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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small business failures in america - cash flow issues
- We are noticing an increase in the length of time it takes Large corporations to pay on their invoices to our team. Fortune 500s are tending to pay their vendors more slowly, which will hurt the already strapped small businesses in America. These same small businesses employ 2/3 the population and do a great service in supplying the needs of corporations.At the company I run, The Car Wash G...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The key to success - choose the right partners
- Do you promote yourself as offering prompt, reliable and quality service?Of course ? none of us promote ourselves as anything less, and equally we strive to provide this level of service all the time.So what happens when you take your networking to the next level, and start to offer referrals, or even establish partnerships or alliances for certain activities?Whatever you do a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small business pricing strategies
- TACTIC #1 -- Never simply slash your prices, unless you're trying to empty obsolete inventory. Instead, try repackaging your prices so they're more affordable in the short-run so more prospects can afford them. For example, rather than pricing your service for the year, "Our monthly newsletter is only $39 for the year." Instead, try "Our monthly newsletter is only $3.25 per month." If you accept c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Secrets to washing fleets of trucks from a nationwide fleet washing service
- Washing the exterior of a truck. Sounds easy right? Well, it's not really. When you soap a truck, it is very important that you are careful to soap around all the handles, turn signal lights, steps, and wipers. You want to soap all that stuff by hand. Use a one-foot by one foot lamb's wool square-not a mitt, they don't work well. You can use a brush for the rest of the truck, but you have to get i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Image is everything - secrets to cleaning car fleets
- A recent survey indicated that clean Taxi Cabs Fleets have higher tip rates and repeat customers. How do you wash a taxicab? You do them four at a time and you go up and over and up and over when you are drying them. If they have a little taxi cab sign, dry that last. But you do the rest of the car the way you do a regular car. The only difference is you are going to spray three, four, five, somet...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Secrets of cleaning truck trailers in your fleet from a veteran truck washer
- Cleaning the trailers towed by big trucks is not easy, those big forty-foot to fifty-three foot boxes are quite intimidating up close when you are holding nothing more than a brush and pressure washer gun, looking at a soap bucket. The hardest thing to do is to clean the back doors of trailers because they get really greasy from all the debris and stuff the truck has driven through. When they run ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Site selection - slice of life, a car wash and detail center downtown
- There is a continual trend we are seeing which I can remember participating in over a decade ago, when cities were trying to figure out how to increase sales tax revenues when the large box stores outside of town came into nearby or surrounding areas. For instance a big and easy example would be Wal-Mart. Sam was smart and built his stores just outside of town near towns, which drew from neighbori...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The workers? compensation situation in this country is nuts, arnold in ca takes action
- The Workers' Compensation situation in this country is unbelievable. Why, well because of lawsuits and attorneys mostly. The costs of workmen's compensation on the business community is part of the reason for the slow return of high paying blue collar jobs in this country and the demise of the manufacturing sector. The system covers some 122 million workers nationally, but it is regulated state by...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Franchising in the middle east there will bring significant opportunity for us based franchisors
- As stability emerges in the Middle East there will be significant opportunity for the Franchising Community. Arab Franchising appears to be of interest for those seeking economic growth in much of that region of the World. They are more excited about economic expansion than we are in the US. They seem to understand the benefits of many small businesses employing millions of people and rightfully s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Franchise sales and use of online franchise directories
- Franchising Directory Sites-Paid Advertising, Lead Generation for FranchisingFranchising Directory Sites are not doing the Industry any good. Typically they charge a fee for advertising per month or charge per sales for the lead, there must be 50 such sites. Only a few are able to generate significant leads, which you as a franchisor must pay heavily for. Each day our Franchise Company gets...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using business broker in the franchising industry for franchise sales
- Franchising companies often use Business Broker to help attain sales goals. Here is an interesting fact. Most large Business Broker Chains promote franchises and charge franchises money to join their network and programs. Not chump change either. Then the Broker Network takes all the logos and prominently displays them in ads and websites, and titles, meta tags and key words those pages. So as to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Setting prices - pricing your consulting services
- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PRICINGIn case you hadn't noticed, people can react very differently when faced with the same price for a product or service. In fact in most cases, we'll never actually know what is in their minds when they consider a price and then decide to respond to it in certain way. So what does that mean for those of us pricing and selling our services out there in the marke...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small business operators - 7 reasons you should change your accountant
- A recent survey showed that only 28.7% of small business owners were happy with their accountant, and only half of those would recommend him to their friends because he was too busy already.The following are the most common reasons small business owners give for their dissatisfaction. Do any apply to you?1. The accountant in charge is not accessible and never returns ph...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Operational aspects on p and l statements of mobile services businesses
- What kinds of things effect mobile service businesses P and L's? Well this is an excellent question and as I see the Annual reports of companies who do mobile services, such as Ecolab, Service Master, Halliburton, Luftstanza Food Services, etc. I see many similarities. For instance we have noted as many of the others the climate conditions, El Nino effects, Mud Slides, road closures, snow. low tem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Will adding a car wash to your fast lube add additional crime to your facilities?
- Car Wash Crime in the Hood. Apparently not everyone is with us and certainly not everyone considers this to be a clean business. Latest car wash news. There was a HS Coach killed at a car wash in Aurora, CA Which is unfortunate. Here is the article. Still unknown why but the Police were investigating the shooting death this high school assistant football coach at a car wash near his home.We...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Promote yourself more successfully
- One of the great challenges for independent professionals and small businesses, especially when starting out, is generating visibility to ultimately lead to generating sales.One of the specific challenges, I have found, is knowing what to say about yourself and your operations and services when asked "so what do you do?"? Have you ever stumbled over your words when asked wh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Secrets revealed to having the most professional staff on the telephone!
- Do you have all the customers your business can use?The seemingly simple task of taking phone calls is a hidden liability for not just some, but most businesses. You've invested precious dollars in advertising and marketing. You've invested time in developing customer relationships. What happens when customers call your business? Many of us would be shocked to find out the truth.When...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Image of your franchise automotive outlet is so important
- Image of your franchise automotive outlet is so important. Some say image is everything, well then if you buy a franchise you should be constantly thinking of image and cleanliness. If you read Ray Kroc's book "Grinding it Out" (McDonalds Visionary) or Tom Monahan's (Founder of Dominos Pizza) book "Franchising for Dummies" or Howard Shultz's book; "Pour Your Heart Into it&...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Starting a concrete cleaning pressure washer business
- Concrete cleaning can be a lucrative business to start. Here are some tips which will help you do it right.First and foremost there is one thing you need to understand when you are cleaning concrete and that is that concrete cannot always be restored to its virgin state after it has been stained. You can always get stains lighter or bleached but completely removing it is very difficult. So ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Looking for a business to run in the new revitalized downtown area?
- Looking for a place to add a Quick Lube away from your Super Wal-Mart Competitor? Down Town Revitalization, Why You Should Be Part of Such a Committee.A study showed that within the next five years 20% of LOF- Lube, Oil and Filter Independent Owners said they had plans on adding one or more facilities. So the question is where? You should be thinking on Location Strategies for Quick Lubes a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Window cleaning business future challenge with self cleaning glass
- Self-cleaning glass has been talked about a lot, with such a catchy name in his hit the headlines of not only the trade journals, but also the mass media. Does self-cleaning glass mean that all the window cleaners and small businesses across this country are doomed? No, not yet. First of all, self-cleaning glass is not really self-cleaning at all, so many Industry call it low maintenance glass, bu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Business scents - do they work?
- You see it often in large shopping complexes. Customers seem to be flocking to a certain stall in large droves. There is a special attraction that cannot be explained.Isn't it great to see your own customers flocking to you in droves, like bees to honey? Could you do with some extra attraction to your business?In most of our marketing efforts, the sense of sight reigns supreme. Banne...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Self serve car washes in the united states
- In the 2003 Auto Laundry News Survey it was determined that only 10% of the Coin-op Car Washes had a web site. So if you are doing lots of individual research on car washes that are self serve, do not expect to find a lot of data on the Internet. Owners of coin-op car washes say that only 76% have internet access. The average population is 64% in the US. Not much better, so this low tech sector of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Starting an aircraft washing service
- To wash an airplane there are many items you will need to keep in mind. The first is safety while working on the tarmac of an airfield. When moving any vehicle on the tarmac the driver should always maneuver the vehicle in square turns. The reason for this is so that the pilots of the other airplanes can predict the movement of your vehicle. A person should never drive their car or truck under the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Aircraft washing business tip - interior private jet cleaning
- Aircraft Interiors of personal and corporate jets have hundreds of thousands of dollars invested. We have had an opportunity to speak at length in Tucson, AZ recently about the special custom interiors the weight they cost in performance and the needs in cleaning. There is a large company there that specializes in putting in new aircraft interiors for several large biz jet manufacturers and also d...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - So you don?t believe in outsourcing
- Entrepreneurs are hardy stock. But sometimes hardiness can get you into trouble.Especially when you're over committed and could use a little help.All too often, new business owners decide they don't need to hire any outside services. You know how it goes?."I can do this myself. How tough can it be? It's just a simple direct mail campaign."Big mistake! Trying to do it...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eight key steps to selling your business and cashing in
- This year, some 700,000 American businesses will be sold. Most will be small and mid-sized businesses like yours. If you, too, are thinking of selling, consider these practical steps for making the process go smoothly.Determine a Realistic Price RangeUnderstand the Tax ConsequencesPrepare for a SaleSeek Potential BuyersNegotiate Your DealSign a Sales Agree...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to create a business note that is more attractive to a note investor
- You are selling your small business (business value under $1 million for this article). You would like the buyer of your business to come in with an all-cash offer, or be able to qualify for an SBA guaranteed loan. However, in many cases the owner of the business ends up taking back the financing because the buyer is not able to make an all-cash offer or does not qualify for an SBA guaranteed loan...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Everything i need to know about business i learned from my nametag
- So there I was ? sitting in the audience of an on-campus seminar. Surrounding me sat hundreds of fellow students; each of us wearing one of those little, handwritten, adhesive nametags. When the event was over, we all filed toward the exit. I approached the door and noticed a small trashcan filled to the brim with ripped up, used nametags.And that gave me an idea. A crazy idea. Maybe I shou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top ten resolves for building your business in 2005
- 1. Resolve to build a consistent network system.Since referrals are easier to sell, are often more loyal, comparison shop less, spend more and frequently refer others, it makes good sense to develop a solid system for getting referral business. Join a successful networking club in your area or on the internet and give plenty of introductions to other members. Ask your current clients for re...
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