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Adapting Your Business for the New Normal
The shifting reality of society is changing business practices across the nation. For plumbers, drain cleaners, relining professionals and anyone providing home...
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Is It Time to Cut a Few Customers Loose?
Entry 287486Few businesses truly understand the actual profits generated by individual sales. Most metrics for sales effectiveness are monitored by reviewing top-line...
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Top Tips for Equipment Purchasing in a New Taxing Environment
Equipment is one of the most important factors in smooth operation of a pumping business, and the question of how to pay...
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Septic System Bad Ideas Ripped From the Headlines
Entry 287568On any given day, my editor’s email box is chock full of random advice about septic tank pumping and alerts about dubious...
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The Pros and Cons of Field Service Management Software
There is an app for everything, including your septic services or portable restroom business. Field service management (FSM) software is practically a one-stop...
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Five Tips to Quickly Convert Invoices Into Cash
Entry 287809Cash flow is the lifeblood of your wastewater business. A hefty balance of accounts receivable might feel like it’s money in...
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Are You Ready to Play Demons for Dollars?
It’s October, the time of the year when we flock to haunted houses, tell scary stories and work up creepy costumes for...
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How Another Business Going Bankrupt Can Affect You
Your business is humming along when one day you get the news that a key supplier — or perhaps one of your...
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What’s Your Biggest Money-Wasting Story?
Entry 288168Operating a successful business requires astute money management. Yet all business leaders can pinpoint a time in their career when they...
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6 Alternative Lending Options for Small-Business Owners
No two businesses are exactly the same, and yet there are a few things that every business needs in order to function....
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Providing Efficient Health Insurance Options Is Not an Impossible Dream
After working on his own as an independent health care insurance broker for several years, Ryan recently took a job with a...
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Can You Make Money With Your Cash Reserves?
Entry 288360If your finances are strong, you’re holding three to six months of cash — perhaps more — to make sure you...
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Careful Budgeting of Both Time and Money Generates Marketing Success
Deciding where and how to promote your septic pumping business can be overwhelming. There are thousands of marketing opportunities, and no one has...













