Best Practices: Useful Tips Cover a Variety of Areas

At the 2013 NPE Best Practices for Sweepers Seminar a number of good ideas surfaced in the various topic areas. The following information is provided from the notes taken during the session by WSA’s Executive Director, Ranger Kidwell-Ross.

Property Managers Provide Ideas for Selling to Their Peers

At the National Pavement Expo in 2013, a panel discussion was held between property managers and contractors. This article provides a recap of some of the key concepts brought up by contractors questions during that discussion.

The Facts of Business Life: Seven Steps to Breathe Life Into Your Business

In this article, we share seven steps from McBean’s book. These are each ideas he says will “breathe life into any business and increase its odds of success.” McBean should know: he’s spent decades running a successful auto business and started his own investment firm.

Preparing Your Business for a Disaster Like 2012’s ‘Superstorm Sandy’

Some helpful hints that should be a normal course of business you have in place well before you have the need. Safeguard your ability to get reimbursed for what you actually owned before the next disaster happens to be the one involving you and yours.

Best Practices for Dealing With Insurance Adjusters

In most sweeping organizations, sooner or later a sweeper accident will occur. You will then be dealing with one or more insurance representatives and/or adjusters. Here are some tips gleaned from a conversation with an independent insurance claims adjuster, Kevin McNamara, who owns Chugiak, Alaska-based Denali Adjusters. “Know who you are talking to,” said McNamara, owner of a sole proprietorship insurance adjustment company. “Are they a representative of your insurance company or someone connected with the other person’s insurance? You might also want to know if they are an employee of the insurance firm or an independent adjuster.” Either way, says McNamara, you want to establish a good line of communication. Especially in the case of a total, be clear about any and all aspects of the vehicle. Since most insurance adjusters will not be all that familiar with power sweepers, help them out in their understanding in any way you can.

Sweeper Buying and Selling Best Practices

The intent of this article used to provide you with information that will assist you in both buying and selling a used sweeper or other vehicles. The approximately 17-minute audio interview with Mark Boyer is broken into two parts. The first covers best practices when you sell your sweeper; the second discusses best practices to utilize when you buy a used sweeper.