by Myles Mattenson | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
At approximately 5:00 a.m. on a day in August, a few years back, a female tenant was assaulted in her Inglewood, Calif., apartment by an unknown assailant who was later caught and identified. The culprit had apparently entered through a window in the dining area of...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 21, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Jan 04, 2012 The coin laundry business is a volume-driven business. In other words, the more customers the better – and your machines don’t get tired, don’t take vacations, don’t complain and never refuse to wash and dry a...
by Jeff Gardner | Jan 20, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3, The Laundry Doctor
Originally posted – Jun 03, 2014 Last time, I discussed some of the questions you should ask your wash-dry-fold customers in order to best process their laundry. In this article, I’d like to take that customer service topic a bit further and talk about...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 20, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Mar 07, 2014 During a recent webinar I conducted for the Coin Laundry Association, one of the questions that came up from several of the attendees was how to handle tough kitchen grease stains – either in a residential wash-dry-fold load or a...
by Brian Brunckhorst | Jan 14, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
“Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes; the rest of us have to be the other people.” – Zig Ziglar Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or someone looking to be their own boss for the very first time, the self-service laundry business...
by Tom Rhodes | Jan 14, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Avoiding ‘Dogs with Fleas’ Take Advantage of Key Data in the CLA’s New Quarterly Reports to Better Run Your Laundry Business By Tom Rhodes In May 2008, I purchased a rundown laundromat for $25,000 from a part-time operator who wasn’t reinvesting in...