Pest Management Professional magazine

01/01/2026

🎉 Happy New Year to all from Pest Management Professional Magazine! We wish everyone the best heading into 2026!🎉

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12/30/2025

Too often, salespeople are told to “go sell something” without a plan, process, or structure. The assumption is that if someone can talk, they can sell.

Unfortunately, that mindset costs pest control companies thousands of dollars every year in lost leads, wasted marketing and missed opportunities.

Read up on Sheri Spencer Bachman's 5 steps to building a winning sales system:

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Sheri Spencer Bachman argues that sales is a learned skill, not just talking. Learn the five essential steps, from building a repeatable process to professional training.

12/30/2025

🥁 Pest Management Professional magazine's top article of the year is:

🏆 Berkshire Hathaway acquires Bell Laboratories, Inc.🏆

Re-read our most viewed post of the year below:
https://www.mypmp.net/berkshire-hathaway-acquires-bell-labs/

12/29/2025

💰 Many pest management professionals (PMPs) Bob Williamson meets ask whether he knows of any smaller companies they can buy in their market. But they may not actually be prepped to buy quite yet.

Check out Williamson's 3 tips for buying local competitors:

An M&A expert and industry veteran shares his three essential, time-tested actions for finding and acquiring small, local pest control competitors in your market.

12/29/2025

🔮 Starting the week off with Pest Management Professional magazine's second-most popular article of 2025:

🥈 "Top 50 most bed bug-infested cities in the U.S. revealed by Terminix" 🥈

Find the full article here:
https://www.mypmp.net/top-50-most-bed-bug-infested-cities-in-the-u-s-revealed-by-terminix/

12/28/2025

Adam Holt, B.C.E and Chelle Hartzer, BCE, PCQI, teamed up in July to create and host "The BCE Podcast." It is dedicated to exploring the opportunities available to those who have earned or are thinking of sitting for the BCE exam.

For Senior Editor Diane Sofranec's full interview recap:

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Hosts Adam Holt, BCE, and Chelle Hartzer, BCE, PCQI, offer a look at the Board-Certified Entomologist (BCE) designation, its value for career advancement and more.

12/27/2025

▶️ ICYMI: PMP magazine Editorial Advisory Board member Dan Baldwin BCE, REHS/RS, CCFS, CP/FS, PCQI, gives an update on the large pest control research program that The Guarded Harvest Project is doing in Kenya.

For the video recap:

Dan Baldwin BCE, REHS/RS, CCFS, CP/FS, PCQI and VP of Hawx Pest Control, recently returned from Kenya, where he is leading a large pest control research and implementation program alongside The Guarded Harvest Project.

12/26/2025

The National Pest Management Association and PCO Bookkeepers & M&A Specialists announced the release of the 2025 Pest Control Industry Cost Study.

Check out the full review here:

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The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and PCO Bookkeepers and M&A Specialists announced the release of the 2025 Pest Control Industry Cost

12/26/2025

Coming in at #️⃣ 3️⃣ in the PMP Top 10 Stories Countdown is:

🥉 National Pest Management Association reveals recipients of 2025 Impact Awards🥉

Find the full list of award-winners here:
https://www.mypmp.net/npma-reveals-recipients-of-2025-impact-awards/

12/25/2025

❄️ ☃️ Happy Holidays to all from Pest Management Professional magazine!☃️ ❄️

Wishing all of our contributors, readers, and staff members a wonderful holiday!

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12/24/2025

🕊️ The holidays bring many memories, especially of those who cannot be by our sides to celebrate. Take a moment to honor and reminisce about the industry titans lost this year:

Each year, the pest-management industry pauses to honor the colleagues, mentors and innovators who have passed on. Individuals whose leadership, technical