American Liquid Waste Magazine

A lot has changed. As in most industries over the last year, in the portable restroom service subsector, many business teams demonstrated extraordinary agility in rapidly adapting to meet the unusual challenges. Now, they bring all they’ve learned from the strange 2020 experience into a new year of opportunities and continuing challenges for B2B and […]

The coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic shutdown have ostensibly changed the way businesses will operate in the newly adapted commercial and consumer services markets of 2021 and beyond. However, the fact remains that the extent and quality of efforts you put into reaching and engaging with your target market in efforts to gain sales will […]

It’s fair to say that for many of us, 2020 has been a pretty bizarre and unnerving odyssey. Even for businesses deemed as essential services, many of their customers’ businesses have spent most of the year shut down, which has impacted their vendors’ revenues and forced a rapid modification of operations and budgets. Nevertheless, across […]

Across the national portable restroom, rental services spectrum and the broader business sector, company owners are making differing predictions of what local markets are going to do in 2021. This is while many are still reeling from the shock of the 2020 economic shutdown and the global health crisis. The one thing most do agree […]

It is hard to understate how difficult this year has been for small businesses. According to a recent study, 31% of small and medium-sized firms are currently not operating due to a lack of demand and disruptions in cash flow. But the most current economic forecasts do give us some reason for hope. Following a […]

Even if your portable restroom rental business needs an infusion of sales traffic, during difficult economic times it can seem extravagant to invest any precious time or energy at all into marketing and sales. So, putting some cash into generating new business at this time may seem entirely unrealistic for your small portable restroom rental […]

By Mark Leyden, CLU®, CEO & Founder, Mark Leyden & Associate This is the second in a series of four articles discussing considerations around succession and continuity planning for family businesses leading to how life insurance strategies are utilized to achieve many of the goals for such planning. This article discusses the first 3 steps […]

It’s a competitive advantage for a service business like portable restroom rental businesses to have employees with a strong sense of commitment to their work roles and to the company they work for and its mission. Entrepreneurs throughout the broader business sector know that succeeding in their particular consumer markets first requires succeeding with their […]

Difficult times at work, at home, or even in society at large can cause workers to struggle to cope with feelings of uncertainty, vulnerability, stress, and a sense of being overwhelmed. Workers’ difficulties in coping with stressful circumstances can lead to serious consequences for employees and your portable restroom rental or septic services business. Experiencing […]

As in businesses of any type or size, managers in portable restroom and septic services companies need the right leadership tools for communicating with team members, vendors, customers, and others to work through various issues that can be expected to come up. Below are six essentials for framing issues and options, and for clear and […]