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Episode 21  ·  Septic

How to Scale a Septic Business

I hire personalities over skill. I can teach the right person how to do the job but I cannot teach somebody to have a good attitude.


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Kyle KleinJohn Klein Septic Services
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How to Scale a Septic Business EP 21Septic

I hire personalities over skill. I can teach the right person how to do the job but I cannot teach somebody to have a good attitude.


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Kyle KleinJohn Klein Septic Services
How to Make a Grease Pumping Business Profitable EP 20Grease Trap Pumping

Routing is really where all the profit is made. I can give a deeper discount to a customer two blocks away than one who is 55 miles away.


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Dave GalbrethClearbrook
The Top Routing Mistakes PROs Make EP 19Portable Toilets

I have a very high level of expectation but a very high level of forgiveness. And most of that forgiveness falls on myself not on my drivers.


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Chad HowardHalftime Rentals
Save Thousands on Your Portable Toilet Business Insurance EP 18Portable Toilets

One wrong business classification and you could be paying tens of thousands more than you should. Most operators have no idea.


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TobyWisdom Insurance
How to Start a Grease Pumping Business EP 17Grease Trap Pumping

A porta potty is project based. Once the project ends, the customer leaves. In the grease business, you are coming back at least four times a year.


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OwnerGreasebusters Denver
2024 Benchmarks for Portable Restroom Rental Businesses EP 16Portable Toilets

If you are not doing a great job, there is always somebody behind you. If you do not answer the phone first, there is always somebody behind you.


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CandyBlulu Portable Restrooms
Tariffs, Trucks, and Portable Toilets EP 15Portable Toilets

I have seen people step in thinking this is a fast path to wealth. Then they find out the hard truth. This business rewards those who do it right.


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ChrisCaribou Services
How to Build a Brand and Market Your Portable Restroom Business EP 14Portable Toilets

Everybody poops, everybody pees. They are a necessity. So we decided to have a little fun with it.


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Matt VeterTushies
Portable Restroom Rental Event Season EP 13Portable Toilets

Do not ever underbid just to get the event. Know your costs, charge accordingly, make the profit you deserve.


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Wendy CrossServiceCore
Diversification Strategies That Boost Profits EP 12Portable Toilets

Customers who had a problem that was resolved were actually stickier than the ones who never had a problem at all.


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Damon PowellFMC Advisors
Hiring and Retaining Critical Roles EP 11Portable Toilets

We had employees who knocked it out of the park skill set wise but culture wise they were a cancer. Culture will eat skill set for lunch every day.


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Tim PeltzerWaste Solutions of Iowa
Tips on Reducing Overdue Invoices EP 10Portable Toilets

It is ten times more expensive to get a new customer than it is to keep the one you already have.


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Scott FisherA.R.M. Solutions
Brokers and Portable Sanitation EP 9Portable Toilets

Little things like whether you put the service address on the invoice become big factors. Clean invoices and consistent communication are what separate you.


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Chad FarleyZeters
NFL Veteran Starts a Porta Potty Business EP 8Portable Toilets

We talked to over a thousand owner operators. People were doing little to no advertising, no marketing, and they were still growing. Imagine what we can do with both.


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Russell ShepardChef Boy's Waste Management
The 2022 Portable Sanitation Benchmark Report EP 7Portable Toilets

Our business will stop when people stop going to the bathroom. And we both know that is not going to happen.


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Curtis EnglesNextGen PeaPod
Tips to Take Your Sales Team to the Next Level EP 6Portable Toilets

If you can approach sales with a true belief that you are out to change your customer's life for the better, that is a complete game changer. This is not just transactional selling.


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Kelly LuffA Royal Flush
The Section 179 Tax Deduction EP 5Portable Toilets

Once you cross December 31st, you really cannot do much to impact your tax liability for the year. But there are a lot of tools out there. Plan ahead.


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JonathanCPA
Buying or Selling a Portable Sanitation Business EP 4Portable Toilets

When you sell your company, it is not the entire ice cream sundae at the end of dinner. It is just the cherry on top. Your business has made you money over the years.


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Damon PowellFMC Advisors
Build Your Digital Presence EP 3Portable Toilets

If you shift to putting things out on social media that benefit the viewer, you will get better engagement. People want to come back and see something inspirational.


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Denise JamarJ Bar Enterprises
Improve Your Online Reputation EP 2Portable Toilets

Your website is more like an employee than a billboard. It works for you even while you are sleeping. It is getting leads, bringing people into the business.


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TimOnline Reputation Expert
The PSAI Helps PROs Grow EP 1Portable Toilets

Keep a growth mindset. Assume your company is going to be successful and that it will grow as big as you want it to. Have the systems in place so that when growth starts happening, it happens naturally.


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Veronica CrozierPSAI

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