Have you ever been frustrated with a particularly tough cleaning job and screamed (preferably in your head so your customer didn't hear you), "I'm through with hot-water extraction - it's too hard for these lousy results!?"

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.

Carpet repairs are a major issue for consumers, and for inspection and cleaning professionals, since many become apparent over time or even during the cleaning process.

 

In the early years of my carpet cleaning career, you could identify a spot removal expert by whether or not he carried a bone spatula. That, along with a tamping brush and a few spotting towels, was what made up the equipment arsenal for the professional spot removal specialist...

 

Growing up in the 50's and 60's, I learned about "carpet raking" before many of you were born.

You probably don't know Paul Kelly. He retired from my company a year ago, having worked for me for the last 14 years. Previous to that, he worked as a professional carpet cleaner since 1985.

This month we will look at the parameters of cleaning products to successfully clean area rugs - the fifth and last in the series Rug Cleaning 101.

When it comes to their equipment, professional carpet cleaners will wax eloquent on truckmounts, wands and hoses...

Be your connectors hard or soft, there are solutions for you. But more and more, I see professionals moving to the hard plasticized connectors.

Heat drying just makes sense to us, as we dry our clothes in the dryer or hand them outside on a warm summer day. Along those lines, let's look at how you might use some heat "gadgets" to improve and speed your drying jobs.