The Ebola virus has now hit a few Americans, and concern is spreading among citizens. As onsite wastewater and septic pumping professionals,...
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Are You Listening to Your Field Technicians?
It’s easy to bark orders or tell people how they ought to be doing their job. Real listening, on the other hand,...
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Help Employees Embrace Changes In The Workplace
Is your company rolling out a major change? Restructures, mergers, new systems and new business lines are the norm as companies move...
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Do Your Drivers Make Left Turns?
When you’re at your busiest, you need to be at the height of service route optimization.If your service technicians head out in...
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Storm Season: 6 Ways to Save Your Portable Toilet Business
When the word goes out that a hurricane, tornado, flood or other natural disaster is headed your way, what can you do...
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Last Call! Best Industry Trade Show Needs Your Help
We need portable restroom and septic pumping professionals! Plans are moving full-speed ahead for Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) show...
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What’s an Accordion Business?
Everyone is a potential client. That means it’s vital to build solid relationships with everyone from salespeople to homeowners to real estate...
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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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Change Your Ways
The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield won popularity with the catchphrase “I get no respect.” But it’s no laughing matter when you’re the...
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Are You Prepared to Fire an Employee?
Nobody likes to be fired, and very few of us enjoy firing others. Nevertheless, there are times in which this most definitive...
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$15 Minimum Wage Breaks Records
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a $15 minimum wage — the highest big-city minimum wage in the U.S. — for workers...
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Business Owners Explore Exemptions, Exceptions & Consequences Surrounding Fair Labor Standards Act
It’s not an uncommon belief: If you put your employees on salary, you won’t have to pay overtime. Like a lot of...
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How To Hire Exceptional Employees
Small business owners sometimes feel like they have to do it all. They feel compelled to devote every waking hour to handling...
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Septic Service and Drain Cleaning Jobs Projected to Increase 26 Percent
Infrastructure jobs, including septic tank contractors and sewer pipe cleaners, are on the rise. A new report from Brookings.edu estimates that septic...















