Habitat for Humanity and will donate 50 septic systems to local Habitat for Humanity organizations throughout...
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Joining a Service Club Can Boost Your Business
Service clubs have gained a bit of a reputation for being old and stuffy. But don’t write off this great American tradition...
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Dream Big, Start Small
“Dream Big, Start Small” is the slogan used by the Small Business Administration during its yearly National Small Business Week, this year...
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Building Relationships Can Boost Your Pumping Business
Maybe you have heard the term “community relations” and shrugged it off as a buzzword. Or maybe you see community relations management (CRM) as...
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Encourage Customers to Participate in Giving Tuesday – And Look Classy Doing It
Are you horrified by those images of mayhem as people seem to completely lose it during the Black Friday, post-Thanksgiving Day sales?Giving...
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6 Benefits of Joining a Business Association
It’s easy to get lost in the daily grind and view your business as a lone ranger in a vast landscape, but...














