Tag Archive | "finances"

A wounded carpet cleaner’s cry for help …


All of us (and especially you solo owner operators) should think about the fragile line between good health and winding up disabled in just one instant. And we’re not just talking health. Instead, think what would happen to your family’s economic security if you lose one, two, three or more months of work …

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10 Questions Every Cleaning and Restoration Business Should Ask!


Check out these 10 questions that just may keep you from joining the 80% of start-up businesses that fail within their first decade. Then share with your fellow board members other vital questions that have kept you safe, sane and profitable …

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Cashing Out: Preparing Your Cleaning Business for its Eventual Sale


When will you sell your business? Very few make plans for this very likely reality. Do it right with this Special Report.

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Cleaning Up- Building Personal Wealth in the Cleaning Industry


You can make a lot of money in cleaning and restoration. But will it be enough for you to retire in style? Take steps now to provide for the day you leave your business. Steve gives his recommendations on how to “clean up”.

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Are You a Lone Wolf? Should You Be?


Can you be successful without enduring the inevitable agonies of hiring employees? Absolutely. But if you fly solo you must make a few adjustments.

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Slow Economy; Should I Discount?


Can discounting your price help drive more business? Take a look at Pizza Hut and see what it did for them.

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Weekly Financial Flash Report


In the “good ole days” (pre-recession) you could get by with casually checking the nice big number at the end of your monthly Profit and Loss statement and then pop a cold one! Not anymore. You now need to focus like a hawk on your WEEKLY financials. This Flash Report form will help …

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Struggling with a business “identity crisis”?


Are you tired of trying to be “all things to all men”? You aren’t the only one …

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