• What is the biggest mistake business owners make?
• How much should a pest control business budget for advertising?
• What are the most important things to consider when labeling your truck?
• Why does Hal drive a bright red Ford F150?

Find out the answers to these questions and more as we sit down with Hal Coleman on this first episode in our "Start Up Series".

This week, Bryan shares a great newsletter with tips on how to extend the life of your equipment, the guys chime in on the decline of Zika cases in South America, and Steve plays a clip from Patrick's interview with Andrew Larson. 

Here's another special edition of the Arthropodcast. This time, Patrick sits down with Andrew Larson of PestClicks.com.

Inbound marketing is the word of the day, as these fellas talk about increasing your marketing ROI, managing expectations, how to stand out in your market by being more awesome, what not to do with a signup page on your website, tips on how to increase your web traffic and how to convert more of that traffic into customers.

There is a lot of information on here, so you might want to listen two or three times or have a pad and pen close by.

Andrew and Patrick, thanks for taking the time gentlemen!

For Episode 66 of the Arthropodcast, we talk about Rentokil's acquisition of Residex, the difference between being a policeman and PCO, and how to grow your business through video.

In recognition of Independence Day, Bryan and Steve talk about the reasons they sought self employment, the things they would do differently if they started over again and a few other tips for PCOs thinking about starting their own business.