Entries Tagged Business

The topic for this month’s At Your Service column by Jeff and Terri Wigley was inspired by years of conversations I’ve had...

Question: The federal minimum wage will be increasing at some point soon and we are wondering how to address this with our employees...

Everyone has the potential to be an industry leader. These leaders are the ones who transform the world — who disrupt their industry...

Your sales and promotional messages must link to where your potential portable sanitation customers are in their decision-making process. There are five...

Question: I have heard that the SBDC is good business resource, but what exactly do they do and how would I contact this...

Company simplifies routing and invoicing Problem:  Crazy Mountain Industries, a septic and portable restroom service company in Livingston, Montana, sought a solution that would...

Portable sanitation companies and their crews know safety is important. But unfortunately, this critical aspect of employee training is not always top-of-mind...

Question: What specific areas of their business could PROs outsource to others? Answer: We all cannot be experts in every aspect that is required to...

Do you accept Bitcoin? Probably not. Few septic services companies take groundbreaking forms of currency, and that’s OK. However, customers do expect various payment options. If...

Have you ever learned through the grapevine that one of your employees was looking around for another job? How did you react...

Across the nation, COVID-19 vaccinations are being distributed slowly but surely, with the promise of wider vaccine availability in the months to...

It used to be that the only advertising methods for service-based businesses were local newspaper slots, radio commercials, or, if you had...

Anyone in a family business knows that according to many statistics, the chance of the business surviving declines with each handoff to...

Jeff Pederson started his portable sanitation business in 2017 when he was 24. He had no college education, no trade school background,...