How is business this year??
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Topic: How is business this year??
Posted By: AndyMan
Subject: How is business this year??
Date Posted: 04/June/2010 at 7:46pm
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I was wondering how everyone is doing this year ?? I will knock on wood now and then tell you sales are up 30% ytd. In my view the economy is coming back ... How is it for you?? ------------- AndyMan |
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Posted By: Soil Lint Green
Date Posted: 04/June/2010 at 10:17pm
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We're up 50% from last year. Last year was the worst I had ever seen with unemployment up to 15% here in parts of Oregon.
------------- It's ORY GUN, not OR A GONE. Learn to talk. |
Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 04/June/2010 at 10:34pm
| Doing great. I don't feel all that affected by the financial crisis, except that I have more friends angling for summer and weekend work. |
Posted By: Soil Lint Green
Date Posted: 05/June/2010 at 1:40am
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Almost like Tom Sawyer then huh? ------------- It's ORY GUN, not OR A GONE. Learn to talk. |
Posted By: AndyMan
Date Posted: 05/June/2010 at 6:48am
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Glad to hear other parts of the country seem to be rebounding as I see it here in New England. Let's all hope for it to continue. It only takes 1 month of bad sales to kill a year.. ------------- AndyMan |
Posted By: sgordon
Date Posted: 06/June/2010 at 9:40pm
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We're far ahead compared to this time last year. ------------- Carpet Repair From Coast to Coast. If you need a carpet repair expert or you are a carpet repair expert, call me! http://www.creativecarpetrepair.com - http://www.creativecarpetrepair.com |
Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 12/June/2010 at 2:47pm
| way ahead of last year |
Posted By: ronscleantips
Date Posted: 17/June/2010 at 1:36am
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Hi guys
Good to hear that you good
since in Brooklyn New York their is a war zone on every job
the main part today Is- 80% carpet cleaning -20% rugs and upholstery cleaning
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Posted By: Paul63
Date Posted: 18/June/2010 at 12:24am
| well ahead of last year....record months so far.....almost approaching budget target for June and still almost 1/2 the month to still go. Economy doing great on the Canadian prairie |
Posted By: AndyMan
Date Posted: 18/June/2010 at 8:05pm
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wow sounds like everyone is doing well this year...would anyone be honest and admit they are not doing well????? ------------- AndyMan |
Posted By: ronscleantips
Date Posted: 18/June/2010 at 10:19pm
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hI ANDYMAN
YOU ARE SO RIGHT BUT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO SAY THE REAL TRUE
THIS YEAR IS SUCK! TO BE HONEST ------------- join to share and learn about http://www.payless-carpetcleaning.com - carpet cleaning in Brooklyn |
Posted By: Soil Lint Green
Date Posted: 18/June/2010 at 11:25pm
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Last year was the worst ever for me. This year is an improvement over last year. While it is better than last year, this year is looking like it will be the second worst year.
------------- It's ORY GUN, not OR A GONE. Learn to talk. |
Posted By: AndyMan
Date Posted: 19/June/2010 at 5:38pm
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well we have some honest ones among us.... everything is relative right.... 10% off of what???? a great year ? ( yeah as compared to last year which sucked!) . It will get better ( I hope) ------------- AndyMan |
Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 19/June/2010 at 6:15pm
| Maybe all the posts are honest, Andy. It's just that people who are doing better are more likely to share the good news than those who are down. |
Posted By: Soil Lint Green
Date Posted: 19/June/2010 at 8:37pm
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It couldn't get worse Andy. Just take whatever work you can get and curse the SOB after you leave.
------------- It's ORY GUN, not OR A GONE. Learn to talk. |
Posted By: amera
Date Posted: 27/June/2010 at 7:58pm
this year is way better since i started to clean more commercial way cheaper but it pays the bills ------------- http://www.ameracleandenver.com - Denver Carpet Cleaners http://www.ameracleandenver.com - Denver Carpet Cleaning |
Posted By: CARPETCLEANER
Date Posted: 21/July/2010 at 5:21pm
| I'm thinking so many carpet cleaners wereput out of business due to the economy and the ones that survived are doing better, because they are getting all the business from the ones that shut down. |
Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 21/July/2010 at 9:59pm
| I think most that went out of business probably had a lot of payments to make on brand new equipment. They blow their budget on hardware and think business will just appear when they're ready. All those deals on "hardly used" machines paint the picture. |
Posted By: ronscleantips
Date Posted: 23/July/2010 at 6:57pm
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Hi michel from what i think about carpet cleaners that went out of business, i personly know 2 big companies that used to have 10-20 trucks and a big obligations{money loans} and the reason that they lost their business is mainly because they keep spending money on advertizing and internet, while a smart businessman will take 2 gears down. http://www.payless-carpetcleaning.con - New York Carpet cleaning in Broklyn ------------- join to share and learn about http://www.payless-carpetcleaning.com - carpet cleaning in Brooklyn |
Posted By: Lanakila
Date Posted: 24/July/2010 at 2:01am
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IMO personally i feel a HUGE prob. in the US (and my guess alot of the world) is a tremendious lack of Exp. (support from others, like here), and more importantly CUSTOMER SERVICE! Nearly every company I have dealt with within the last few years (with a small few exceptions) has had CS that was HORRIBLE! I still am obligated to pay the full prices (rarely discounted) and am stuck with sub-par CS.
For my company, (in a industry with no guarentees) i strive to provide the highest form of customer service i can obtain! I love my line i came up with "Customer Satisfaction/Service comes first, CLEANING CARPETS 2nd!" my clients love it. After all i am really trying to sell my company name, not my equipment. another one i say is "I cannot guarentee ANYTHING free; but I CAN GUARENTEE to be resonable, after all i am a consumer as well" which has diffused some of the hard nosed "mrs. jones" in a heartbeat. Kinda reminding the client that i too am human.
I feel we CC'r have a unique opportunity to really change things in our neighborhoods, simply by remembering that we are being INVITED in to our clients homes/lives, and a certain layer of respect is called for. Its all about the CS IMO, if they dont trust you, GL coming back. ;) ------------- "A'ohe hana nui ka alu'ia." Translation: No task is too big when done together. |
Posted By: Lanakila
Date Posted: 24/July/2010 at 2:04am
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hard to have CS as a employee in a big $$ company, after all why should he care as much as us owners? unless we make it more valuable to our employees (our front line) they have no real benefit or drive to "go the extra mile" which sometimes can save a big $$ Bid ------------- "A'ohe hana nui ka alu'ia." Translation: No task is too big when done together. |
Posted By: CARPETCLEANER
Date Posted: 24/July/2010 at 2:17am
| Makes a lot of since. Thanks |
Posted By: Michael
Date Posted: 24/July/2010 at 8:44pm
| Basic customer service skills put us above a lot of the competition. A lot of work-minded people get into the business because of it's easy start-up, low overhead, etc. They think it's just about going in and getting the job done. This is monkey work. The finesse is in customer relations and business-side stuff. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 25/July/2010 at 10:42am
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business has been exceptional alot more spare time? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: aqualityassured
Date Posted: 28/July/2010 at 11:41am
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business is getting better.
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 01/August/2010 at 5:00pm
 ------------- Just My opinion |
marry wrote:Posted By: Ken Harris
Date Posted: 04/August/2010 at 12:55am
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It's kind of like a toilet Seat.
First it's up then it's down. ------------- Inventor of Teflon Carpet Wand Glides.Free Glides for all Cleaners in June! |
Posted By: Soil Lint Green
Date Posted: 05/August/2010 at 12:20am
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True Ken, right now, this month anyway, it is up for my business.
------------- It's ORY GUN, not OR A GONE. Learn to talk. |
Posted By: sarahbelleee
Date Posted: 05/August/2010 at 4:31am
 very good analogy
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Posted By: amera
Date Posted: 05/August/2010 at 11:49am
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Its slowly coming back but you have to do things differently
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Posted By: xtreme7424
Date Posted: 11/September/2012 at 1:47pm
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How is business in 2012! Thanks X-Treme http://www.x-treme-carpet-cleaning.com/ - http://www.x-treme-carpet-cleaning.com/
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