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Mar 5, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Ellen Wagner |Nina Jenkins |Kim Kelley-Tunis
The Pest Management Professional (PMP) team hosted the 2024 PMP Growth Summit Feb. 28 to March 1 in Orlando, Fla., at Reunion Resort. The PMP team that hosted the event at the Summit on Wednesday night. From left: Ellen Wagner, Allison Blong, Heather Gooch, Diane Sofranec, Mike Joyce, Riley Burke and Marty Whitford. The PMP team welcomed attendees and partners to the 2024 Growth Summit Wednesday afternoon. PMP‘s VP of Content and Publisher Marty Whitford kicked of boardroom presentations Wednesday.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Pete Schopen |Nina Jenkins |Michael A. Bentley |Kim Kelley-Tunis
Colpo di fulmine. The thunderbolt, as Italians call it. Love strikes someone like lightning — so powerfully and intensely, it cannot be denied. My alma mater is Elmhurst University, near Chicago, Ill. My first day of freshman orientation, I was standing on the portico, chatting with my advisor and peers when I happened to look out into the grassy Quad area and saw an incredible beauty.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Nina Jenkins |Ellen Wagner |Michael A. Bentley |Kim Kelley-Tunis
Bed bugs mess with your clients’ heads. There is a broad spectrum of human reactions to bed bug infestations, from those who appear to be utterly oblivious to the problem to those whose response is to throw out all their furniture and scrub the house clean three times a day. The oblivious clients tend to have the most extreme infestations. Still, the ones at the other end of the spectrum can cause even bigger headaches.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Ellen Wagner |Kim Kelley-Tunis |Chris Keefer |Cisse Spragins
Lou Sorkin, BCE, of Ensult Associates, shares the different pests that can be mistaken for bed bugs that can bite in his presentation “Oops! I Mistook You for Something Else — Common Pest Misidentifications” at the 2023 New York Pest Expo. VIDEO
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Michael A. Bentley |Kim Kelley-Tunis |Chris Keefer |Cisse Spragins
Thanks to the seasonal behavior of termites, “swarm season” can feel a bit like Groundhog Day as the stream of nearly identical termite-related service calls fill the daily schedule this time of year. Remember, though, that not all termites are not created equal, and knowing exactly what species you’re up against is essential to developing an effective management strategy.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Chris Keefer |Kim Kelley-Tunis |Cisse Spragins |Dan Gordon
For many customers, bed bugs are the stuff of nightmares. Take the following four steps to ensure your treatment is effective and help your customers feel secure with your expertise:1. Inspect. A thorough inspection should include an interview with the occupants, a visual inspection for harborages, use of monitors and detailed notetaking. 2. Identify. Proper identification is critical for developing an effective IPM plan, as it can lead to clues about the possible source of the infestation.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Kim Kelley-Tunis |Chris Keefer |Cisse Spragins |Dan Gordon
Bed bugs can be a difficult pest to control because of their cryptic nature. These elusive insects exploit tight cracks and crevices to hide during the day, emerging at night in search of a bloodmeal from a nearby host. As their name implies, bed bugs often are found hiding behind baseboards, along the seams of mattresses and box springs, or on bed frames waiting to emerge and feed on their unsuspecting food source. However, bed bugs are not always restricted to the bedroom of a home.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Ellen Wagner |Kim Kelley-Tunis
Kim Kelley-Tunis, ACE, BCE, PCQI, Senior Director of Field Service at Nisus, shares how conditions have changed that can create cockroach problems in “Cockroaches – Setting the Record Straight” at the 2023 New York Pest Expo. VIDEO
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Ellen Wagner |Kim Kelley-Tunis |Jamel Sandidge
Nisus Corp. hired Sanya Brandow-Kettler as an independent sales representative for the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific. She brings with her decades of experience in the pest control industry, including time spent in sales, distribution, and as the owner/operator of her own pest control business. Brandow-Kettler joined the pest control industry in 1997 working for Hawaii Pest Control.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
mypmp.net | Kim Kelley-Tunis |Matt Remmen |Andrew Fisher |Cisse Spragins
Happy New Year! January is an important time to identify those obstacles that hampered your success in the past, and to look toward the processes that will help you be more successful in the future. Ant control doesn’t have to be a challenge if you prepare now. Take time to take care of the little things now, such as:Ensuring you have identified those ants you most commonly deal with. Noting the environments in which you find them most frequently.
