Articles Tagged with ''carpet cleaning''

Revisiting Moths and Wool Rugs: 10 Years Later

May 1, 2012

Adult clothes moths do not cause damage - it is the larvae, which actually feed on wool, they produce that cause the problem. There are only two kinds of moths to be concerned with: the webbing moth and the casemaking moth.


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Stat Tracking and Goal Setting

May 1, 2012
Within the operations of a successful carpet cleaning business is a manager tracking statistics and setting goals. It is vital to have a finger on the pulse of the operations to know whether the company is living or dying.
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It's Not What You Know, It's...

May 1, 2012
Have you ever heard the phrase “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know?” Over the past 27 years in this industry, I have learned that all of business is about relationships. But what if it wasn’t just “who you know,” but “what you know about who you know?”
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Dominate the Web with Mini-Sites

April 2, 2012

Your cleaning company can pop up all over the search engines with this strategy. But first you’ll need to learn these few tricks. Last month I wrote about using blogs to get more clients. One option for blogging is the use of mini-websites, or mini-sites.


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Carpet Cleaning: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

May 1, 2012

Carpet cleaning is an easy industry to get into. Heck, I started up my first cleaning business at the age of 16 with $75! (Used buffer, used mop buckets, used squeegees and used mops!)


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Cutting the “C.R.A.P.” Business Model: Part II

July 2, 2012

Far too many of my ICS readers (you know who you are) attract customers who choose a carpet cleaner the same way they buy gas - the lowest advertised price!


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News and Views from the PACR

July 2, 2012

The Professional Association of Cleaning & Restoration (PACR) has begun the summer with great volunteers!


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An Update from CRCII

July 2, 2012

On May 22, we held a board meeting to update and revise the CRCII committees. Those that were discussed were the nomination, marketing, by-laws and meeting committees.


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News and Views from CFI

July 2, 2012

The Central Coast Chapter reports that the May 16 meeting at Proline in San Carlos, CA had a great turnout.


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Track Your Advertising

July 2, 2012

Tracking your advertising is crucial for business owners or managers, but too often we just don’t do it. Company resources are scarce and should be cautiously appropriated to those activities that will produce a positive return on the investment. If we make no effort to measure our results how do we know if it is giving us a positive return?


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