Success Profile: Chet Pharies- Lubbock, Texas
Chet Pharies whole heartedly recommends Jon-Don’s SFS training program to Restoration and Commercial companies. Your company can benefit too!
starting out
An all new SFS?
Steve reflects over the last 16 years AND introduces an all-new-from-the-ground-up SFS. Even better- he shares how to save $580.00 by acting NOW!
Painting Your Success- Part 3
Here are three examples of well-known successful visionaries that overcame initial self-doubt.
Born to Win
Zig Ziglar has written 29 books throughout his life. Born To Win takes those 29 books and boils them down to the basics. If you want to be a winner then you need to follow these basics and principles.
Are you “naturally curious”?
Guest contributor Ivan Turner weighs in with reflections on a dangerous proverb…
Do I need my very own “domain name”?
Just what is a domain name and why are they important for cleaners and restorers? Steve calls in an expert to break down the basics of domain names and how to pick one for your cleaning company.
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.
Can you help a “Just Starting Out” carpet cleaner?
Too many cleaners stumble through life flitting from one business model to another. So here’s a starting out checklist of business and life model options.
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?
One tech or two on carpet cleaning trucks?
Nothing (with the exception of how to price your work) will get carpet cleaners more agitated than the eternal question of one person versus two person crews. Steve explains why he came down somewhere in the middle …
How Mac W. Skiver found “Sawadee” at SFS!
Mac Skiver was starting out in carpet cleaning at 58! So he didn’t have 20 years to learn from the School of Hard Knocks. See how SFS brought Mac success AND the freedom to retire in just four short years!
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!
Tom Barr uses SFS concepts to “clean up” in restoration.
Ex-paratrooper Tom Barr took the scariest “jump” of his life several years ago when he opened Platinum Restoration. Now Platinum is thriving and Tom credits much of his success to attending SFS twice!
“Down in the trenches” at Mikefest 2011
This can be a lonely business but cleaners are fighting back by spontaneously organizing “get-togethers”. Steve gives us an ongoing inside view of the most “informal” gathering out there…