How do you know if you are hiring the right person for the job? What does it take to hire the right people? What is the criteria and when is it the right time? On today’s edition of the Pestgeek Podcast, Franklin Hernandez discusses the right criteria for hiring the right people, his approach to…
On today’s episode of Pestgeek Podcast, we use glue boards to monitor the reduction of a German roach population. Every 2 weeks we can verify the control over a roach infestation. The ratio of nymphs to adults is 80/20. On this occasion, we see egg casing actually hatched on the board and more adults than…
The end of the year is always a good time to assess your business goals and your trajectory as well as think of new strategies to attain those goals. On today’s edition of The Living The Wildlife Podcast with wildlife host and consultant Stephen Vantassel takes us through the top ten end of year activities…
On today’s edition of the Pestgeek Podcast, Franklin talks about 3 ways to generate more income if you are a solo operator in the integrated pest control field. Key points to listen for: unmanageable workloads, sales, hiring infrastructure, training systems, premium pricing and understanding that nothing sells itself. Watch this video! #pestcontroltraining #pestcontrol #pestcontrolservice #pest…
On today’s episode, we’ll explain how excess moisture combined with excess shade can produce weeds and disease in a beautiful lawn. The signs of disease are all here: disease patches, dead grass rings and dollarweeds pointing to excess water. Irrigation needs to be adjusted. #pestcontroltraining #pestcontrol #pestcontrolservice #pest #termitecontrol #pestmanagement #bugs #pestcontrollife #antirayap #covid #termites…
It’s clear that we have entered a new economic reality. On today’s Pestgeek Podcast, we explore how and why the so called gig economy is making it hard to get workers to work more hours and to find new employees. #pestcontroltraining #pestcontrol #pestcontrolservice #pest #termitecontrol #pestmanagement #bugs #pestcontrollife #antirayap #covid #termites #insects #bedbugs #rodentcontrol #pests…
A Customer complains about strange burrows in lawn. The Pestgeek knows who is to blame: Mole Crickets ! On today’s episode of the Pestgeek Podcast, learn how to deal with mole crickets in your beautiful lawn using holistic pest control management. #pestcontroltraining #pestcontrol #pestcontrolservice #pest #termitecontrol #pestmanagement #bugs #pestcontrollife #antirayap #covid #termites #insects #bedbugs #rodentcontrol…
Join us on today’s episode of the Living The Wildlife Podcast, as host and wildlife control consultant Stephen Vantassel gives us an overview of his Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook. This manual is designed for people to do damage inspection in a human impacted environment. That is, cities, towns, urban areas where hard concrete and soil…
Dream, desire, direction, decisiveness; all part of the journey towards success. On today’s edition, The Pestgeek continues the series ’12 D’s to achieving success in anything you want’. Today, the 5th part, is ‘doing’. The Pestgeek discusses the importance of ‘doing’. Unfortunately, ‘doing’ is the part that most people actually fail at. Developing a plan,…
This is how we inspect for ficus defoliation caused by whiteflies. On today’s edition, after four months of treatment, we redid the treatment as there is evidence of defoliation. On close inspection, we find little defoliation on our client’s property but considerable defoliation in the neighborhood located in Miami Beach. #pestcontroltraining #pestcontrol #pestcontrolservice #pest #termitecontrol…