The hardest phrase to utter …
Many entrepreneurs struggle with verbalizing their gratitude to others. SFS instructor Chuck Violand shares why saying “thank you” is so important and how you can do so …
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Letters for Commercial?
Slow months can bring a cash crunch. How can a cleaning company best market to commercial accounts?
Be a neighborhood “Good Guy”!
Display your generosity and at the same time allow your preferred market base to get a glimpse of your awesome carpet cleaning skills and your Value Added Service!
Can I help others AND my company at the same time?
What factors should a California cleaner consider before helping out his local food bank? Steve offers his insights.
Expand your network of business contacts
It’s really very simple. “Friends do business with friends.” Here is a tip on how to expand your “referral network”!
The Big Money in Home and Trade Shows
Get out there and sell “face to face” … by letting the prospect come to you!
Cleaning up by “doing good”!
Restoration operations, building service contractors and carpet cleaning companies can all offer charitable efforts for the community. (And win a few new customers along the way!)
Google+ for Cleaners & Restorers: Small Business Benefits
So why should you focus on social media and especially Google+? For the social media challenged among us trust your SFS team to break it down into easily understood concepts.
Google+ for Cleaners & Restorers: A Primer
Are you “on the fence” about online marketing? Not sure if you need it or can manage it? So just WHAT the heck is “social media” and HOW can you use it as a “Strategy for Success”?
“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 …
“What a great feeling to have more than enough work!” Eric Blessit
Eric Blessitt with All Kleen Services, LLC in Hopkinsville, KY made big changes after attending SFS. The result? More and bigger jobs with MUCH higher profits. Learn how Eric did it …
“Toto, I don’t think we’re cleaning carpet in Kansas anymore!”
What do Rock & Roll, Toto, and Facebook have to do with your cleaning business? Value conscious customers!! Big Billy Yeadon advises carpet cleaners to keep an eye on their company image in this new economic climate. So how and what are you contributing to your community?
Words to live by and not just for carpet cleaners either!!!
How do you sum up life in one paragraph? Does it even remotely involve your truck mount, pre-spray, cleaning solution or other cleaning equipment? We sure hope not! Brian Dyson of Coca Cola has done a very nice job of helping everyone (carpet cleaning and restoration professionals included) keep focused on the really important things in life …
How professional carpet cleaners can get local small business consulting … FREE!
Even the Bible says that “in the multitude of counselors there is salvation”. And yet, being the stubborn, mule-headed entrepreneurs that we are, we continue to insist on going it alone. One SFS member shares a great idea on outside advice. Even better, this help is FREE!
Make the “News” in your city …
With so many fancy advanced marketing schemes it is easy to get sidetracked away from some tried and true basics. Take a look at this simple and economical marketing campaign that targets your local market and it is FREE!