The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast

Tom Mong is the Operations Supervisor for the city of Jerome, Idaho.  Listen to this latest episode of “The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast” where Tom Mong talks about the post he recently made on LinkedIn regarding operators and licensing and incentivizing people that take the time to better themselves. Tom talks about the federal and state regulations that require municipal WWTPs to...

Denver Stutler, Jr.’s 30-year career includes a unique combination of both public and private sector experience in the water infrastructure industry at an executive level. With a background in civil engineering, Denver gained a working knowledge of the regulatory framework and learned the ins and outs of the political arena. He then served on the executive staff for Governor Jeb Bush from 2003 to...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Vice President and Pipeline Inspection and Condition Assessment Expert at APT (Advanced Plumbing Technologies), Chris Parker, joins us back to discuss how Florida is encouraging cooperation from homeowners on eminent domains and a breakdown on where most problems with I and I’s are coming from. After that, he also talks about a revolutionizing...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Denver Stutler, CEO of Sedivision, talks about his perspective on servant leadership and how it benefited him as a CEO. Denver shares the story of how he began his career on the path that he was led. Eventually, he found his way out, and then back in again. Denver explains how he sequences his approach to generally everything in the wastewater...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Mary Shafer joins the discussion on how you can determine if your digital footprint is helping or harming your business. If you're a busy business owner, would it be okay to leave all your social media presence to a VA? Here, your hosts answer why the answer is a "no," followed by how you can establish trust in today's virtual market, the 80-20...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Joe Royer discusses geopolymers and their qualities that make a cost-saving alternative to infrastructure rehabilitation. When people hear 'polymer,' they instantly think about plastic. But even though polymers are similar to plastics in physicality, they have different chemical properties. Joe speaks on what the term 'polymer' covers, how to p...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Kerry Siggins, CEO of Stone Age Tools, speaks on how you can make your customers the 'hero' in your marketing strategy. For Kerry, crafting the kind of marketing that withstands time should focus heavily on the customer. Kerry explains the three things they include when telling stories that hook customers and the tips and tricks that help one u...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Lee Selzer and Aaron Gamble of Ace Tank Services continue the conversation on how you can grow your business' reach and empower loyal teams in the septic industry. Ace Tank Services has definitely made it happen from a mom-and-pop to an enterprise. Lee and Aaron share how they expanded their services in response to customer needs, how they mark...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Kerry Siggins—CEO of Stone Age Tools—explains where the real magic comes from when it comes to sewer cleaning tools. As a global leader in designing high-pressure water blasting and sewer cleaning tools, Kerry knows what really makes these tools powerful in the game. Here, Kerry discusses the materials that matter when manufacturing sewer clean...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Joe Gunderson shares his insights as a plumber and entrepreneur on leading and bringing people into the plumbing industry. If this episode sums one thing up, it's this: the plumbing industry is a practical and viable career choice . Joe explains how the plumbing industry has detached itself from its "dirty" image, why kids should definitely joi...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Mary Shafer helps brief us through why public relations is an evergreen marketing medium. What would Steve Jobs do if he was down to his last marketing budget? From his own words, he'd spend it on PR. Here, Mary explains why you don't need unique talents to create press releases, why you need to learn how to sell to the editor above everything...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, President of Permidian Technologies Jim Aanderud speaks on how job costing gives insight into a business's profitability. Of course, job costing can be complex, especially for specific industries. But no matter how complicated it can sometimes get, it's always better to have a so-so approach to job costing than nothing. Here, Jim explains what...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Lee Selzer and Aaron Gamble of Ace Tank Services share their underdog stories and how they achieved success from the bottom up as minimum wage workers and persons in recovery. With their story of taking over Ace Tank Services , Lee and Aaron help us see how love for work shows up to the people, how you can pass on the price increase to your cus...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Daniel Dominguez talks about the tool that can help you discover your 'why' and the 'why' of everyone in your business. Often, when people share with others what they do, they start with the 'what.' However, the 'what' doesn't always translate well. Daniel Dominguez explains why communicating from your 'why' is a better form of communication an...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Mary Shafer shares her views on future-proofing your business through embracing technology. Every time a technology advances, it pushes some skills to either upgrade or disposes of. When that happens, are you a harness maker or a leatherworker? Mary explains what the yellow pages taught us, how the pandemic impacted the world's approach to mark...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Founder and CEO of 608 Plumbing Joe Gunderson helps us understand the stumbling blocks that give plumbers transitioning to entrepreneurship a bad name. Today, a plumber needs to be more than just a 'Mechanical Mr. Fix It.' In this episode, Joe shares the #1 issue plumbers face when they get into business, the advancements that equip the modern-...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, President of Permidian Technologies Jim Aanderud dissects what makes some contractors profitable and others not. Being good with finance doesn't come naturally for most contractors moving away from a W-2 to get into entrepreneurship. But, because profit is business, this is why relearning money is even more critical. As the proponent of the Pro...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, right in the middle of International Women's Month, President of W.H. Kassner, Inc. Ellie Kassner speaks on the incentives and burdens of running WHK as a woman in a male-dominated field. Over 80% of the clients WHK currently has under their belt were developed after Ellie, and her brother managed the company. Here, Ellie talks about how contra...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Chad Smeltzer opens the discussion on the most common problems in government procurement. In the age of digitalization, there's so much that technology can do in the procurement systems of business entities. But at the same time, so much of that potential isn't utilized. As the founder and CEO of Bidcurement , Chad talks about the archaic procu...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, President of W.H. Kassner, Inc., Ellie Kassner, discusses why prioritizing ergonomics in the construction of wastewater treatment plants is always the smarter way to go. One might ask, "what does ironworks have to do with wastewater management?" Actually—a lot! In this discussion, Ellie explains why operators need to be in the design process an...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, PR Maven and Award-Winning Best-selling Author, Jill Lublin, returns for another rich episode as she demystifies PR's effects on brands and what guerilla PR is truly all about. As Jill explains how you can get more precise on your messaging, listen as she shares why you need to focus on giving your audience value that's quick, simple, and effec...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, President of Hydro Products Corp, T.J. Suiter, continues the discussion on the dangers of wastewater work, focusing on risk reduction and the promotion of best practices. Here, T.J. shares his #1 tip to reduce one of the most common risks to jetting, the smart way to conduct audits for companies, and his take on empowering workers to champion s...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, President of Hydro Products Corp., T.J. Suiter, talks about the "normalized" modern-day dangers in the wastewater industry. As someone whose been in the industry for over three decades, T.J. explains what wastewater workers are exposed to every day, what these situations apply in their daily lives, and how his invention, the Vanguard Pathogen D...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, PR Maven, Publicity Guru, and Award-Winning Best-selling Author, Jill Lublin, joins us in this episode to talk about what going virtual has done to businesses and to explain about ROK or The Return on Kindness , a concept of business return that she expounds on in her authored book, The Profit of Kindness . As the discussion furthers, listen to...

Today on The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast, Chief Information Officer at LMEC, Leticia Eberly, speaks about how pipeline inspection data can predict the future using the WIKD Analyzer. With municipalities and agencies stacking repositories with more and more data, is there more to achieve for data development tools? Letie explains how inspection data champions two key functions and demon...