Live trapping a ‘smart’ roof rat
Dr. Hanif Gulmahamad, BCE, PCA, gives several tips on how to trap the "smart rat."
October 2022
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5 tips for preventing retail SPP infestations
Pat Kelley, president of Insects Limited, gives tips for preventing retail stored product pest infestations.
6 key elements of manager compensation plans
Dan Gordon, CPA, provides six elements of a strong management compensation program.
Making sense of pest management
Use all five senses to make better-informed decisions in your inspection and treatment strategies.
6 initiatives to strengthen company culture
Bobby Jenkins shares six different initiatives to help strengthen company culture.
Highly trained salespeople make the best first impression
Pete Schopen, owner of Schopen Pest Solutions, shares how his company sales team has grown since 2016.
Explore your knowledge of stinging insects
Check your knowledge of stinging insects in the October "Tech Test."
Spiders: What a tangled web they leave
Mark Sheperdigian, BCE, shares how eliminating spiders is only half the battle and how to brush down the webs to...
Taking pride in your ride
Jerry Schappert, ACE, shared the winners of the contest of clean and organized vehicles from the Pest Cemetery Crew Facebook...
Clean, organized vehicles show you care
Jerry Schappert, ACE, shares how keeping pride in your appearance is important to your business.
Shake up fall décor to detect small flies
Dr. Jim Fredericks shares how to avoid small fly infestations that typically comes with fall décor.
European starling: Sturnus vulgaris
Learn about the European starling, which are now found throughout the entire United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.
People make the difference
If there’s a common refrain to be found in our five profiles of our 2022 Pest Management Professional (PMP) Growth...
Find a niche, fill a niche. Excel. Repeat
Innovative Pest Solutions’ founder points to success in birds and bed bugs, which bolsters its reputation for general pests.
Reader poll: What should all technicians have in their work vehicles?
Please take a minute to answer our latest one-question reader poll: What should all technicians have in their work vehicles?
Meet PMP’s 2022 Growth Leaders
Pest Management Professional profiles five pest control firms that have experienced above-average growth, and how they did it.
A different type of investigation
Native Pest Management’s founder Luke Lewis left the FBI to investigate pest problems instead, and is happier for it.
Proactive pest-proofing pays off
Meerkat Pest Control garners employee, customer loyalty thanks to its focus on preventing rodent and insect infestations
From baseball to big business
Lee Whitmore hit a home run with his Quality Pest Services’ success.
The plan’s the thing
For Versacor, creating and meeting attainable goals is the best way to grow.
Multi-lingual labels for RUPs may be on the horizon
Greg Baumann explains the movement that is underway to require multi-language product labels for restricted-use pesticides (RUPs) in the United...
PPMA continues its mission to promote PMPs
Cindy Mannes shares details of the growth of the the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA).
A call to support ‘United to Beat Malaria’
Dan Baldwin, BCE, CCFS, CP-FS, began working with Jonathan Kidwell as he looked for ways for the North American professional...
What to do about the why of the fly
Dan Baldwin, BCE, CCFS, CP-FS, REHS/RS, shares how to get clients to understand concerns about needing to treat a flying...
What should all technicians have in their work vehicles?
We asked Pest Management Professional’s columnists and editorial advisory board members to name essentials to keep in work vehicles.