Maybe you recently noticed your competitors are adding services and picking up more new contracts than you. Or maybe customers have been asking you to provide fencing or roll-off containers at an event in addition to portable restrooms. Whatever your reasons for exploring service diversification, there are a multitude of resources to help you navigate the process. Here are some articles from PROmonthly.com to get started:
1. Growing Up by Adding Services
Adding services can boost profits but, like anything else in business, it takes careful planning.
2. Building New Revenue Streams
You’ve decided to add new services to your business. Now, how do you determine what services make the most sense for your market?
Can diversifying your business offerings help you weather economic storms? Portable restroom operators offer their hot takes looking back at the Great Recession.
4. Construction Booms Are a Boon for PROs
With careful consideration, construction booms can facilitate new on site services for your portable restroom business.
5. Developing One-Stop-Shop Services
Some PROs stick to the basics — restrooms, hand-wash stations, sanitizer — while others seek to become a catchall for site services. Read on to find out how your operation can grow into the one-stop shop of choice.
Fencing and barricades are popular offerings when adding site services to a portable restroom business. This article breaks down several fencing options on tap from industry manufacturers.
7. What Else Can We Do for You?
Construction site services can be a great upsell for portable sanitation and vice versa. Service diversification can help you stay competitive, but it’s important to stay focused on providing quality sanitation services.
A few diversification success stories, too
• 81-year-old Jay Faubel’s Best Business Advice: Ask Your Clients What They Need and Give It to Them
With more than 60 years’ experience in the portable sanitation industry, Jay Faubel knows the value of business diversification. Read more to see how Faubel’s AAA Quality Services successfully balances the array of customer needs.
• Reach for Success in the Construction Zone
Portable Toilets of Fayetteville in North Carolina found success by bundling services for the construction industry. Find out how the company makes it work in this profile.
• Louisiana’s Workbox LLC Builds Site Service Business by Adding Portable Sanitation
Workbox LLC started life as a site services provider, but the addition of portable sanitation services really helped the business take off. Portable restrooms now make up a third of the company’s revenue; read more to find out if the same move would benefit your site services business.
