Dryer Vent Cleaning Creates Repetitive Profits for Carpet Cleaners

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Repeat customers are what grows & maintains a business. A major focus of carpet cleaning business owners should be how to turn customers into “repeat” customers.  Obviously, good quality work helps with this.  However, focusing on more than just cleaning quality can help increase your “repeat” percentage!

One way to help guarantee increased customer repetitiveness is to offer additional related services.  Dryer vent cleaning is a service many of your current carpet cleaning customers already need.  In fact, odds are that the carpet cleaning job you are about to go to tomorrow probably needs a dryer vent cleaning service.  A simple flyer about dryer vent cleaning can help sell this service to your customer.

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Offering another service the customer needs gives you another opportunity to make money and maintain a customer relationship.  Plus, the customer already trusts you, because they have used you in the past.  Customer acquisition costs (the costs to get a new customer) are the highest marketing costs your business will incur.  Why not market additional services to your existing customer base to make extra profits with very little added marketing costs?

Plus, dryer vent cleaning is a service that many customers need each year.  So, this service is repetitive in itself!  Many homes have dryer ducts with long runs and/or multiple twists & turns.  This setup results in clogged ductwork that can reduce performance or even cause damage to a cloths dryer.  Yearly dryer duct cleaning can help performance and help reduce the chances of dryer damage.  Not to mention reduce the chances of a potential fire!

Over the last many years, CleanCraft has helped thousands of carpet cleaning companies add air duct & dryer vent cleaning services to their business.  The low cost of equipment and knowledge needed to add these services makes it almost a no-brainer to add.

Check out our SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning System.  This one-person operation equipment package is not only extremely affordable and easy to operate, but it cleans better & more effective than other systems in the market.

SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct and Dryer Vent Cleaning Equipment add-on service

Give us a call to discuss adding Dryer Vent Cleaning and/or Air Duct Cleaning to your business.  It could be the kickstart you have been looking for to grow your “repeat” business!

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Carpet Cleaning Extractor Pump Insurance

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Every business has insurance. Why? Well, for one, it is the law. However, even if it wasn’t law, most business owners would carry insurance, because they know things happen in life.

Insurance is great, but it is one expense that you hope you never use.

Did you know there is one type of insurance that you are guaranteed to use? Let me explain.. Did you know that 10 out of 10 pumps on carpet extractors eventually go bad? Yes, it is the ultimate statistic!

Unfortunately, most carpet cleaning companies are not prepared for this. Most companies have to cancel/reschedule jobs to get their carpet extractor fixed. Or, they they pull out their “backup” machine that they never use, and wouldn’t you know it, it doesn’t work as well.

Did you know that CleanCraft has a solution to this problem? Think of it as a type of insurance. It is our By-Pass Pump Boxes.

Imagine a box that you just connect to your extractor that by-passes all your internal plumbing (including your pump) and pumps your water down your solution hose to your wand. In essence, “by-passing” your problem.

This is exactly what our By-Pass Pump Boxes do. Simply connect the box to your extractor and get back to work. No, trying to figure the problem out while you are on the job. No pissing off customers, because you have to reschedule. No missing work for a few days while you get parts to fix your down extractor. This is an easy, quick, solution to get back to work within 5 minutes!

CleanCraft carries two versions of the By-Pass Pump Box:

Eclipse By-Pass Pump Box
Universal By-Pass Pump Box

Eclipse By-Pass Pump Box – For those that own an Eclipse High Powered Portable Extractor. This is the simplest method, because the Eclipse has built-in By-Pass technology. Simply connect & go. More info & watch our online video: Eclipse By-Pass Pump Box.

Universal By-Pass Pump Box – This is a deviated model that will connect to any extractor. It comes with a hose that you drop into the solution tank of your extractor for the water source. Heck, you can even use if you have a truck mount by dropping the hose into a bucket of water. More info & watch our online video: Universal By-Pass Pump Box.

Smart business owners save their business time, money, and frustration by being prepared before the guaranteed statistic happens: 10 out of 10 pumps go bad. Get your extractor’s insurance policy today!

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When More is Actually Less

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As a small business owner, you want to see growth each year in your business.  Many carpet cleaning business owners are happy with a few percent growth year after year.  However, many carpet cleaning business owners around the county have realized that a few percent growth over the last few years didn’t cut it.  Why?  Inflation!

If your business did 3% better each year, but the inflation rate was 4%, you actually lost 1% in real dollars.   Your profits are shrinking!

How to avoid profit shrinking?  The first answer should be to make sure you raise prices.  At least keep up with inflation.

After increasing your pricing, make sure you not only look at Revenue & Profit reports, but look at how many customers you cleaned each year.  If your revenue is increasing, but your # of customers is decreasing, your average $ ticket is growing, but you are losing customers.  Did you raise prices too much?  Did you not keep up with past customer marketing? 

There is always a balance with price increases and increased profits.  However, there is a proven way you can increase both customer base & profits.  What is it?   DIVERSIFICATION.    What additional services can you offer your customers?

We have found the easiest and best business add-on for a professional carpet cleaning business is adding “Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning.”   This additional service has a customer base that already overlaps with your existing target market.  For most:  residential (homeowners).

Whether you offer air duct cleaning and/or dryer vent cleaning or not, your customers want it.  So, if you don’t offer it, your competition may “Steal” your customers.  Plus, offering this new service can also help grow your carpet cleaning.  Many times, you get a new customer through air duct cleaning. If you are smart, you will be marketing your carpet cleaning service to them as well.  End result:  additional customers and additional profits!

If you haven’t looked at our SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning System, please make sure you do.   Watch the online video to see how the system works and why it is better than other air duct cleaning equipment.   See how FlexTendTM  Technology with self-adjusting, reverse sweeping brushes improves the cleaning process.  Plus, with easy, one-person operation, it makes it convenient for any small carpet cleaning business.

Check out the SpinVax 1000XT and see how adding this service to your business can increase your customer base, revenues, and profits.  Let’s make MORE = MORE again!

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Spring Time Pickup

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Tonight, 11:06 pm EDT, officially starts Spring.  For many carpet cleaning businesses, this starts the “get back to busy” season.  Many carpet cleaning companies experience a Winter slow down after the Holidays, and Spring is a BIG welcome.  Spring seems to trigger customer’s “cleaning mode.” 

Thus, now is a good time to get the word out there. Posting something on facebook, or sending a targeted email can trigger customer interest.  Implementing a “Spring Coupon” could also entice your customer base.  These are the thoughts carpet cleaning business owners should be thinking as Spring arrives. 

Another thought should be how could this year be more profitable than last?   Investing in equipment that can lower operating costs and grow business services could be a big way small business owners make 2024 more profitable. 

Here are a couple ways to make 2024 more profitable:

  1. Reduce Operating Costs:  If you are still using a truck mount, it may be time to rethink what this antique is costing your business.  Add in the operating costs, repair costs, longer cleaning times (yes, I said it), and environmental costs of using a truck mount, it may be time to look at other options.  Please watch our Youtube video:  “Eclipse vs. Truck Mount” to compare the Eclipse to a Truck Mount and see how the Eclipse can give your business better cleaning & better profits.
  • Grow Business Services:  What else are you offering your customers to make additional profits for your business?  Are you offering them related services?  The biggest financing impact of related services we have seen over the years has been in Air Duct Cleaning.  If you have not checked out our SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning System, please do so.  This system is an easy, one-person operating machine.  Not only does it make air duct cleaning extremely simple & effective, but we even have a Network to pass you jobs!  See what this added business service can do for your profits in 2024.

If you have questions on how you can incorporate these money saving & money making suggestions in your business, please give us a call to discuss.    

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Make Extra Profit with Pet n’ Fresh

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Pet n Fresh

Did you know CleanCraft has a product called Pet n’ Fresh that not only works wonders on “Bio-based” odors like urine, feces, vomit, etc, but can make you extra profits as well?

Pet n’ Fresh is an enzyme product designed to destroy and control pet odors.  This amazing product will digest odor problems at the source without having to use harsh and dangerous fogging.  This product contains a pleasant fragrance to immediately neutralize odors while the bacterial enzyme action ingests the cause of the odor.  Kill foul odors dead!

A large % of homeowners have pets.  If you follow a defined process, you can make extra $$ on these jobs.  Simply, charge an extra $5.00/room for the use of Pet n’ Fresh.  If you see urine stains in the room, this is easy to sell.  However, you can still sell this “process” to customers even if urine stains are not visible.  Just explain to the customer that you noticed they have pet(s), and that you have product called Pet n’ Fresh that is an “enzyme” product made to attack the bacterial odor left from pets.  Ask the customer if there is any chance the pet has dribbled or slobbered on the carpet.  If so, you recommend using Pet n’ Fresh, and you can add this product for only $5.00/room.   Our company owned carpet cleaning businesses even make it more attractive to the customer by having a maximum of a $20.00 charge (meaning even if cleaning 6 rooms, it would only cost $20 extra). More times than not, the customer adds this to the job!

This simple tactic can help you make a few extra thousand dollars of profit every year.  The cost of Pet n’ Fresh is negligible, and you are offering a service the customer is grateful for!

Perhaps it is time for your company to use Pet n’ Fresh as an extra money maker for your business. Remember, we have free shipping on 4/gal Cases.  You can mix & match products to make a full case.  Mix a case with Code: Green to have safer & better products that can provide excellent results while providing more profitability to your company!

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Grow Business in 2024 & Saving Money in 2023

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Many of us can agree that 2023 has been a tough year.  With inflation, the economy, and the uncertainty of what 2024 may bring, many small businesses suffered monetarily in 2023.

What can a carpet cleaning business owner do to help growth in 2024?  There are obvious things like increase your pricing, re-evaluate marketing spending, etc.  However, there is a decision that can both increase your profits in 2024 and save you money right now.  What is it? Invest in Air Duct Cleaning with our SpinVax 1000XT.

Our SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning System can add the additional service of air duct cleaning to your business.  Every air duct cleaning and/or dryer vent cleaning job you get in 2024 is money you wouldn’t have had without offering this new service to your business.

Plus, if you purchase the SpinVax 1000XT before 2023 ends, you can talk to your accountant about writing off this complete expense in 2023 to save you in taxes right now!

Not only can you grow your business with air duct cleaning on your own, but CleanCraft can help you as well.  CleanCraft has a network to pass you air duct cleaning jobs. Not leads, but actual PAYING jobs sent your way!  Many of our customers receive more money in jobs sent their way in our network in just a few months than the whole SpinVax 1000XT system costs to begin with!

Air Duct Cleaning can also increase your carpet cleaning as well. How?  Simple.  Every new customer you get because of Air Duct Cleaning can now be added to your client database. Obviously, you will also try to sell these new customers your carpet cleaning services. So, not only does the SpinVax 1000XT grow your business with added new services, but it will help grow your carpet cleaning with new customers as well.

Can 2024 be your year of growth even if the economy isn’t turned around? Well, CleanCraft and the SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct Cleaning System can definitely help!

Give us a call with questions.  See how the SpinVax 1000XT system can benefit your business!

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Show your Customers that you Clean Better & Safer

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What sets you apart from your customers?  Many carpet cleaning small business owners say it is their cleaning quality that sets them apart.  This is good!  However, if I surveyed 100 carpet cleaning businesses, at least 99 of the 100 would rank their quality as excellent and better than their competition.  So, what else sets you apart, and how can you express this to your customers?

We have found that expressing not only quality, but the “health & safety” aspect of your business is also important.  Homeowners care about the health & safety of the products you are using.  Many competitors in your area might not use safer products in their business.  So, how can you communicate that your business stands apart because you clean better & safer and also guarantee it?  You can state it on your website, but people don’t read like they used to.  You can tell them on the phone, but how many potential customers did you miss because they didn’t call you?  The answer: an Online Video!    You have heard that a picture is worth 1,000 words.  However, we will tell you that a video is worth 1,000,000 words!

CleanCraft is now offering professional carpet cleaners that use Code: Green an online video they can put on their website that shows your customers that you clean better & safer with Code: Green.  This is a free video you can use.  Also, whether you have a website or not, we can also build you a Web Directory Page (basically a webpage) that displays your company information and this online video.  That way companies without a website can still have a web presence and display the video, and companies that already have a website can have another way for customers to find them. Again, this is FREE !!!

Watch the above online video and get information on how you can use this very cool video for your business:  Better & Safer Cleaning with Code: Green Video

For years, CleanCraft has provided more than just awesome cleaning equipment, supplies, and chemicals.  We have also provided great services to help cleaning businesses.  If you have not had time to see all that CleanCraft offers, please spend some time on our website.   Here are a couple items of interest that can help you as well:

Eclipse Extractor – Go beyond just safer & greener cleaning solutions.  Get truck mount power in this High Powered Portable Extractor with the added safety & environmental aspects that this portable gives!

SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct Cleaning System – Go beyond the health aspects of cleaner carpets and focus on the home’s air quality.  This system cleans better with a more logical approach to air duct cleaning than the competition.  Plus, CleanCraft can even send you jobs.  Check out this great business add-on to help your business grow while improving the “safer & healthier” image.

CleanCraft Business Growth Series – Need additional ideas to help you grow?  Make sure you check out this little series we put together to help with ideas, strategies, and products to help your business grow & succeed.

Don’t ever hesitate to give us a call with questions.  As a family run company, we love to share ideas with our customers to help them succeed as well!

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Reduce Taxes This Year and Grow Business Next Year

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A great strategy to implement right now might be to purchase any equipment that you need in the next couple months BEFORE the end of the year.   Purchasing in 2022 can reduce the amount of taxes owed for fiscal year 2022.  Talk to your accountant, but most small equipment purchases can be fully written off the year purchased.  So, if you spent $4500 on equipment this year, your $100,000 income now shows $100,000 – $4500 = $95,500 income.  This means you are paying taxes on $95,500 instead of $100,000.   This could be a good chunk of money based on your income tax rate and how you are organized as a business.  Again, talk to your accountant or advisor to see how this can help you and your business.

Another benefit of purchasing the RIGHT equipment now is that you can start 2023 with additional services offered to your customers.  An example would be our SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning System.  If the economy is a little slower and your business is feeling it, why not do something that can grow your business without a large investment?  Take a look at our SpinVax 1000XT system.  It only takes about 10-12 jobs to make all your money back on the equipment.  Then, all jobs done after that are profit back to your business.  Profit that you would have never seen in 2023, if you didn’t offer this new service.

Bonus:  CleanCraft even offers a network to pass jobs to you, so you can start making $$$ right away.

Whether you need new equipment for current operations (ie. our Eclipse Extractor) or you purchase new equipment to expand your service offering (ie. SpinVax 1000XT), if you do it before the end of the year, you can enjoy more money in your pocket sooner and a better outlook for 2023.

Give us a call with any questions!

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Growing Your Business During an Uncertain Economy

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Like many Americans, small business owners are feeling the pinches of the current economy.  Higher costs are making profitability growth harder to achieve.  Many professional carpet cleaning companies are raising their rates and even adding fuel surcharges to their work orders.  This is actually a very logical approach to the inflationary pressures we are seeing.  This can help offset some of the missing profits.  However, there is a limit to how much a small business owner can raise before they lose some of their customer base.

It may be time to think of other means of profitability growth.  What could you do to make more profits during an uncertain economic time?  One of smartest approaches is to offer new services.  Think about it.  Every job you do with one of these new service offerings is additional profit that your business would have NEVER seen, if you did not offer this new service.

With our experience, the BEST new service to offer for a carpet cleaning business is Air Duct & Dryer Vent cleaning.  Not only does it provide a great $/hr payback, but it fits right in with your current target market.  Some small business owners are hesitant to add it, because they think it is a whole different type of service.  However, in reality, it is not!  You already provide a cleaning service to your customers.  Air Duct & Dryer Vent cleaning is just another CLEANING SERVICE you can offer.  In fact, we would argue that it is easier to train a technician to clean air ducts & dryer vents than it is to clean carpet & upholstery.  Plus, it is much easier physically as well!

CleanCraft builds one of the most logical and affordable Air Duct & Dryer Vent cleaning systems on the market today.  If you have not seen our SpinVax 1000XT Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning System, perhaps it is now time to seriously consider.  Here are a few reasons to add this system to your carpet cleaning business:

  • Affordable:  Not only is the SpinVax 1000XT very affordable, but we also offer convenient payment plans (ie. our “Split-it” program).
  • Quick Return on Investment (ROI):  Payback time on your small investment is almost immediate.  Think about it.  It only takes like 10 jobs to make all your money back!  In many cases (especially with our “Split-it” program), cash flow is immediate.  By the time you get your credit card statement to pay for the equipment (or 4-monthly “Split-it”), you probably already made all your money back with air duct cleaning jobs.
  • Logical & Better Process & Equipment:  Other systems rely on “cutting holes” or what seems like “Magic” to move the brush/vac hose combination through the ductwork.  Also, other systems cannot clean dryer vents without added equipment.  The SpinVax 1000XT system cleans both air ducts & dryer vents.  Also, the proprietary brush & cable system works logically to clean ductwork.  No cutting holes, and your customers logically understand how you are cleaning (see our online video which explains brush/cable process).  There is no “Magic” involved.  😊
  • Easy to Train & Start:  Air duct cleaning is really an easy art to learn.  Vacuum out entrance, push brush & vac hose down duct, Self-adjusting reverse sweeping brush brings dirt back to vacuum hose to suck away, and then fog sanitizer.  Hardly any BRAIN POWER to this!  No big training classes.  The SpinVax 1000XT comes with a DVD to show you how to use equipment & clean. 30min video and practice in your home, and you should be up and running with your new service in a few hours!
  • Guaranteed Jobs & Payback:  What??????  Yes, you heard that right.  CleanCraft even developed a Network to pass you jobs (not leads, but actual paying jobs).  We don’t just sell you equipment and say, “Good luck.”  We put our money where our mouth is!  We will market in your area and get you real jobs.  Details on our website.  Or, call to discuss this pretty cool Network.
  • New Profits:  Again, if you don’t offer air duct cleaning, how much extra money are you making from it?  The answer is $0.00.  You don’t offer it!!   If you start offering air duct cleaning, every air duct cleaning job you do is additional money to your business that you would have never seen if you didn’t offer it.
  • New Customers:   If you get an air duct cleaning job from a customer that you never serviced before, that new customer is now in your database.  A smart business owner would now try to sell this new customer carpet cleaning services as well.  So, this new Air Duct Cleaning service addition to your business actually produced more carpet cleaning for you too!

As you may know.  CleanCraft Products, Inc. is run by a family of professional cleaners.  Together, we have over 50 years of experience of running cleaning companies.  Over the last 5+ years, many of our carpet cleaning companies have seen more revenue in Air Duct Cleaning than Carpet Cleaning.  Yes, you read that correct.  A carpet cleaning business doing more $$$ in air duct cleaning than carpet cleaning.   It is a booming service.  If ever there was a time to add this service, let today’s economic uncertainty give you the push you need to add this service.

We would be happy to discuss the SpinVax 1000XT system and how it can benefit your business.  Check out our SpinVax 1000XT system online, and then give us a call to discuss.   800-525-3261.

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Gas Prices + Truck mounts = Lost Profits

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We are in the midst of an economic change.  Inflation and gas prices are driving small businesses CRAZY.  It is hard to keep up with the constant increases in business expenses.  Whether it is the higher cost of parts for your equipment, increased labor costs, or the daily increase in gas prices, inflation is hitting the professional cleaning industry hard.

If you are a carpet cleaner still using a truck mount, you seriously need to start asking the question, “Why?”   Especially now.  Your company has to be feeling the effects of higher gas prices!  How long can you continue?  Many professional cleaners have been using truck mounts for years, and through conditioning, they have been telling themselves that my truck mount produces better results than the guys running portables.  Unfortunately, many truck mount operators throw all portable extractors into the same bucket.  However, this is not right.  It is like throwing all cars into the same category.   Perhaps, it is time to sit back and take an honest assessment of your equipment & costs.

The owners of CleanCraft Products, Inc. have been operating cleaning businesses for well over 50 years.  One of the best decisions made for business growth & savings was back when CleanCraft invented the Eclipse.  The owners had the foresight to know where the industry was headed.  However, they wanted a portable that could compete with the power and performance of a truck mount.  This gave birth to the Eclipse High Powered Portable Extractor. 

Over the years, many operators have switched from a truck mount to the Eclipse High Powered Portable Extractor.  This could have been because of many reasons:  lower upfront costs, lower operating costs, more eco-friendly, more customer friendly, etc.  However, if anything can get you looking at the Eclipse, it could be the astronomical gas prices that we are looking at right now.  This alone could be costing your business many $1000’s this year alone.

We challenge you to see what the Eclipse has to offer.  Please visit our Eclipse webpage and watch the 15-min video about the Eclipse.  After watching, do an honest assessment of your business.  Most will see how the video makes sense, and switching to the Eclipse could be a lifeboat for your business in the changing economic times of today.

We would be happy to discuss the Eclipse and what this machine can offer your business.  Please, first watch our 15-min video at our Eclipse webpage, then give us a call at 800-525-3261 to discuss.  A smart business owner makes adjustments to grow their business even in midst of change.

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