What to do NOW to save your company this winter!
WINTER strikes terror in the heart of most in our industry. Should you be worried? Not if you make these winter preparations.
slow season
The pre-paid “Stay Beautiful” maintenance program for residential carpet cleaning
Are you tired of being beat up by the “Great Recession”? Are your customers increasing their times between cleanings and/or having less done when they do call you? Many of our SFS members have implemented the “Stay Beautiful” residential “service contract” which guarantees your customer beautiful carpets forever AND they report great results. Download this FREE Special Report …
Selling Commercial Cleaning
Commercial cleaning can be a great way to diversify and maintain an income year round if you know how to sell it.
Cold weather survival tools (Video)
Steve Toburen shares some “winter survival tools” that will let you not only survive but prosper with snow, ice and cold.
Dealing “up front” with winter’s woes
When rainy/snowy/generally nasty weather arrives the residential cleaning cancellations start rolling in. Here is a “preemptive strike” to stop the madness.
Help me implement the Stay Beautiful program!
Steve gives his quick review of what the Stay Beautiful program is and how it works. Use this program to 1) retain your customers, 2) maintain cash flow and 3) raise the value of your business.
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!)
Leadership: Hard to pin down?
What can you learn from a 100 year old race to the South Pole or more recently on Everest? How can the leadership styles displayed there affect your business? Read on…
How to sell more cleaning contracts
Most commercial prospects want just a PRICE from you. Here’s how to sell your contract cleaning services. How??? Use this Commercial Carpet Analysis.
“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???
Cleaning carpets in winter- YUCK!
Winter is on the way! So how can you keep those residential jobs coming in even during the most foul weather? By displaying care and concern for your client’s home …
It’s getting cold outside
Regardless of your preferred season of the year, we can all agree that Winter offers it’s challenges to working in the Customer’s home. Try this technique to keep your productivity up …
Exploiting Chaos
Chaos sounds horrible. It brings to mind historic events such as the fall of Saigon or 9/11 and the horrors that ensued. But chaos can also lead to opportunity. In fact there is a Chinese symbol that stands for danger but also means opportunity. Which one will you choose?
Where is their sense of urgency? Part II
Now I’m not going to flog my sojourn down in the trenches of remodeling but let me share one anecdote that includes a lesson for all of us in the service industries.
Should you do a Home Show?
Here are a few nuggets I have mined from our SFS member’s comments recently to make the best of your spring home show.