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Tried and proven Techniques, Ideas, Procedures and Systems (TIPS) that have been submitted from Strategies For Success members. If you would like to join the fun you can submit your own as well!

The why and how of ‘less’…

by Steve Toburen
less is more van wrap

3 concrete recommendations to make the best use of short attention spans.

Categories quickTIPS Tags business cards, carpet cleaning marketing, carpet cleaning van, finance flash report, vehicle Leave a comment

Closing the sale with Steve’s 3-step ‘AFO’ sequence

by Steve Toburen

Steve offers his favorite 3 step “closing the sale” technique. Try it for a few weeks … what do you have to lose? Give it a try!

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning marketing, customer interview, deadline, fear, improve carpet cleaning sales, increase sales, inspections, sales 1 Comment

How to ‘Creatively Empathize’ with a Price Shopper

by Steve Toburen

What options do you really have for dealing with ‘price shoppers’. Steve shares his only solid strategy.

Categories quickTIPS Tags cleaning business pricing, emotions, price shoppers 1 Comment

Quit living ‘in fear of the few’!

by Steve Toburen
don't call attention to raised prices

Steve shares 3 tips to handle raising prices with repeat customers.

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning financials, cleaning pricing profit, increase carpet cleaning ticket total Leave a comment

Stop falling behind…!

by Steve Toburen

How long has it been since you raised your prices? Two years? Five years? Ten years? Never?

Categories quickTIPS Tags raising prices Leave a comment

How to get more regular commercial work!

by Steve Toburen
boost your commercial sales

Commercial contracts offer high profits, regular work and consistent, predictable cash flow. What’s not to like?

Categories quickTIPS Tags bidding, cleaning pricing profit, dedicated sales morning, maintenance contract commercial cleaning, sales cycle, selling commercial cleaning Leave a comment

My TOP FIVE ‘Let’s git ‘er done!’ QuickTIPS!

by Steve Toburen
looking back at 2018

Thank you for reading and maybe even (could it be?) actually implementing these weekly QuickTIPS!

Categories quickTIPS Tags additional cleaning services, carpet cleaning business growth, owner/operator, sales Leave a comment

Surviving service vehicle winter driving

by Steve Toburen

Your toughest winter problem? Driving on snow packed and icy roads! So pay attention to these safe winter driving for service vehicles reminders.

Categories quickTIPS Tags cold weather, common courtesy, motivating carpet cleaning technicians, parking service vehicle, technical cleaning skills, time management, traffic laws, vehicle, winter season Leave a comment

Help your commercial accounts save on their 2018 taxes…

by Steve Toburen
customer savings tax season

This tip is a great ‘excuse to reach out’ to commercial customers you haven’t heard from in a while.

Categories quickTIPS Tags commercial cleaning business resource, selling commercial cleaning, slow season, winter season Leave a comment

“What happens IF…?”

by Steve Toburen

The single most important “working safety” rule is a simple one-size-fits-all question…

Categories quickTIPS Tags accountability, cleaning methods, company policy, family safety, insurance, liability, personal development for carpet cleaners, production, safety, security, systems, technical cleaning skills, truck work crew, winter season Leave a comment

Empower your employees to follow PPE procedures

by Steve Toburen

When a worker “owns” their personally assigned PPE they will be much more likely to care for it and follow PPE procedures.

Categories quickTIPS Tags accountability, carpet cleaning technician, cleaning equipment, efficiency, employee retention, employees, job site inspections, motivating carpet cleaning technicians, recognition bonus, safety Leave a comment

HOW to ‘stay in contact’…

by Steve Toburen

Smart business manager recognizes you must cultivate every contact you establish. Here’s how to stay in contact with quality leads…

Categories quickTIPS Tags business cards, cleaning website, new carpet cleaning customers, small business networking Leave a comment

Your ultimate networking tool!

by Steve Toburen

Networking is much more than endlessly repeating your ‘elevator speech’ at Chamber cocktail parties. Steve shares his favorite networking tool.

Categories quickTIPS Tags business cards, carpet cleaning marketing, low cost marketing, small business networking Leave a comment

How to put real estate agents and mortgage brokers to work for you!

by Steve Toburen
gift card for residential carpet cleaning

Use a gift card to offer a flexible way to gain new customers while motivating strategic partners to refer your services. Everybody wins!

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning marketing, discounts, gift cards, real estate agent, realtors, value conscious cleaning customers, winter season Leave a comment

Get more work by ‘giving more’ to charity!

by Steve Toburen

Create great exposure to quality potential customers while doing good in your community with Charity fund-raising.

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning marketing strategies, charity, ethical marketing, marketing, marketing tools Leave a comment
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