by Bob Nieman | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Massachusetts Multi-Store Owner Jim Whitmore Jim Whitmore is the owner of three Sunshine Express Laundry Centers, located in Massachusetts’ North Shore region. All three self-service laundries – ranging in size from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet –...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Spoiler Alert: Social Media Isn’t ‘Free’ Anymore Social media is a beast. Tame it and you’ve got a powerful platform to promote your business. Let it run wild and it will run over you. Here’s an example of “social media gone wild”...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Branding Expert and Business Author Karen Tiber Leland Karen Tiber Leland is a branding expert and author of “The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design, Build and Accelerate Your Brand.” She is also the president of Sterling Marketing Group,...
by Bob Nieman | Jun 30, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3, Industry News
The Industry’s Leading Businesspeople Descend on Southern California to Take a ‘Look Forward’ Nearly 200 of the nation’s leading laundry owners and industry executives recently joined their peers for two days of high-level networking and progressive...
by Bob Nieman | Jun 30, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Grow Your Laundry Business by Offering Today’s Homeowners What They Want For years, the general consensus had been that competing self-service laundries shared a finite customer base within a given marketplace. Following this line of reasoning, a new store in...
by Bob Nieman | Jun 30, 2016 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Store Owners Share Their Strategies for Keeping Laundry Equipment in Service and Operating Smoothly [This is the second part in a series on equipment repairs and maintenance.] In last month’s cover story, a number of laundry owners shared their strategies and...