Question: As we begin a New Year, we would like some suggestions to encourage a higher rate of PPE usage in our company....
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There Are No Excuses for Ignoring Safety Gear
Entries Tagged Education/Training
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Let’s Start 2022 With Safety at the Forefront
We all want to start the new year out on the right foot. And coinci-dentally, two of the stories in this issue...
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No Matter Your Age, Get a Retirement Plan Going and Stick To It!
Question: I am coming up to retirement age soon. Jeff and Terri, can you share your thought process when you decided to sell...
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Register for the 2022 WWETT Show Now
Registration for the 2022 WWETT Show in Indianapolis is now open. The WWETT Show is the trade show event for wastewater, water and...
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Learn the Secret to Selling Real Value Over Low Price
How many times do you hear, “The customer only cares about the price?” Many small-business owners say they hear it all the...
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Product Focus - November 2021
Slide-In Units
American Tank 400-Gallon Service Unit
The 400-Gallon Service Unit from American Tank has a 300-gallon waste/100-gallon freshwater tank designed to back up to the headache rack on...
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It’s Time to Swing Into Action With a Year-End Collections Plan
Question: With year-end approaching, what are some effective strategies to collect delinquent accounts receivable?
Answer: For most PROs, as the special event season comes to...
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Vandals Say, “Catch Me If You Can!” … And Jason Starr Does
When Jason Starr’s grandmother, Martha Starr, age 90, called him “the firecracker,” she wasn’t kidding around. The 44-year-old owner of Starr Portables...
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Changes Are on the Horizon for This Portable Restroom Trade Group
By the time you read this article, I will no longer be the staff leader at the Portable Sanitation Association International.
The...
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Big-Spending Customers Demand Fresh and Clean Restroom Trailers
Question: We would like to establish a restroom trailer maintenance program. We have processes and procedures for our restroom units, and we need...
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7 Post-Pandemic Questions You Want to Hear Customers Ask
It’s been a hectic year for portable restroom operators. When it started, the world was still in lockdown from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T. It’s the Key to Employee Happiness and Retention
Many companies invest heavily to improve the customer experience but sideline employees who are responsible for delivering that experience. What some business...
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Protecting the Motoring Public Should Be Safety Job No. 1
Question: Our fall special event season will be busier than usual since spring events have been rescheduled to the fall as well. With...
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Join Us for a Return Engagement
Recently I was reminded of a series of day-in-the-life videos we produced a decade ago with Gretchen Menard, a portable restroom contractor...
