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Grant,
You’re right about the restaurant biz. I clean for one restaurant here (only because I know the owner pretty well), but other than that I have no interest in that line of work…
Dan 8)
I have done some wood floors, but was not real happy with the results of the wax. A few of floors looked good when I finished, but they seem to dull back within a week or so. Some floors don’t even look that much better. Plus, with the wax, the customer has to be carefull on how to maintain them. Many wood floor cleaners will create a haze. Overall, I don’t care for our wax and do not perform this service anymore.
I have submitted some info to corporate for them to reveiw about another product that works much better and last a lot longer. It is pretty much a sandless refinish job that does not involve that much more time than our current system but can bring in 3-4 times the revenue. And, our buffer is perfect for it. Not sure where they stand on it though…
I think it could be a good item to sell. Maybe even add a little disinfectant so that it will freshen and disinfect. Kind of like a freebreeze…
Corporate, what do you think???
Dan 😀
Right on about the decision needs to be NOW thing. There is a company out there that sales ad space for Movie Theater brochures. They always try that pressure type of sales technique….
Register Tape Network – STAY AWAY!!!!! Very bad decision on my part. Luckily I did not lose too much before I got out. They are very unethical in their practices as well. I have talked to other businesses that have dealt with them and had similar problems that I did. STAY AWAY! 👿
Dennis, you are right about the $$ add on. I currently do add $5 to $10 on for the jobs that are 30-45 min away. For the local ones here around town, I will probably just add a couple… Homer Tax – I like it!
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I am considering just adding a buck or two to the total bill on each job. It is totally insignificant to the customer, but it helps pay for the gas…
Ron, Let us know how RSVP works out. They are in our area as well, but I haven’t done anything with them due to cost…
Yea, phone book advertising is a funny animal. Bellsouth is the Big Boy on the block here and it comes with a high price. I am in two of their phone books, one is a quarter page in a smaller city for about $270, the other is a half pg in my primary city (much higher population) for about $1,100.
Since last Oct (when they phone book went out) I have had only one month where I broke even with the $1,100 area (I rarely get 50% of the investment back on the other months). In the smaller area with a smaller ad, I regularly bring in 3 times the invesment and sometimes more. Most of the time, I make more in total dolars from the smaller ad in a smaller area than the bigger one does in a larger area. It doesn’t make sense, but that is the way it has been here. This year I am greatly reducing the bigger area ad. Live and learn…
And, in 08, the Yellow Book arrives here…
Danbo
