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Steamaster is here for any assistance you need with your carpet cleaning business. We’ve created this “HOW TO” page for your convenience – featuring “HOW TO’s” for the most important aspects of any carpet cleaning business. So please feel welcome to revisit this page regularly, as we have created the resource especially for YOU.
HOW TO START A
CARPET CLEANING BIZ
FREE Online Professional Training Course on How To Clean Carpet
Carpet Cleaning Training
We always need to do a really thorough pre-inspection on the carpet. We’re going to look for joints that might be opening up. We’re going to look for pre-existing damage on things like skirting boards. We’re going to look for furniture that might leave marks on the carpet or that that carpet may leave stains on the furniture.
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How To Get Red Wine Out Of Carpet
Red wine has a dye in it. It’s a vegetable based dye. When red wine is spilled onto a wool carpet, most of it will be sitting in and around the wool, not necessarily inside the wool. Sometimes, just a detergent solution is sufficient to get that moving. In this article, we’re going to show you how to get red wine out of a wool carpet.
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How To Get Nail Polish Out Of Carpet
How To Get Nail Polish Out Of Carpet
Here’s a stain that’s going to bring most carpet cleaners to tears. Hopefully, by the time you’ve arrived to do the job of cleaning the nail polish off the carpet, the customer hasn’t already tried using nail polish remover. All that’s going to do is make it all runny and it’s going to run inside the fibers, and now you’ve got a dye stain to deal with. With a few simple little techniques and some simple chemistry, we’re going to show you how to get rid of nail polish out of a wool carpet.
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What Is The Difference Between Dry Cleaning And Steam Cleaning Carpet ?
Tom: With all the hoses and the accessories, it looks all quite confusing. What do you actually have? I mean you’ve got this machine, this portable machine. Obviously, it does something. Can you explain to them what it actually does?
Col: Yes.
Tom: … and what we connect up to it, and how it all works? Can you just give them an overview?
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Residential Carpet Cleaning Procedure
Carpet Cleaning Procedure Carpet Cleaning Procedure Pre-vacuuming of all areas to be cleaned is recommended prior to carpet extraction cleaning. Pre-vacuuming can remove up to 80% of the dirt and debris from your carpet. Always pre- test all cleaning chemicals in...
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When Is The Best Time To Start Your Own Carpet Cleaning Business?
When Is The Best Time To Start Your Own Carpet Cleaning Business?
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Portable Carpet Extractor Vs. Truckmount
More & more homes & offices are featuring tiles & hard floors these days – so why not take advantage of this & offer floor tile & grout cleaning?
It’s FACT that tiles & grout get dirty more easily than any other hard surface, so offering your cleaning services in this capacity can open up a whole new revenue stream for you!
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What’s The Best Carpet Cleaner For Business? Portable Carpet Extractor vs Truck Mount?
Tom: So Col, before we get into the truck mount side of things, how much money do you need to get started with the portable package? With everything you need?
Col: Okay, with everything you need you could probably spend $10,000. But you could actually buy a startup package; Tam’s got them for about $6,000.
Tom: Right, okay. So $6,000 is all you need to get started. Obviously excluding any marketing or business costs?
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Is Carpet, Tile and Grout Cleaning A Good Business To Start?
How To Start A Carpet, Tile and Grout Cleaning Business
Tom: Should I give up my day job to actually start the carpet cleaning business? Do I just dive in and go for it? What are your recommendations?
Col: Okay, if you’ve got lots of money behind you, you might be able to survive, but typically getting into this industry, it’s going to be the first business for most people entering this industry. It’s a good idea to work your way into it slowly.
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How Much Money Can A Carpet And Grout Cleaning Business Make?
Starting A Carpet and Grout Cleaning Business
Tom: Right. Welcome, everyone. Today I’m gonna be interviewing Col Nation, the veteran of carpet cleaners. We are going to be discussing the topic, How Much Can A Carpet Cleaning Business Make
Col, how long have you been doing carpet cleaning now?
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CARPET CLEANING BIZ
3 Steps To Get Carpet Cleaning Clients
If you are tight on cash, content marketing is an effective way to get carpet cleaning clients.
Now, don’t worry. You don’t have to be Shakespeare to create great content and. By following a few tricks, you can have the phone ringing off the hook – even if English is not your first language.
Let me explain.
5 Hacks To Get More Carpet Cleaning Clients During Slow Periods
More & more homes & offices are featuring tiles & hard floors these days – so why not take advantage of this & offer floor tile & grout cleaning?
How To Sell Carpet Cleaning Services
How To Sell Carpet Cleaning Services
Col: When we talk about marketing, there’s a lot of different aspects to it but one really important aspect to it is think about where you live and market to that area. Now, I’ve seen guys advertise, we do all suburbs and they’ll get a whole heap of calls and they’ll be driving all over. Now, if you’ve been in Sydney and you’re driving around Sydney, it can take you hours to get anywhere. That’s a lot of lost production time but if you advertise one particular suburb and maybe Cabramatta and surrounding suburbs, there’s an example, you will get the same number of calls but they’ll all be in that local area, right near where you live.
How To Get More Clients From Vehicle Advertising…
More & more homes & offices are featuring tiles & hard floors these days – so why not take advantage of this & offer floor tile & grout cleaning?
It’s FACT that tiles & grout get dirty more easily than any other hard surface, so offering your cleaning services in this capacity can open up a whole new revenue stream for you!
How To Grow A Carpet Cleaning Business – How To Convert Leads Into Paying Clients Without Having To Compete On Price?
Interview with Tom and Col Nation on ‘How To Convert Leads Into Paying Clients Without Competing On Price’.
Tom: We see a lot of carpet cleaners getting very competitive out there, charging as low as $30 a room. What do you say to that price pressure, where customers are calling you up and saying “What’s your best price?” What are you going to do?
Col Nation: I don’t compete on pric