Coalmarch Productions’ first-ever “CO2” conference, an owner summit for pest management and lawn care businesses, took place Dec. 6-8 in Raleigh, N.C. The event offered two jam-packed days of insight from professionals in the pest, lawn and digital marketing fields, and delved into best practices for training, hiring and online review generation — as well […]
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Women in pest management: Erica Brister
Pest Management Professional chronicled six women who have made pest management their calling. Each one forged her own path toward...
Coalmarch: Grow! Inbound Marketing System
In conjunction with Shelton Publishing, Coalmarch Productions has released Grow! Inbound Marketing System: How To Rapidly And Profitably Grow Your...
Affiliated Technology Solutions: Texting Services
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CO2 conference under way
Coalmarch Productions’ CO2 event, its inaugural owners summit for pest control and lawn care businesses, kicked off this morning at...
Holiday hints from Braman, Massey
This week, we received press releases from both Agawam, Mass.-based Braman Termite and Pest Elimination and Orlando, Fla.-based Massey Services....
Q&A: Closing sales, marketing with IPM and crawl line advertising
Q: How can I get my sales team to increase their closing percentages? You’ll see significant increases in your close...
PPMA honors Goldglantz
At the recent Pennsylvania Pest Management Association (PPMA) Annual Board Dinner, in Harrisburg, Pa., longtime PMP columnist Harvey Goldglantz was...
Podium: Negative Review Guide
Podium now offers a free, downloadable e-book for turning a negative online review into a positive for your business. Key...
NPMA Marketing/Membership Committee meeting: Action stars
The National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA’s) Marketing/Membership Committee has only been in existence for about four years, yet has accomplished...
Q&A: Technicians, salespeople and company perception
Q: How can I get my technicians to be more productive at selling? Most technicians don’t like to sell; that’s...
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PMP’s “Marketing Matters” columnist offers reasons for, and solutions to, this common industry problem. Many years ago, when I first...
Sprowt: Online marketing guide
Sprowt offers pest management professionals a free, downloadable guide for marketing their businesses online. The 33-page ebook is broken into...
Coalmarch Productions: CoalCon 2016
Pest management and lawn care industry leaders will gather in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 6-8, to attend an exclusive owner’s summit...
Does door-to-door sales still work for pest control companies?
Do the old-fashioned ways of selling, such as using door hangers and fliers — or even knocking on doors —...