SMILE FOR THE CAMERA Why your picture could make a difference! Do you hate having your picture taken? Are you never satisfied with your smile? That shouldn’t stop you from putting your grinning face on your marketing materials. And your employees shining smiles will work wonders, too. Why? Generally, people like dealing with other people, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 18, 2010
A Simple Route Customer Generating Idea You Might Be Overlooking—Your Business Card! Today I’d like to share an often-overlooked dry cleaner marketing idea that can bring in route customers if you model your next business card after these ideas. Most dry cleaners (and most businesses) don’t take advantage of the power of their business card. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Take a look at all these reviews I got on Google Places: See some more reviews. Click below: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&pws=0&prmd=ivm&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=dry+cleaners&fb=1&hq=dry+cleaners&hnear=Pittsford,+NY+14534&cid=5977273516269785201&ei=LgG0TO3HEMWKswaDlt20CA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4QnQIwAw You can do this too! I sent an email to all my customers (hopefully you’re gathering their emails) asking them to post a review on Google Places. I told them I would give them a $5 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 26, 2010
One of my member’s, Kris Anderson of Greener Dry Cleaner in Sydney, Australia, sent me a story of how he purchased a dry cleaner with NO money down and how he made $115,000 within a year. Owning your own dry cleaner is the only way to go. Mostly for the simple reason you get to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 17, 2010
Do you know what the “blame game” is? It’s blaming circumstances, others, the weather, the economic climate, the market, your prospects and anything else you can think of for your misfortune. The ONLY thing to blame for your misfortune is YOU!! Get over it. You are to blame for all the misfortune… and also the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 16, 2010
What is direct response marketing? It’s not an ad without a way to contact you. Those ads are called institutional ads and they are for large companies like Coca Cola and American Express. You want your ad to move someone to call a phone number, fill out a form on your website or mail something [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Watch this video and you’ll get some great ideas for creative and effective mailings to get route customers for your dry cleaning business:
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Watch this video and decide for yourself.
Continue reading...Sunday, August 22, 2010
How are you engaging your customers? I use my blog as one of my tools. You can’t believe the comments I get from putting recipes on my blog. It doesn’t have to be recipes. What do you enjoy doing? Get a Flip-It Video Camera or use your smart phone like I did in this video. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 18, 2010
First of all, what is the purpose of converting and why would you do it? You convert because a route customer will spend more money every month and stay with you much longer than a counter customer. This is a fact! I hear it all the time from my members. So if you don’t convert, [...]
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Monday, October 25, 2010
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