Should I buy a restoration franchise?
Is disaster restoration a good fit for this Tennessee constructor? Steve’s “Who-What-Where-Why-When-How” response lays the groundwork for any business decision you might be pondering.
starting out
How can I “work” my 70 year data base of installed carpets?
A 70 year old Texas carpet store is expanding into carpet cleaning. So how can they turn their thousands of long-term retail clients into carpet cleaning customers? Steve shares tips on how to win them now … or win them later.
Market to “underserved” carpet cleaning sectors
Stop the insanity of trying to underprice the competition on every single job. It’s time for a new tactic. Go where no one else wants to go!
What equipment should I buy with $8,000.00 for a carpet cleaning start-up?
A young Denver cleaner ponders commercial carpet cleaning. Steve shares great downloads plus how this budding entrepreneur can attend SFS absolutely free!
Can a carpet cleaner survive in a rural area?
A Chicago area cleaner is facing a “forced move” to rural Missouri. Can he not only survive but prosper?
“Steve, what if you could do it all over again?”
A struggling Alabama carpet cleaner asks Steve, “What would you do differently if you could rebuild and sell your business all over again”? Steve (of course) waxes nostalgic as he looks back over the last forty years …
What is the survival rate of new carpet cleaning start-ups?
A Maine cleaning professional frets about the survival rate among carpet cleaning start ups. Steve never did and explains why you don’t need to worry about other people’s “survival rate” else either …
Welcome to a great industry …
Steve reminisces about his start in the Cleaning and Restoration Industry many years ago. He offers both new and experienced owner/operators his advice for success.
Buying a business versus “starting from scratch”?
Believe it or not, many folks from “outside” think this is an industry worth investing in. Steve shares a little start-up advice with one budding carpet cleaning entrepreneur …
Just starting and a bit scared …
Let’s see if we can help a “new boy” in Reno. He started out on the right track by picking a great industry IF he “does it right” …
Steve, I’ll take anything …
When your starting out, any work is a blessing. Read Steve’s advice to one sub-contractor.
Intimidated by residential carpet cleaning! What to do?
A Big Sky country janitorial business owner gets cold feet over his carpet cleaning endeavor. Steve reminisces on his days getting started in the carpet cleaning industry and points to light at the end of the tunnel. We all had our first cleaning job, didn’t we?
12 Secrets to Success in Carpet Cleaning
This information has been tested and refined over the last thirty years. First by me and now for the last ten-plus years by our over 2,000 SFS members.
Avoiding the Road In-Between
Choose your own path to business growth. This report helps you avoid common pitfalls while finding the path that best suits you and your life goals.
Can I (should I?) start a restoration company again?
Should this restorer start a restoration company of his own? There are no easy answers. Steve invites all cleaners and restorers to first establish goals.