Carl Helt always expects Helt Plumbing crews to remove their shoes before entering customers’ homes.“We’ve built our hard-earned reputation by treating customers...
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All According to Plan
Take a look at this Diamond Environmental Services Septic Service company article featured 10 years ago in the April 2004 issue of...
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Dog Eat Dog: 3 Ways to Outsmart Ruthless Competition
Septic pumpers wear many hats and regularly juggle a lot of operational jobs, not the least of which is dealing with a...
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5 Reasons You’re Losing Special Events Clients
How do you build a successful relationship with special event customers? In today’s tech-savvy world, you might start with a simple “Like”...
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What’s Your Customer’s Pain Point?
The key to understanding why customers invest in your services is to stop talking at them. Instead, listen to what they’re saying....
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Help Wanted: Portable Sanitation Speakers Needed!
We need portable restroom professionals! The PSAI normally provides education for the portable sanitation attendees — however, they have declined to participate...
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Stake Your Turf: How To Define Service Areas
Successful portable restroom operators and liquid waste professionals reach a point where they need to decide how far to extend their service...
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7 Social Media Marketing Tips for Small Business Owners
Many companies are social media savvy, but social media marketing is still relatively new and unknown — and sufficiently time-consuming — that...
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Tips for Selling a New Service
New technologies continually evolve to make oilfield services more efficient. The biggest challenge for an entrepreneur who starts a business that provides...
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Scope of Services: Businesses Promote Professionalism & Client Clarification
Question: Why do I need a scope of services document?Answer: Over the years I have come in contact with a number of...
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Best Email Marketing Platforms for Small Businesses
Don’t let the advent of social media fool you: While businesses need to have a presence on sites such as Facebook and...
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Good, Bad and Ugly for PROs in Oilfields
When it comes to serving the oil and gas industry, all that glitters isn’t black gold. Yes, the profit potential can be...
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Dignity of the Septic Guy: Part Three
In part two of this series, we discussed the true product you bring to the table — the comfort that your customers...
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One-Employee, One-Truck Pumpers Discuss Vacation Planning Difficulties
This feature in Pumper reports noteworthy conversations that take place at the Pumper Discussion Forum, an online forum for industry professionals found...


















