Watch out for ‘internally ruptured’ hose faucets this spring!
Use this QuickTIP before your spring rush to avoid internal rupture faucet leaks that cause an “unpaid water damage loss” and very unhappy clients!
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How to Transform Your Restoration Business
Steve shares how to “transform” your company by focusing on the “Emotional Dynamics” of the home owner’s loss. (Even if you don’t offer restoration now many of the same principles apply in carpet cleaning too!)
How to reduce commercial complaints
This simple checklist consistently guides your front-line service worker’s relationship with your clients
12 Secrets for a Smoother Running Restoration Business
Obviously no 12 point Report is going to cover everything you need for success in restoration, but our guess is you will find downloading “12 Secrets for a Smoother Running Restoration Business” well worth your time.
How can I avoid “wacko” clients after buying a carpet cleaning business?
A new carpet cleaning business is concerned that every customer will be off their rocker. See Steve’s reply …
How to learn from customer complaints
This Customer Concern Follow-up Sheet will salvage the customer while providing valuable feedback for your company.
Transform a complaining client into a Cheerleader- Part 3
Let’s wrap this series up with my one-two punch that will make a complaining customer absolutely fall in love with your company.
Transform a complaining client into a Cheerleader- Part 2
No matter how good you are a few clients will STILL complain. (And you can only HOPE they call you instead of nailing you on the Internet for 1,000’s of prospective customers to read!)
Transform a complaining client into a Cheerleader- Part 1
What do you do when an unhappy client actually wants to USE your “100% delighted guarantee”! GRRRR! This is so unfair since you did a “good job”! Listen carefully here..
Should I cover up shoddy carpet installations?
A Portland carpet cleaner has worked hard to build a retailer base. But now he is sick of bailing out his floor stores AND their “slap-it-in” installers! Steve suggests a middle ground…
How to recover from a service blunder
Here is a simple acronym “road map” for making unhappy clients into “Turbo” Customer Cheerleaders!
Why can’t customer service always be this easy?
Everyone knows Big Billy has always been addicted to the coffee at Starbucks. Now his latest Starbucks experience has turned him into a raving fan. Future SFS attendees be warned …
Compulsively measuring your success with customer comment cards
Most cleaners invite reviews; but not everyone examines them like they should. Steve revisits the “customer comment card” with a few modern tweaks.
Cleaning professionals- Can you improve your apology technique?
Should you say you are sorry even when it is not your fault? Southwest Airlines’ “recovery system” is just one of the many reasons why they are king of customer service AND make money as their competitors go broke. What does your company do when “it” hits the fan?
Never “oversell” the Scotchgard application to your residential carpet cleaning customers
Remember the old expression, “under promise, over deliver”? In other words, IF you’ve already got the Scotchgard protector sale, it is now time to lower the no doubt unreasonably high expectations of a typical residential cleaning customer. Steve shares how to NOT oversell carpet cleaning products.