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“Never Stop Learning.” – Anonymous
This is your Friday QuoteLesson Most college graduates think that once they’re done with college, they’re done learning. Not the case as you and I both know. It’s where the learning is just really beginning. Try to remember what you learned up until graduation from college (I didn’t graduate, so I have to remember up [...]
Continue reading...Filling In Your Route With Customers
Friday, April 27, 2012
What shape is your route in? Do you have 5% of the available households? Or better yet (and really good) 10%? Or do you have a “Micky Mouse” route? A route that two in this track of 1000 houses and one way over 2 miles down the street? If you’ve got one of these, it’s [...]
Continue reading...Groupon: Yes or No For Dry Cleaners
Monday, February 20, 2012
Is Groupon a smart way to advertise your dry cleaning pick-up and delivery business? I have the benefit of my membership trying Groupon and giving me their feedback. Some were good, most were not. BUT, I will outline the perfect situation to give Groupon a try under YOUR strict guidelines. First of all, if you’re [...]
Continue reading...Are You Doing Business With The Right Kind Of Customer
Friday, January 13, 2012
This was posted by member Kris Anderson in our membership forum. It’s a very important message I think you should pay close attention to. (Firstly I like to say thank you to all the great people who enjoy reading my blogs. Greg Colosi teaches us that we should all keep a “Success Journal”, I guess [...]
Continue reading...Do You Have A Big Bold Guarantee?
Thursday, August 18, 2011
If Not, You’re Letting New Customers Slip Through Your Hands That’s right. You are letting sales slip through your hands if you don’t have a big, bold guarantee. You should be guaranteeing everything you do. And I don’t mean the… “I-Guarantee-My-Work-Guarantee,” either. That’s what most every dry cleaning business does. It’s so over used and [...]
Continue reading...Have You Ever Hit Rock Bottom? I Did.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
My latest and greatest business just failed. I couldn’t get off the couch. I was spending the last of my kid’s communion money. All my savings was gone. My credit cards were maxed out. My house was being repossessed by the bank. And I was $200,000 in debt from money I borrowed to keep my [...]
Continue reading...The Magic Numbers are 3/45 In Keeping Dry Cleaning Customers
Monday, January 31, 2011
If you’ve got a storefront, it’s easy to get a first time customer, but how easy to have that same customer coming back 3 times in the next 45 days? It’s not that easy! Have you figured out what percentage of your new customers return a second and third time? Having this basic information can [...]
Continue reading...Dry Cleaners: Simple Ideas For Your Website
Friday, December 31, 2010
Watch this video of a Google engineer as he explains some simple things you can do with your website. Happy New Year!!
Continue reading...Your Personal Credo
Thursday, December 23, 2010
What is your personal credo? What do you stand for? What set of rules do you live by? Here is 15 of a 100 of my “Personal Credo” statements: I agree to the following CREDO for my beliefs: 1) I never make excuses. It’s my fault, good or bad. 2) I constantly strive to increase [...]
Continue reading...Is Your Head Screwed On Straight? Mine Wasn’t! What Can You Do If It’s Not?
Thursday, December 16, 2010
It’s not easy being a dry cleaning business owner today. The economy sucks. Your employee’s are wieners’ and complain all the time. Your customers aren’t always happy. And with all of this, you are expected to put on a smiling face for all—all of the time. First of all, congratulations on being a business owner. [...]
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Friday, May 4, 2012
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