Pest Management Business Tools - Expand Your Services

Expand Your Company's Services

Pest control business has its traditional slow periods. This may be due to weather and the seasons, new competition moving in, or an economic fluctuation where home sales and termite work hit a major downturn. There is no reason to join the recession when there are so many possibilities out there to become involved in add-on services, or as we prefer to state it "Expanded Services". Pest Management Professionals have a great many services to offer that are related to what you are already doing - odor control, drain cleaning, pest exclusion, sanitation. Now on PestWeb, in our Business Tools resource, you will find a growing list of these opportunities, and links to the products and information you'll need to be involved with them. The result will be happier customers and more profit for you.

Green Services

Green and Organic pest management are rapidly becoming services your customers are demanding from you, as well as the use of Natural products as part of your pest management toolbox. To help you sort through these topics we offer the resources below. They are separate topics, with Organic pest management tightly regulated, and with Green and Natural pest management currently without strict legal definitions. To learn more about these topics, and to see what products may be available to you, make your selection below.

Bedbug Control

This serious public health, blood feeding pest is back, and the industry has quickly learned that it is a difficult problem to control once embedded in a home, apartment, or hotel. Has your company decided to avoid the problem and not take on bedbug jobs? You may be missing a huge opportunity. There are excellent tools and training materials available to increase your understanding of the pest and the processes for managing it.

Wildlife Management:

Chances are your customers have had the occasional skunk in the crawlspace, raccoon in the attic, or squirrel in the heater vent pipe. Did you tell them to call a wildlife specialist to take care of this? Not sure where to begin? The presence of unwanted animals opens up a great opportunity to help your customers and increase your income, keeping possible competitors away from your accounts at the same time. Investigate the possibilities for trapping, exclusion work, cleanup, and possible pest management of associated animal parasites.

Bird Control

Everyone will enjoy a nuisance bird problem at some point in time, whether it is pigeons on the roof or sparrows in the attic. Removing them and keeping them out will bring your customers a great sense of relief, knowing you did it without harming the birds. A great many bird management tools are available to you for keeping birds away from structures, including netting, repelling materials, wires, spiked strips, and others. The cleanup of the mess they leave offers the opportunity to sell sanitation and cleanup services. New chemical tools offer the possibility of reducing breeding of pigeons.

Bat Control

Even though we can recognize the filth they leave and the public health menace they may be, bats are beneficial animals that are enjoying an unprecedented upswing in their public image. Many communities outright ban the harming of bats, and animal rights groups publicize their benefits. You cannot harm them, but you must discourage them from living inside structures, and removal and exclusion are the only methods available to you. This is a tremendous opportunity to help your customer eliminate an unwanted guest while at the same time showing your commitment to the environment by saving the bats.

Turf and Ornamental Services: Fertilizing - water soluble fertilizers

Are you in the business of treating turf, trees, or shrubs for insect pests? A vital component of good plant health is proper nutrition and fertilization, and with 100% water soluble fertilizers you can add this service to the solution you already are applying for insect control, quickly adding to the profit you are making on a job. The result will be a customer more pleased with the way his trees or lawns look, and better plant health means better resistance to insects and plant pathogens.

Public Health: Mosquito Barrier Control Services

Mosquitoes are no longer just a nuisance. Now they are killing Americans from West Nile Virus., and once your customers realized this the demand for mosquito control has skyrocketed. Some very good research has shown the high effectiveness of treating yards, trees, and shrubs to reduce the numbers of mosquitoes on a property, providing great satisfaction to customers who may have children playing there or who are planning some event in their landscaped back yard.