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Get the jump NOW on winter challenges!

by Steve Toburen

A proactive cleaning and restoration contractor can beat winter challenges with these key steps!

Categories quickTIPS Tags cold weather, customer eyeglasses, marketing, moment of truth, procrastination, slow season, traffic laws, winter season Leave a comment

Avoiding the “silent killer”! (Carbon Monoxide)

by Steve Toburen

Listen carefully here: Carbon Monoxide is a very real danger to you, your employees AND your customers.

Categories quickTIPS Tags carbon monoxide, carpet cleaning van, cleaning equipment, cleaning methods, family safety, health, health and carpet cleaning, heated garage, liability, safety, technical cleaning skills, truck mount Leave a comment

Use a ‘Winter-time-excuse’ to ‘reach out’ to your clients.

by Steve Toburen

Need work fast? Grab previous customers attention (and money!) without appearing “desperate”.

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning marketing, FREE Lifetime Spotter, increase sales, marketing, phone sales, production, slow season, Spot and Spill warranty, Spot-Out, telephone formats, winter season Leave a comment

Surviving the upcoming “Dark Days” of winter!

by Steve Toburen

Show appreciation to your commercial clients by making them look good to their employees AND give yourself a “burst of business” in your slow residential months of January, February and March.

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning marketing, increase sales, maintenance contract commercial cleaning, residential carpet cleaning, sales, slow season, winter season 10 Comments

The how (and why) of ‘Shared Company Goals’

by Steve Toburen
shared goals

We ALL do better when we work toward achieving shared goals. So I suggest you…

Categories quickTIPS Tags employee contests, employee development, goals, recognition, shared vision, Spot and Spill warranty Leave a comment

Award Great Attendance

by Steve Toburen
attendance award

Would you pay $2.00 for better efficiency?

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning technician, communication, employees, production, systems Leave a comment

How to make your clients feel ‘special’!

by Steve Toburen
write cell phone number business card

Use these techniques to share your cell phone number, make people feel special and get them to call you.

Categories quickTIPS Tags business cards, carpet cleaning marketing, cell phones, communication, first impression Leave a comment

Expand your network of business contacts

by Steve Toburen
save business cards

It’s really very simple. “Friends do business with friends.” Here is a tip on how to expand your “referral network”!

Categories quickTIPS Tags business cards, carpet cleaning marketing, commercial, commercial cleaning business resource, community, first impression, marketing, sales Leave a comment

Why (and how) you should dramatically increase your ‘marketing funnel’!

by Steve Toburen

Marketing really is a game of numbers. Your goal? To constantly increase the amount of people who immediately think of your company when a need arises.

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning marketing, ID badge, neighborhood sales, signage, trade shows, uniforms Leave a comment

How to STOP ‘Customer Erosion’!

by Steve Toburen
residential contract cleaning

Cultivate residential contract maintenance programs to maintain cash flow and capitalize on your marketing efforts. Keep those customers!

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning marketing, maintenance contract residential cleaning, repeat carpet cleaning customers, sales cycle, stay beautiful maintenance program Leave a comment

Why (and how to) remind your clients who you are!

by Steve Toburen

If you don’t remind your clients who you are, nobody else will. Stay in front of your clients with theses tips for future sales and referrals too.

Categories quickTIPS Tags FREE Lifetime Spotter, maintenance contract residential cleaning, newsletter program, referral partnerships, repeat carpet cleaning customers, Strategic Partnership Leave a comment

Your employees feel they deserve a regular pay check! BUMMER!

by Steve Toburen

You got to pay your employees! Steve offers 4 ways to boost your income stream and stay busy regardless of season or market area ups and downs.

Categories quickTIPS Tags cash flow, employees, maintenance contract commercial cleaning, maintenance contract residential cleaning, payroll Leave a comment

What progress will you make… TODAY?

by Steve Toburen

How are you doing 184 days after January 1st, 2018? Not so good? If so…

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning business growth, carpet cleaning technician, personal success, planning, success Leave a comment

Don’t just ‘shoot ’em a price’! Share your ‘recommendations’!

by Steve Toburen
commercial proposal

7 simple steps to provide a commercial proposal instead of just a one time cleaning price.

Categories quickTIPS Tags bidding, cleaning business pricing, cleaning pricing profit, open access, package pricing, sales, selling commercial cleaning Leave a comment

ALWAYS submit 3 (or more) ‘Price/Frequency/Zoned Area Options’!

by Steve Toburen

Commercial carpet cleaning contracts are awesome – yet few cleaners have them. Get more contracts by offering different price options. Here’s how.

Categories quickTIPS Tags bidding, cash flow, cleaning business profit, commercial, commercial cleaning business resource, maintenance contract commercial cleaning, property managers, proposal, restaurant cleaning, selling commercial cleaning 6 Comments
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