When, why (and how) to FOCUS on a new hire…
The best time to create and build a new hire relationship? During and immediately after your hiring process! Here’s how …
How to sell more protector from your cell phone!
Impulse purchases are just that! Your client is in the mood to buy when her carpets are stunningly beautiful right after the cleaning. But what if she isn’t home to see the results?
What’s on YOUR phone?
Listen carefully to your voice mail message through your prospective customer’s ears.
How to protect your truck mount from freezing
Stop worrying this winter. Steve shares a great tip to keep your van warm and avoid down time and costly repairs.
Refocus on ‘profits’ instead of gross income!
Over the last 20+ years I’ve told 1,000’s of Strategies for Success (SFS) students that, “All things being equal it is better to have MORE money than NO money!” Are we all in agreement?
‘Gently nudge’ clients to review their TECH!
How often have you done an incredible job, your delighted client gushingly promises to post an ecstatic 5 star Google review about you and… crickets?
Implement winter ‘comfort procedures’ for your customers
Take the FEAR out of your customers winter cleaning when you follow these winter safety procedures.
Adjusting your Phone Format(s) for the Pandemic
No matter what your personal ‘COVID opinion’ is you should be ‘pandemic proactive’ and include your ‘health protocols’ in your Phone Format(s).
Benefiting from ‘Positive Peer Pressure’
Loyal employees stay with you long-term based mostly on emotional factors.
Adding an ‘Employee Efficiency Bonus’
Steve explains how “sharing the pain” (AND the profits) can hold your employees “accountable” while also helping them strive for perfection.
Focus on ‘Positive Accountability’ with your employees
Positive Accountability implies recognizing and celebrating the positive achievements your technicians make. Steve gives three examples.
What is your biggest ‘Business Struggle’?
Your workers are the ‘wild card’ in your continual game of ‘business poker’. And yet I (finally) learned how to get the odds on my side with just six words…
Don’t ‘negatively surprise’ your workers!
Previously I shared how much I hated to be “surprised” by an employee. But it is only fair that you don’t surprise an employee either.
Tweak your weekly staff meeting
What do your employee’s take away from your staff meetings? Give them some homework.