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winter season

Analyzing your wins… and your losses

by Steve Toburen

What lessons can be extracted by analyzing your “fails” over the last 12 months?

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning business growth, cash flow, hiring, leadership, systems, winter season Leave a comment

What to do NOW to save your company this winter!

by Steve Toburen

WINTER strikes terror in the heart of most in our industry. Should you be worried? Not if you make these winter preparations.

Categories quickTIPS Tags carpet cleaning financials, carpet cleaning techncian, cash flow, forward scheduling, maintenance contract residential cleaning, production, sales, slow season, winter season Leave a comment

“Prevention” is a great winter time tool!

by Steve Toburen
chapped hands

Head off winter health issues before they happen. Check out these economical and easy solutions.

Categories quickTIPS Tags cleaning equipment, cold weather, health and carpet cleaning, winter season Leave a comment

Cold weather survival tools (Video)

by Steve Toburen

Steve Toburen shares some “winter survival tools” that will let you not only survive but prosper with snow, ice and cold.

Categories videoTIPS Tags carpet cleaning technician, cleaning equipment, cold weather, employees, low cost marketing, slow season, truck mount, video clip, winter season Leave a comment

Dealing “up front” with winter’s woes

by Steve Toburen

When rainy/snowy/generally nasty weather arrives the residential cleaning cancellations start rolling in. Here is a “preemptive strike” to stop the madness.

Categories quickTIPS Tags bath mats, cancellations, carpet cleaning marketing, carpet cleaning sales, cold weather, customer eyeglasses, door guard, emotions, forward scheduling, sales, shoes, slow season, winter season Leave a comment

You deserve a “working vacation”!

by Steve Toburen

There is no sin in enjoying yourself while learning great stuff. Steve reminds us that we can revel in warm beaches AND learn from the best in the industry. All one month from now in the sunny Tampa Bay area …

Categories SFS Instructor’s Blog Tags Angela Buege, Bill Yeadon, Chuck Violand, cold weather, education, Nick Paolella, SFS, Steve Toburen, Strategies for Success Seminar, Tampa Bay, winter season 3 Comments
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