How well does your cleaning website work? You can clearly tell by the number of jobs you book from your site. For the cleaning company who uses the web effectively, it’s easily one of the cheapest ways to get clients.

We are all in the same boat. Like other businesses, carpet cleaners have been slammed lately with increased competition, declining revenues and much higher fuel and supply prices.

One of my coaching clients, Lisa Giesler, is an organizing consultant. She has a book called “My Life is a Mess.”

Let’s face it: most owners of restoration companies are great people, people you’d like to hang out with.

What is that first thought you have when you wake up in the morning? “I can’t wait to get to work, I am loving this.”? Or has come to, “How did I get myself into this mess?"

Last month we talked about your options for a cleaning Web site. Now we’ll talk about the specifics of what you need to get a site up and running.

Airlines recognize that filling those last few seats can mean the difference between profit and bankruptcy. You too can fill up your bank account by “building your job ticket” when you and your employees sell more work on each job.  

If there’s one thing you can saw about technology, it’s that it doesn’t stay in one place for very long. Continual updates, leaps from v.1.2 to v.5.0 before you can finish your first tutorial require diligence on the part of the carpet cleaner.

Over the past two months I have shared why having systems are critical to the phenomenal success of your business. In this piece I will share the five parts of a system with which I believe you can systematize just about anything.

I’d like to discuss an unpleasant subject, one that can put loads of money in your pocket and dramatically change your life. That concept is Working Outside Your Comfort Zone.