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To Succeed In Your Small Service Business Takes Special Business Skills
Lee Pemberton
No matter how humane your motives, the only real reason you are in business is because you want to profit from your financial investment and your personal efforts. Make your decisions and enforce them in an evenhanded manner!
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Welcome To Totally Booked University
Lee Pemberton
Join us here at Pembertons along with Jeff Cross, senior editor of Cleanfax magazine, as he shares strategies that really work in this value packed, one-day seminar. Friday, March 9, 2012 Time: 8 am - 5 pm. This event qualifies for 1 IICRC continuing education credit! . . .
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Be Cautious About Services You Buy From Providers You Don't Know!
Lee Pemberton
As you build your company presence, both online and off, you probably have already been approached by a company with an offer for a new service that seems to address a real need, but in fact, can actually do you more harm than good. 3 Things You Should Never Pay For: Read more (and check out short video's) . . .
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"Things Are Kind of Tough..."
Lee Pemberton
However, we are indeed fortunate to have chosen the cleaning industry as our livelihood! We are not a "luxury" business. Consumers might extend their cycle of cleaning, but health, asset maintenance and life style soon triggers the demands for our services. What we choose to do as we deal with this change in our marketplace is completely under our control. . . .
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Courageous Impatience
Watts Wacker
Following the mis-management of the U.S. financial mess has been so disgusting that I've decided to revisit the subject of management. It's not just about greed. For the past 70 years the subject of managing "things" has been a discipline in business and business schools. There must be (literally) thousands of existing techniques. . . .
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Independent Contractors Who Aren't
Lee Pemberton
Pay attention as Washington scrambles to find ways to pay for President Obama's desperate "Jobs Plan". While you & I cannot find workers willing or even interested in working, the give-away program continues! Beware as the need for money tightens more and more - The Feds are quietly becoming much more aggressive as they enforce the "independent contractor" rules. Little businesses like us are easy marks for enforcement. I want you to read this article carefully. . . .
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS & SUBCONTRACTING = PROBLEMS
Lee Pemberton
The fallout from strongly increased attention to immigration issues at all levels is damaging small businesses like ours -- and is only going to get worse! It turns out that the independent contractor tool is being seriously abused by employers to evade the issues involved with illegal immigrants. . . .
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Is Training Always The Answer?
research L Pemberton
When a cleaning business finds itself facing problems, someone always recommends training as the ideal solution. Perhaps it is, but before you zero in on training as your . . .
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How To Make Mistakes . . .
Lee Pemberton
Excerpts taken from an article written by Mr Paul Lemberg. I recently received an email from a well regarded business consultant, Paul Lemberg, that is so incredibly straight forward and powerful that I must share portions of it with you! . . .
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Pet Related Services Booming!
Lee Pemberton
The question has been asked, "Will pet owners spend on pet related services in this tight economy?" The Answer is a Resounding - YES! I have a few thoughts and ideas that you may feel are "off the wall", and it won't be the first time that has happened in my long career. . . .
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Do You Use Meaningful Marketing or Mindless Marketing?
Lee Pemberton
I just reviewed the book "Meaningful Marketing" for a second time, and I really like the way the authors Doug Hall and Jeffrey Stamp, lay out the differences between what they refer to as 'meaningful marketing' as compared to what they see as mindless marketing. . . .
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Thoughts From Lee
Lee Pemberton
Some things I have learned in 45+ years of business....Customers buy more things because they like the salesman than logic ever sold them. . . .
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