Many pest management professionals (PMPs) are aware of the efficacy and impact of the Sentricon® system when it comes to successfully treating termite infestations, but total colony elimination is far from the only benefit Sentricon offers to PMPs interested in boosting their business potential.
Upon integrating the Sentricon® system into his pest management portfolio, Kevin Sherrill, president of Sherrill Pest Control, has experienced a range of benefits, including time, labor and materials savings, all of which have led to a stronger bottom line.
Here’s how Sherrill has used Sentricon to upgrade his business model while continuing to guarantee next-level service.
Sentricon® saves PMPs time. With easy servicing, fewer callbacks, simple maintenance visits and more, Sherrill is able to focus on gaining and retaining customers, not on dealing with difficult infestations.
“The time savings you get from installing the Sentricon system versus alternative treatments is enormous,” says Jason Heiser, a senior service team lead who has worked with Sherrill since 2015. “Our installations of the Sentricon system typically take an hour, meaning we get more time back in our day to service additional customers.”
Time savings like these help Sherrill Pest Control simplify servicing routes, too, allowing technicians to provide multiple pest services in one quick, efficient home visit.
Not only does Sentricon® take less time to install, but it also leads to fewer repeat visits. By using a combination of in-ground bait stations and innovations like Recruit® AG FlexPack® bait stations, CSSs can spend less time on callbacks and more time on maintaining customer retention rates.
“Using Recruit AG FlexPack stations allows us to treat above-ground infestations in ways where other treatments would not shine,” Heiser says. “That, and customers appreciate that Sentricon is a non-invasive solution to their problem.”
After installation occurs, PMPs can rely on the tried-and-true efficacy of highly dense and highly durable Recruit HD termite bait, as well as Always Active™ technology, to ensure fewer callbacks.
“Sentricon just flat out works,” says Sherrill. “We trust Sentricon because it’s been proven, time and again, for more than two decades.”
In addition to time savings, the standalone solution also helps PMPs cut down on business costs. Compared to liquid treatments, which may use up to 250-300 gallons of termiticide to treat one infestation, a single Sentricon® bait station contains more than enough Recruit HD bait to completely eliminate a termite colony.
“Not having to apply hundreds of gallons of an alternative treatment is a huge benefit,” Heiser says. Heiser notes that the benefit of being able to quickly train technicians on how to install the Sentricon system is helpful, too.
“It makes our job easier, because everyone on our team can install Sentricon, and that means we’re not getting bogged down during peak servicing hours with time-consuming tasks like sending out specialists and drilling around homes.”
That ease of installation can help PMPs who invest in the standalone solution save thousands annually on expensive specialized equipment as well — there’s no need to purchase rigs, tanks, backpacks and other costly devices.
Better business returns as a result of using the Sentricon® system help pest control business like Sherrill Pest Control in two ways: not only do they lead to better returns and higher profits, but they also create the kind of next-level customer service that keeps retention rates high, year after year.
“For any Certified Sentricon Specialists who are just starting out,” Sherrill says, “take pride in getting selected to provide the Sentricon system. It has a reputation worth protecting.”
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