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M.A. Frazier of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, has served the portable restroom market in Cape Cod for more than 30 years. Typically, two dozen...

You’ve worked hard to grow your business. Now it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

The Urban Dictionary describes ghosting as “the act of suddenly ceasing all communication with someone the subject is dating, but no longer...

United Site Services is a leading temporary site service provider with a national reach and local presence. USS buys customer-focused temporary site...

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that none of us can predict what tomorrow will bring.Lockdowns, economic unrest, countless...

Problem: Jason Painter owned a successful portable restroom rental business in South Carolina and determined it was best to sell his company...

Hiring is one of the biggest pain points for septic service companies. How do you find someone who takes the job as seriously as...

Have you ever dreaded having a conversation with an employee who wasn’t meeting performance expectations? If so, you are not alone. Most managers would agree...

There are two parts to a septic services or portable sanitation organization — the business office and the field staff. Each area is...

There’s a lot of emphasis these days on building a great workplace culture. Unfortunately, doing so is a lot like following through...

I had a discussion recently with a customer who was at a loss as he had received a request for a proposal...

In 2014 Marc Provenzano spent a couple of months working for a portable restroom company delivering restroom trailers to events. One night...

Leaders are often expected to have all the answers. Not only is this an expectation shared by many, it is regularly self-imposed....

Right now, we’re in the middle of a labor shortage. With more jobs than workers, companies are increasingly willing to hire anyone...

For many consumers, reading online reviews is now an ingrained step in their buying and hiring processes. Although home service businesses have...

Lindsey Greig always helped her father, Ken Novotny, as he built Gotta Go Portable Toilet Rentals of Winnipeg, Manitoba, into a company...

“I always seem to get customer complaints about how much I charge them for the work I do. My vendors say they...

You've heard the phrase, “time is money.” In a service industry, that is often true in a very literal way. We can...

When thieves stole one of Above All Sanitation’s portable restrooms along with its single-unit trailer, they didn’t realize there was a tracking...