Going from $10,000 to $30,000/mo in 2 years.....
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Topic: Going from $10,000 to $30,000/mo in 2 years.....
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Subject: Going from $10,000 to $30,000/mo in 2 years.....
Date Posted: 13/November/2006 at 9:18pm
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Steamers 10,000th post brought back memories how I was in his position looking for business 10 years ago, working 150 jobs/month in the warm months here as Calgary's lowest priced cleaner. Yes lowest priced at only $49 for a Whole house special(5 rooms). I still hardly ever got beyond $10,000/month even working that hard. I had just bought my first Cleanco Compact TM the year before, and I was determined to do better. Within 2 years of making my mind up that year, I went from .10/ft that year to .50/sq ft in 1999. My sales on the truck went over $30,000 per month and then beyond.
I wrote an article how I accomplished this turn a round from Calgary's cheapest cleaner to the most expensive in less than 24 months. It makes interesting reading, and to this day, is the greatest transformation in the carpet cleaning field that I am aware of. To raise ones rates by 500% in only 23 months. I will see if I can find it in my files. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
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Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 13/November/2006 at 9:24pm
Better get the hip wadders on! ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 13/November/2006 at 9:27pm
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Scroll on by if you are a sceptic. It did launch my Manufacturing business. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 13/November/2006 at 9:39pm
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Sometimes I wonder just what I'am goin to do
Cause there ain't no cure for the SGK blues? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 13/November/2006 at 11:00pm
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If you can find it I would love to read it Kenny. ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 13/November/2006 at 11:09pm
| pic's...put up pics |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/November/2006 at 11:27pm
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MR. STEAMER wrote:Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 12:14am
Telling you how I used marketing to raise my rates 500% does not require pictures Steamer. Did you think I offered a naked cleaners to get those higher prices or something?  ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 12:27am
| If you thought it would work, you'd try it |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 3:28pm
I think your clients were deaf, dumb and blind that is why you unloaded that gold mine of a cleaning company in the first place. You can't servive on one time clients so sell before the repeats kick in? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 3:53pm
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why you unloaded that gold mine of a cleaning company in the first place.
I never sold it Doug. I sold 51% off to raise capital to expand Aqua-Max in 2001 when it looked like sales were going to top $1 Million in 1982. That was more than Aqua-Jet Carpet Cleaning was doing, so it seemed a good idea at the time. Unfortunatly, the troubles I got into with the glides 2 years latter made it a bad bet, and the apprectation of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar the same year did not help either. But I got the 51% share back, and my carpet cleaning company still tops 1/2 million in sales every year, so I am not complaining. I know that is not as big a company as you and a few others have, but I am happy with that for the time being. After the glides are resolved next year, I am going to expand that company up to a million dollar operation with the increased cash flow I will have. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 7:15pm
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How could they loose it with those kind of bucks?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 7:37pm
I was wondering that myself 
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Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 7:51pm
Party! Party! Party!  ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 8:14pm
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No time to party the majority share holder was too busy shafting them?? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 8:48pm
| bull bull bull....you don't believe Kenny do ya |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 8:50pm
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My nephews are great cleaners, but poor businessmen? They still work for me.I run things now. No problems except I do not have time to run for expansion yet. Been too busy as the fireman these last 3 years. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 9:03pm
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Rock out with your *ock out ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 9:14pm
Man, do you have some bad luck 
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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 14/November/2006 at 9:34pm
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Tell me about it. A lessor man would have crumbled from the strain. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 15/November/2006 at 8:05pm
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Or taken up glide carving ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 15/November/2006 at 8:36pm
Who did that?????
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Posted By: danmarck82
Date Posted: 15/November/2006 at 11:29pm
| Jtuseo, Your one liner is getting pretty sick already. |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 9:17am
Let this be a warning what too many of those blue pills can do to a man! John, back away from the Viagra please. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 10:28am
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New oner line will be.
"Work it don't Jerk it" ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 10:30am
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Better........ ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 11:53am
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Anything is an improvement? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 4:35pm
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We want to see pics of your business Kenny. ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 4:38pm
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I can't wait?? I think Padman posted some a year or so ago? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 5:45pm
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No. That was 2.5 years ago. How time flies, eh? ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 7:55pm
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Lets all have a look. We can see what a .50 s/f cleaning business looks like ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 10:08pm
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Go to the red board. Everyone over there makes at least .50/sq ft.
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Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 10:10pm
I read recently were one cleaner was charging$1.25 s/f ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 16/November/2006 at 10:23pm
Paul has the right idea. The red board posters are the rich ones. I'm just a poor boy. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |