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A 3-to-5 Year Business Plan
The Best Way to a Better and Brighter Future for You and Your Business Many portable sanitation business owners are happy keeping it simple. They run a hundred or so units and a truck or two. They are small and they want to stay that way. That’s okay for them, but if you see the potential for growth and can hardly wait to make your business future better, then you should consider writing a business plan to direct your business three and five years down the line.
Developing a Global Mindset to Improve Your Local Business Dealings
By Vernon Hills, President PolyJohn International I travel over 250,000 miles a year because I know there is no substitute for getting to know your customers personally. Successful international sales require my physical presence, because customers around the world like to develop friendships that serve as a foundation for long-term business relationships.
How are we doing? Don’t forget to ask!
Use a customer feedback system to get answers Mark Twain once said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble, it’s the things you know that ain’t so.” We all “know” that we provide the best service in our own areas at a fair price. But what if, “it ain’t so?” How would you find out? How do you really discover what your customers are thinking about you and what they want? The best way to find out is to ask.
How to Write a Mission Statement
Your mission statement is a promise to all the people who come into contact with your business, customers, employees, and end users. It should describe how you plan to do business and what should be expected by the people who work for you and by the people who use your service.
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats: Why You Need to SWOT Your Company
You have customers, you have a pumping truck, you have restrooms, deodorizing chemicals, a place to dump—you have all the capabilities you need to service, right? As you may know there is a lot more to becoming successful in this business than that. According to statistics from the Small Business Administration, most companies do not turn a profit until their third year in business, and a majority are out of business by their fifth year.
Want to be a growth company
Practice being an 80/20 company There are individual companies who are changing the industries they are in. They are considered by some as revolutionaries filled with people and small teams who use the 80/20 principle to build businesses and future success. You may already be an 80/20 individual and/or company without knowing it, but if you are not, you have everything to gain by becoming one.
Working ON Not IN Your Business
In 1987, Michael Gerber wrote a groundbreaking, best-selling business book named, The E Myth: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It, – ”E” standing for Entrepreneur. In it, he talks about the hidden secret to becoming a wealthy and successful entrepreneur. Putting it simply, the secret is to work on your business, not in it.
3 Strategies to Grow Your Business
There are many ways to grow your portable sanitation business. Here are three to consider: 1 Add New Products and Services: selling to current customers This may be the easiest way to grow your business because it simply requires spending a little extra time selling to current customers. Think about the additional products or services you can sell to existing customers. If they currently rent toilets, what else could you supply to them with your current equipment and personnel.
8 Strategies for Promoting Yourself and Your Business
Many portable sanitation businesses maintain their success using a few basic marketing strategies. They keep a Yellow Pages ad, they follow local construction project bids by reading Dodge Reports (McGraw Hill Publishing), they prospect with phone calls and sales visits, and they maintain visibility with a memorable company name clearly posted on all their units in the field. This may be all you need to survive.
Board of Directors: When to have One, How to Select Members & How to Make them Work for Your Bus
A board can help jumpstart a business that needs to become more competitive. Owning your own business means being the master of your destiny. Many people get into the portable sanitation business for that reason alone. So if you like making your own decisions, why in the world would you consider hiring a board of directors? The main reason is that even though you make all the decisions, you don’t always have all the answers.