How should I pay an outside commercial cleaning sales rep?
A commercial cleaning firm is facing problems with a recently hired outside commercial rep. Steve tells them what they should have done and still can do!
TOP TEN List Idea #8: Get more efficient on the job.
Labor (especially YOUR own labor!) will always be your most expensive overhead. Save time by getting efficient and you will Make More Money on each job!
To solve problems: “Less can be more”
How many times have you screamed, “Don’t just stand there- DO SOMETHING!” SFS instructor Chuck Violand explains the best strategy may be to “do nothing”…
Steve Jobs versus the Google Boys
What Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, eBay, and Microsoft achieve over the next 5 years will have a HUGE affect on your company and your life. Bill shares insights from two new ground breaking books …
TOP TEN List Idea #9- Travel smarter.
You don’t make money driving! Steve shares some great tips on how to “travel smarter” and Make More Money on each job!
“How much per square metre should I charge?”
Square foot, square metre- the question is the same! A new carpet cleaner in Great Britain is facing this pricing quandary and wants a formula for pricing. So Steve gives him one …
PROFITABLE long term apartment accounts- guaranteed!
Learn one simple concept that will change forever how you view property management accounts! Steve begs you to PLEASE try this one!
TOP TEN: “Make More Money From Each Job”- By charging MORE!
Steve says: “Put more profit in your pocket by raining your prices!” (DUH!)
2011’s TOP FIVE articles!
What reached out and grabbed our cleaner and restorer readers during 2011? This recap let’s you know what our little “band of brothers” focused on last year. You STILL can act on any of these ideas. Just don’t let 2012 leave you in its dust.
“Breaking bread” brings your team together
People hire on with you for you for a pay check. (Duh!) BUT they stay long term because they “buy in” emotionally to the family atmosphere and shared vision you have created. Read on for how to do it …
Moment of Truth Restoration Checklist
This restoration “Moment of Truth” checklist structures the job so that while your employees are doing the restoration work, they are also giving the home owner positive Moments of Truth.
Donley Services “cleans up” in St. Louis!
A savvy St. Louis entrepreneur checks in with a progress report for the SFS team and shares some resources with all of us …
You deserve a “working vacation”!
There is no sin in enjoying yourself while learning great stuff. Steve reminds us that we can revel in warm beaches AND learn from the best in the industry. All one month from now in the sunny Tampa Bay area …
I don’t want to be rich- will SFS help me?
Steve applauds a Florida carpet cleaners decision to focus on his family instead of searching for riches. So can the Strategies for Success seminar help a “little guy” that just wants to stay small?
The advantages of an “on-site” VAST seminar
SFS graduates are eager to turn their companies into fine-tuned Cheerleader making machines! BUT how can you get the average tech to “buy in” to your new vision? Jeff Cutshall has the answer …