American Liquid Waste Magazine

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 […]

9 Ways to Stay Profitable by Cutting Business Costs Even in the best of times, small businesses, like all businesses, must maintain fiscal preparedness for potential broad economic downturns. That includes finding expense categories that can be trimmed, tightening up operational processes, and improving overall business management efficiency. Fortunately, there are many ways you can […]

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has sent the normal routine of the US American business sector into a surreal new existence. Business owners and their families, employees, customers, vendors, and neighbors throughout their industrial, commercial, and residential neighborhoods are still adapting to the necessary changes in daily life during a pandemic. It’s the community business owners, […]

There are new economic relief programs under the CARES Act that can help small septic services and portable restroom rental businesses through the challenging financial period brought on by the national emergency. These federal assistance programs can make it possible for your business to keep your workers on the payroll, by issuing free grants and […]

Small to medium-sized businesses can multiply referral business quickly by using this simple, but out-of-the-box online promotional event. The referral base building event is for current and former customers, and current and former prospects. The promo enables your target audience to receive an exciting benefit in exchange for providing sales referrals to your business. By […]

You’ve determined that your business needs a new piece of equipment. Great. You’ve already found the perfect machine – it’s shiny and new (or maybe shinny and used), but you don’t have cash to pay for it. No big deal. You’ll just finance it. No problem, right? You’ll just call your local bank. You know […]