I know this topic has been covered before, but I thought I would share my personal perspective and noticeable differences we have felt by changing the color and branding. •Sorry this went longer than I expected. I’m sure like most we didn’t know anything about the dumpster business before jumping in. We were lucky enough to get ahold of a lightly used trailer and 5 dumpsters that were all black. Not giving it a thought we placed our freshly made logo on them. Quickly identifying that that wasn’t enough. Our logo design doesn’t have our contact info so we added block letters saying Rent Me and our phone number. We thought it was great. We heard people saying that they saw us but most of them already knew us. We kept adding a few more dumpsters and slowly getting them lettered up to look the same just keeping them moving was our focus. We all are very proud of what we’ve achieved no matter what our size is. We normally don’t look at ourselves from the outside looking in but we know what is seen from our accountability mirror right. I found myself thinking that it’s not too dirty, it’s just a little bit of rust. I know I’m not the only one. Historically thinking, did any one of us ever think we would say out loud “man that’s a good looking dumpster” Nope! But I bet you have now. 😂 influencers like @Joseph Maxey keep stepping up and pushing their branding over the top and looking damn good as they do I must say. I had an opportunity to do just that for Freedom Dumpsters Va this year. We were facing a total overhaul and I couldn’t see a better time to do so. We did a color change and a logo overhaul without changing the logo. Our yard location hasn’t changed but our dumpsters went from black to blue and we incorporated what we call the bullet on the front leading edge of each side. The new blue pops and the white background makes our logo stand out proud. After a very nerve-racking period getting through the change I don’t regret anything. Don’t be afraid to paint your top rails or make your dumpsters two tone. Stand out in the sea of other dumpsters. Little things really do make a difference.

What are some of the best FREE strategies you have found for advertising your business? I'll compile a list with information from the best comments. Comment below with the name of the platform and strategy you are using to acquire attention and customers. Resources: 🚀 Instagram / Facebook / Threads Crossposting - I post 5-60 second video clips daily showing various things from drop off and pick up, to maintenance and daily tasks. People like to connect with people they know, and if you show yourself in the content you will 2x-3x the power of each reel. Most of them I mute the audio and post it with some of the included music. 1 Post to Instagram can be cross posted (with linked account) to 3 different social platforms + your story. Thats FOUR places for a potential customer to see your content. Great for a brand builder. BONUS Points if you can tag another company or do a local business collaboration of some sort. -Joe Maxey 🚀 When I'm slow ill drive the truck to run errands. If I need something from Home Depot instead of taking my 1 ton and trailer I'll take the Peterbilt and a dumpster and head to Home Depot. On the flip side you need your rig to be highly noticeable. Pictured below is my new rig. - Tim Wand 🚀 Boots on the ground, cards or door hangers in hand. Gotta talk to people! -Candice Engel

One of my favorite parts of creating this network has always been the REAL world application of it. I get referrals from guys in and around my area all the time. Live in South Florida and have a roofer coming up to Tampa? You could refer them over to me and keep your customer from having to shop around for another company to help. Use that logic in your city or state. You can: Source back up if you're over booked or equipment goes down. Broker a deal to another company any place in the county. Make a friend in your local community to grab some drinks with and talk shop. The opportunities are endless! It's up to you to capitalize on them. LET'S GROW THE NETWORK! ***Map pins are off by 10 miles to give people privacy. They won't know your address, just your general location.

Tampa Bay Area Dumpster Runners Sunday Sept 21st: 1pm to 4pmish Little bit of Food, Little bit of Drinks, Little bit of Axe Throwing. I booked out the place so it'll be a private event for our dumpster people community. Feel free to walk, feel free to drive, feel free to fly in. As long as your not mad if I'm gone long before the sun goes down you're welcome to join. If anyone wants to chip in for the venue and food, great. If not, no sweat. Bring your wife if you like, leave the kids at home. This is for networking, learning, growing. If you're not interested in talking roll off dumpsters this is the wrong place to be. Opportunities to be there earlier and stay later. Just setting a realistic time window for people to decide if you'll come in from out of the area. I'm capped at roughly 35 people, so chime in early if you want to come. Looking forward to connecting with my people