Carry all your small items in a rectangular bucket
Keep all your small tools together and make fewer trips to your service truck by applying this tip. By being more efficient you will make more money!
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TOP TEN #4- Make MORE $$$ by “Booking LESS”
Most cleaners love an upcoming week crammed full of jobs right from the git-go. But Steve says there are several subtle traps in overbooking your technicians. Learn how you may “Make More Money” by booking fewer jobs per week …
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!
“How much per square metre should I charge?”
Square foot, square metre- the question is the same! A new carpet cleaner in Great Britain is facing this pricing quandary and wants a formula for pricing. So Steve gives him one …
“How can I get my techs to maintain their service vehicles?”
Growth brings its own set of challenges. At the top of the list is teaching your techs to restock service vehicle. What options does a small operator have?
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.
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 …
How do they make money at 7 cents per foot?
A St. Louis cleaner wonders just how her competition can actually clean carpets at such a low cents per foot rate and still stay in business.
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 …
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!
Keeping carpet cleaning safe in the winter cold!
Avoid negative and even dangerous Moments of Truth in the winter with this great little reminder! (Plus your back will thank you too!)
Cleaning kid’s car seats creates Cheerleaders!
Many times it is the small “extra details” that create Cheerleaders who will sing your praises. (Including those all-important reviews on the Internet!) Steve shares one easy-to-produce positive Moment of Truth.
Groupon: Does it work for carpet cleaners?
Everyone is talking about Groupon. Is it a great new marketing tool for our industry or just “Val Pak on steroids”? Bill Yeadon says “It all depends”!
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.