Epic Carpet Cleaning Contest by Truckmountforums!!
Thanks to some bickering by a few members of who and what is better gave us a great idea for a weekly,quarterly and yearly contest to end all contests. Here is how it works. Each week we put out a...
View Article2 step method
Hey guys, looking for some hopefully good advice. I currently got a hotel job, which has been keeping me on my toes, for sure. The hotel is filthy. I am using my Minnimax (I hope John can get some good...
View ArticleWhat's the best carpet cleaning wand if you have a truckmount?
Need some advice on carpet cleaning wand for a truck mount, dimensions? Inches for diameter, how many jets? Sent from my iPhone using TMF Forums mobile app
View Article% of gross total generated by ads...
Had a nice chat with a competitor who charges twice what I charge and doesn't advertise.(he's not lying , before you ask) Got me thinking about my own advertising budget. Obviously my advertising is...
View ArticleAttempting a repair I've never done before
I started this on the facebook page but I thought maybe readers here could benefit from my journey into area rug repair. Long story short goes like this: -Customer drops off a wool tufted rug...
View ArticleHow many carpet cleaners is enough?
I googled it, but could not find the answer. Is there a ratio of carpet cleaners/population that tells somebody if there are too many/too few? As an example, a city of 100,000 should have how many...
View Articlefake wood floors
is it me ,or are people going with that fake wood floors instead of carpet . how do CC protect that crap (fake wood floors) for when they have to drag there hoses into the doors to clean the carpets in...
View ArticleAd on back of grocery receipt ?
Anybody here try it? Had sales guy stop today. About $1200 total. Runs for year. 3 different ads. you can change whenever. 16 total business. Only one carpet cleaner will be in.
View ArticleHonestly I've heard more customers being skeptical of VLM compared to HWE...
I know that VLM only carpet cleaners main selling point is to bash HWE cleaning method(s). I'm not starting a HWE vs VLM thread as I am looking at adding VLM to my lineup. Most of my customers and one...
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Selling. Don't be scerrrrrd....
Something I've heard over and over again here is how bad guys hate selling or how cheesy they feel when they have to sell. Like it or not, we are in the business of selling. I've sold from door to door...
View ArticleTo all the tightwads out there whining about no sawdust in the Tilemaster, or...
To all the tightwads who think that every review on these forums are 100% accurate and look at these like it's the bible of what's good and what's not. Look at the reputation of the makers of these...
View ArticleYour Direct Mail Solution
When my company started out, we printed thousands of 5x7 postcards. They were pretty awesome because we would hit neighborhoods we wanted to work in and would hand write pricing for each home on each...
View ArticleHow did I do? Rate this contract.
I was just awarded a quarterly commercial carpet cleaning contract but for some reason I feel like I could've done better and was wondering what kind of score would you guys give it. The carpet is in 4...
View ArticleI'm an idiot!
So yesterday I did that CGD and had the Fels give me clean spots. Today I did another job where the traffic Area just wasn't coming clean, 3rd job, 1500 sqft of white Berber. Pretty clean. I made up a...
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Water stains on Wall
Hey Guys, I have a client that has her bathroom walls fully upholstered. She has two little stains from I what I believe are from water. In order to remove them should I simply rinse with a fiber rinse...
View ArticleI got a weird one.
I was asked to quote a commercial carpet cleaning for a condo complex yesterday and I have to present it tomorrow. I'm not sure how to quote this: - 29 separate hallways which will require 29 set ups....
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One style rug that always browns out? Why?
I have come across this style rug a few times and each time no matter how much I rinse,no matter how much I clean it always browns. It is weird. Any suggestions? Here is a pic of one we did 2 days ago....
View ArticleInk On Leather
Can you please tell me how to get Ink from a pen out of a leather couch..Thank you...
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Barter, Barter, Barter........
Whats the weirdest thing you've been asked to trade for cleaning services? I had a lady that wanted to trade almost $200 worth of work in massages yesterday.......(and yes just regular massages at a...
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