Top New Year's Resolutions

We would like to wish you a very happy New Year's! In order to help you start off the New Year right, here is an article listing the top New Year's Resolutions.

clipped from www.businesswire.com FranklinCovey Survey Reveals Top 3 New Year's Resolutions for 2008: Eliminate Debt, Lose Weight, Develop Healthy Habits SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FranklinCovey (NYSE:FC), a global leader in effectiveness training, productivity tools, and assessment services, today released the results of its third annual New Year's Resolutions Survey, which polled 15,031 customers. The survey found that respondents' top three New Year's resolutions or goals for 2008 are to (1) get out of debt or save money, (2) lose weight, and (3) develop a healthy habit like exercise or healthy eating. The Top 10 New Year's resolutions or goals were ranked as follows: 1. Get out of debt or save money 2. Lose weight 3. Develop a healthy habit (e.g., exercise or healthy eating) 4. Get organized 5. Develop a new skill or talent 6. Spend more time with family and friends 7. Other 8. Work less, play more 9. Break an unhealthy habit (e.g., smoking, alcohol, overeating) 10. Change employment

I hope this helps! Have a happy and safe New Years Eve!
Alex

Portable Toilet Renting

I found this article online. It is from a British publisher, but most of it still applies to US portable toilet rentals. I hope that you find it useful!

clipped from http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=612807 Portable Toilet Hire - 5 Aspects to Consider BEFORE You Hire by Marge Dubois 1) Location The location of the toilet is key. Think about how the wagons are going to drop off the cabins. Is there good access? Think about ease of servicing. Also consider lighting and signage. If several toilets are required on a sizeable site, it is a good idea to locate them at various strategic points rather than concentrate them all in one area. 2) Health & Safety The floors, ramps and steps of the facility. These need to be stable and nonslip. You do not want to compromise the health and safety of the users because of poor access. Think about wheelchair access for the physically disabled. 3) Maintenance Toilets MUST be regularly cleaned and repaired. A routine service is vital to ensuring hygiene. Also they must be continually supplied with toilet paper and handwash.

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Have a wonderful weekend!
Alex

For Your Home???

clipped from http://www.eloo.us/ Welcome to Clean Up America! Clean Up America! proudly presents the Eloo (Enviro Loo). The Eloo is a non-discharge dry sanitation system used as an alternative toilet, dry toilet, vault toilet, outdoor toilet, innovative toilet, holding tank with evaporative exhaust and evaporative toilet. While not a composting toilet. it will operate anywhere that a composting toilet is used, only with less effort. Tested in many countries around the world the Eloo is now available in the United States and Canada through Clean Up America! Thousands of units have been installed over the years. Applications include: hunting and fishing cabins, parks, schools, acreages, camps, public buildings. failing septic systems. shoreline settings, recreational fields, municipal public sites and anywhere that sanitation is needed but there is no water. If the situation calls for a bucket, pit or chemical toilet, the Eloo is a serious alternative.

According to this company, this is an option to a regular toilet in your home. Would you be willing to make the switch? Let us know what you think.....

This will be our last post until after the holidays. Everyone at A Royal Flush would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season!!
Alex

Green Construction

More and more, we hear people and companies talking about "Going Green". This can mean a lot of things, from recycling, walking to work, instead of driving or buying Green products. The newest trend we are seeing now is called Green Construction. So, you ask, what exactly is Green Construction?

Green construction or green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle.

According to the EPA, in the United States, buildings account for:
-39 % of total energy use
-12 % of the total water consumption
-68 % of total electricity consumption
-38 % of the carbon dioxide emissions

So why should your construction company Go Green. Not only is there an opportunity for government funding (on the local, state and federal level), but effective green building can lead to:
-Reduced operating costs by increasing productivity and using less energy and water.
-Improved public and occupant health due to improved indoor air quality.
-Reduced environmental impacts by, for example, lessening storm water runoff and the heat island effect.

A Royal Flush can help you “go green” at your job site by offering the following:
-Recycled toilet paper made from 100% recycled material with 35-40% post consumer waste.
-Eco-friendly deodorizers for the toilets.
-Satellite portable toilets that come with a solid recycled base.

Here are some other websites that have additional information:
EPA Green Building
Go Green Connecticut
Architect's Green Checklist
US Green Building Council

Be sure to tell us what you are doing to make a difference. Every little bit can help!
Alex

Portable Toilet Naming Contest

We're Losing the Portable-Toilet Naming Contest

New Yorkers are always trying to be cleverer-than-thou, even when it comes to naming their portable toilets. The city is awash in portalets from companies called "A Royal Flush" and "Call-A-Head." But we've got nothing on the rest of the country. We consulted The Blue Book of Building and Construction to find the top twenty unfortunately named portable-toilet companies from near and far:


20. Happy Can Portable Toilets, Atlanta

19. Drop Zone Portable Service Inc., Frankfort, Ill.

18. Blackmas Best Seat In The House Inc., Bradley, Ill.

17. Plop Jon Inc., Port Saint Lucie, Fla.

16. A.S.A.P. Port-A-Pots Inc., Hampstead, Md.

15. Ameri-Can Engineering, Argos, Ind.

14. Bobby's Pottys, Joppa, Md.

13. Johnny On The Spot Inc., Old Bridge, N.J.

12. LepreCAN Portable Restrooms, Chicago

11. Loader-Up, Inc., Sarasota, Fla.

10. Mister Bob's Portable Toilets, Vero Beach, Fla.

9. Royal Throne, Washington, D.C.

8. Tanks Alot, Tomball, Tex.

7. Tee Pee Inc, Roseville, Mich.

6. Wizards of Ooze Ltd., Anacortes, Wash.

5. Oui Oui Enterprises Ltd., Chicago

4. Gotta Go Potties, Tobyhanna, Pa.

3. UrinBiz.com, Chicago

2. Willy Make It?, Oregon City, Oreg.

1. Doodie Calls, New Orleans

— Borrowed from Andrew Adam Newman (NY Mag 3/5/07)


I think he is trying to tell us that we need to be more creative with the name of our company. Let me know what you think??

Have a happy Monday,

Alex

Marketing Seminar

Happy Friday Everyone,
As I had mentioned on Wednesday, I went to a marketing seminar in Arlington this week. It was held by National Seminars Group and I have to tell you, it was fantastic.

The setup of the entire day was great. After an hour long intro, the rest of the day was split into five 45-minute sessions. You had a pick of two topics to listen to each session, so there was a lot of variety. The best part of the entire day was that the seminar didn't drag on. I felt like the day flew by and I walked away with a ton of ideas and information. I would highly recommend the Marketing seminar if it is in your area!

As I promised on Wednesday, I am going to pass on some of the tips that I got from the seminar:

1. Change the focus of your business from what you provide to what the customer wants. For example, take your company's brochure and every place it says I or We, change it to You. Now you are telling the customer what they actually want to hear!
2. Figure out what your company's USP (Unique Selling Proposition) is. This is what you offer, whether it is service, price, features, etc. Most important, don't copy your competitors, be unique!
3. Focus on building customer referrals. 70% of business is from word of mouth.
4. Lastly, in order to increase business, try developing new uses for your products, make it more convenient or make some minor cosmetic changes

I hope these tips have helped you out. I know that I found them incredibly helpful, so keep watching for the new and improved A Royal Flush!!

Have a great weekend,

Alex

No Post Today

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I will be at a marketing seminar all day today so there won't be a new post. But be sure to come back on Friday, when I will highlight some of the information that I got from the seminar. Happy Hump Day!

Thanks,

Alex

Interesting Article

clipped from http://www.life.com/Life/millennium/events/60.html WE'RE NOT EAGER TO TALK about toilets--our euphemisms are many, including the throne, thunder box, privy and head--but as the title of one surprisingly popular children's book puts it, Everyone Poops. Which is why it's not at all surprising that rudimentary toilets date back to 2000 B.C., in the Minoan palace at Knossos on Crete. But until 1596, when British nobleman John Harington invented the first prac- tical "water closet"--a wooden seat with a cistern and a valve for flushing--waste disposal hadn't begun to move into the modern age. Before the WC, the most common place to go was the nearest tree, hole or river. (In outhouses in America, still in use among 10 percent of the population, at least one gets a seat.) Indoors, the top choice was the chamber pot, which city folk emptied out their windows onto the street. The French warning that accompanied the dumping--"Gare l'eau" ("Watch out for the water")--may have inspired another favorite euphemism, "the loo."

You can read the rest of this article by going to here.
Enjoy,
Alex

Answers to the Quiz

Well, I know that you have been dying for these, so here are the answers to Wednesday's quiz:

1. c
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. b
6. d
7. c
8. b
9. b
10. c

I hope you all enjoyed that. Have a wonderful weekend!
Alex

Quick Quiz

To help with the mid week blahs, here is a quick quiz about A Royal Flush. To help you out, all of the answers are found on our website (http://www.aroyalflush.com/)

1. How tall is a Standard Portable Toilet?
a. 90”
b. 86”
c. 88”
d. 92”

2. Which of the below is not one of our locations?
a. Springfield
b. Bronx
c. Wilmington
d. Washington

3. Which product do we offer for construction sites?
a. Fencing
b. Holding Tanks
c. Dumpsters
d. Mobile Office Trailers

4. Which of the below is one of the sizes of restroom trailer that we provide?
a. 16’
b. 20’
c. 24’
d. All of the above

5. Which organization do we belong to?
a. National Association of Home Bricklayers
b. Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce
c. Portable Sanitation Advancement Inc.
d. International Organization of Portable Toilets

6. Where can you find a Royal Flush Toilet?
a. Air Shows
b. Festivals
c. Road Races
d. All of the above

7. OSHA recommends one portable toilet for every ___ workers on a construction site.
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11

8. Which types of credit card do we accept?
a. Visa, Mastercard, Discover
b. Visa, Mastercard, Amex
c. Mastercard, Amex, Discover
d. Diners Club, Amex, Discover

9. How do you operate one of our sinks?
a. By Hand
b. By Foot
c. By Teeth
d. By Elbows

10. Which accessories do we offer?
a. Hair Bows
b. Shoes
c. Attendants
d. Purses

The answers to this quick will be posted on Friday, so Good Luck!!

Have a great day,

Alex