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Eric Scherzinger is sales and marketing manager for Scherzinger Termite & Pest Control in Cincinnati. The fourth-generation pest management professional can be reached at eric@stopzbugs.com.

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December 11, 2018

Debate: The best way to motivate employees

Battling brothers Kurt and Eric Scherzinger tackle the age-old debate on the best way to motivate employees: with a carrot (reward for doing the right thing or reaching a goal) or a stick (punishment for getting out of line or not meeting expectations). ...

September 10, 2018

Making the case for traditional bed bug treatment

Eric Scherzinger advocates for using traditional treatment for bed bug management....

May 21, 2018

Web Exclusive: Sentricon Deader Than Dead, behind the scenes

Editor’s Note: Read some highlights of what happened on the first day when Cincinnati, Ohio-based Scherzinger Pest Control hosted the Sentricon Deader Than Dead Tour. Here, Eric Scherzinger, VP of......

March 07, 2018

Pest control technicians: Online vs. classroom training

"Online training will let remote employees get the same message all the time. "...

December 04, 2017

The importance of pest management equipment maintenance

"Do you realize how much time it takes when equipment gets broken, and then all of a sudden a tech can’t get the job done?"...

August 28, 2017

Debating digital photography for pest identification

ERIC: We need to start having our employees take more pictures during services. I think it can be a big selling advantage. KURT: That sounds great, but there are a......

May 29, 2017

PMPs discuss pros, cons of offering mosquito service

ERIC: Kurt, I think we really need to ramp up our mosquito service and provide this quality service to all of our customers, as well as any new customers. KURT:......

February 20, 2017

Scherzingers stress importance of NPMA Legislative Day

Authors’ Note: This edition of Face Off between Kurt and Eric Scherzinger is from a conversation they had in December 2011. ERIC: Kurt, I saw an e-mail come through about......

November 22, 2016

Has your business gone paperless?

ERIC: Kurt, I understand the importance of being paperless and keeping up with the times. However, there are still a lot of benefits to having paper agreements and service reports.......

September 02, 2016

How to recruit employees in a connected world

Authors’ Note: The world of recruiting employees continues to drastically change and evolve. It used to be that you just placed an ad in the newspaper, and then you would......