Is Marketing Getting Harder?
So are you finding marketing to be more and more challenging? If so, join the crowd! Big Billy Yeadon offers his help with some important questions…
cleaning pricing profit
You just never know who is calling …
Tired of all the “how much” phone calls from Price Shoppers? SFS member Larry Holder reminds us that not all questions about price are from cheap people. Then Steve chimes in with a great (and free) phone script that answers “How much do you charge”?
So how is your retirement funding coming along?
The future IS coming at you and faster than you think! Steve shares some scary AND motivating statistics about retirement funding …
“Commercial Carpet Analysis” Form
So you finally muster up the courage to visit a great prospect for your regular commercial carpet maintenance. Even better, the owner agrees to see you! So NOW what do you do???
Groupon 2012: Is it for carpet cleaners?
Is Groupon the greatest thing going or a flash in the pan that may destroy your company? Big Billy Yeadon gives an update …
Water Damage Customer Interview Form
This Water Damage Interview Form will help you (and more importantly your employees) give structure to your initial “emergency response”
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!
TOP TEN: “Make More Money From Each Job”- By charging MORE!
Steve says: “Put more profit in your pocket by raining your prices!” (DUH!)
How cleaners/restorers can avoid the “Mercedes Benz Syndrome”
Chuck Violand explains why restoration and cleaning business owners should carefully weigh their purchases.
Focusing on the “right” cleaning business goals (Part 2)
Growth for the sake of bragging rights is meaningless, dangerous and might just possibly be fatal to your company. Chuck focuses on how to find the right numbers and how to make them even better.
Focusing on the “right” cleaning business goals (Part 1)
With the new year coming it’s a good time to reflect on your company’s future. And a big part of any business plan is forecasting sales goals for next year.
Commercial Production/Pricing Analysis Log
Commercial work is all about two things- A)Achieving “production per hour” and B) making a high “net profit”. Use this form to find both in different cleaning scenarios.
“Becoming more efficient and productive”- Spring Stuart-Walker
“Thanks to SFS our employees are now more invested in seeing our restoration company grow. I’ve seen that giving our workforce a voice in company procedures and policy really does make a difference.”
“SFS opened my eyes”- Marcus Taylor of Modernistic
One of Michigan’s most respected cleaning companies sends its managers to SFS. Why? Read what Marcus has to say …
Patrick Thompson’s path to new residential clients
So can a small family operation really compete against the big companies? In this dispatch a Chicago area owner-operator explains how SFS “Cheerleader concepts” transformed his business.