Parking your truck safely and efficiently
How you park your truck can make for faster work or expose you to real dangers. Steve shares a few tips to keep you safe, effective and healthy …
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Avoiding the “broken machine with the client watching” nightmare!
NOTHING is worse than a non-working truck mount with the customer impatiently waiting! Here are two quick tips to keep your machine humming along and your blood pressure under control …
Treat the 3 symptoms of an ADHDM manager!
Learn the destructive tendencies of the typical Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder manager. If you see yourself here help is on the way!
The right hoses= better extraction/ faster work
Speed your work up and then SLOW DOWN to create a Customer Cheerleader! Little ideas like this will create a “cash flow machine” out of your carpet cleaning business.
Bringing order out of chaos for carpet cleaners
Most carpet cleaners are chronically disorganized. Steve has “been there-done that” and freely admits that his paperwork is still a mess. But even so he shares five steps on how to organize your office and just maybe your life …
Solutions for an ADHD owner or manager!
So are you easily distracted/impulsive/scatter-brained and/or hyper-active? Then you may be an ADHD manager and YES- Chuck Violand explains that there is hope for you!
Simple tricks to make more money- RIGHT NOW!
Implement these “little details” to save time and money. Plus send in your “production ideas” to win great prizes!
How to liberate yourself from your email Inbox!
Your email inbox: A harsh taskmaster and yet you can’t live without it! Steve shares some ideas on finding “e-mail balance”.
Is your cleaning business a “leaky bucket”?
Is your carpet cleaning/restoration company constantly “leaking”? The first road to patching the leaks is to recognize the problem … and its cause. Chuck Violand points where to look for lost energy, profits, … you get the idea.
What if you could do your cleaning career “all over again”?
Do you “fritter away days”? Chuck Violand fights this tendency to waste time. Read here Chuck’s musings on how to avoid this destructive habit and live your life to its full potential.
How commercial “encapsulation” cleaning transformed my company!
VAST instructor, Jeff Cutshall, not only will dramatically improve your technician’s attitudes and actions in the customer’s home- he also runs his own commercial carpet cleaning business. Jeff shares how his company has cleaned up big time with “encapsulation” and just why you should get on board …
Carpet Cleaning Chemicals: always measure to save money and time
Sometimes “simple is best”. This tip will only cost you a few bucks but may save you hundreds of dollars in carpet cleaning chemicals cost. Read on …