The Obstacle Becomes the Way
Dealing with the Challenges of Business Ownership “One of the secrets of life is to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.” – Jack Penn, plastic surgeon, sculptor and author Eight years ago, I wrote an article that appeared in PlanetLaundry magazine...
Are You a Good Role Model?
Success in the Workplace Leads to Success in the Marketplace Did you know that the strategies you use as a laundry owner in your workplace dictate employee performance and their specific behaviors toward your customers? This article is about you, the laundry owner,...
Spread Your Wings – And Don’t Look Back
It May Be Time to Give Your Vended Laundry Operation a Reboot “There ain’t no future living in the past” – George “Sparky” Anderson, former Major League Baseball manager Human organisms come equipped with memories for a good reason. One is to retain things...
Let’s Get Creative
Strengthen Every Aspect of Your Laundry Business by Building Your Creativity “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou, American poet Where would we be without creativity? The answer very likely is some version of...
Head ‘Em off at the Pass
Use Preemptive Marketing to Outshine Even Your Toughest Competition Are you are sitting down? I hope so, because what I am about to relay to you may be the single most amazingly powerful marketing technique anyone could ever use. Yet… I have never seen it done in the...
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