Integrity Cleaning Services ViP

Integrity Cleaning Systems VIP Program

 

 

Benefits Include:

 

Big Discounts On Any Cleaning Any Time:

20% Discount on all Carpet, Tile and Grout, and Upholstery Cleaning Systems.  (benefit begins 3 months after membership start date)

10% Discount: (benefit begins 3 months after membership start date) on all optional upgrades such as Carpet and fabric sanitization, Carpet and fabric protection, Advanced stain removal, Odor removal, Grout Sealing

Double Referral Rewards: Instead of getting either a 10% credit or 5 redbox rentals. You will get both for every referral.  To view our normal Referral Reward click here.

Free Spotter Bottle and Unlimited Spotter Refills: You will receive a free spotter bottle after your cleaning as a gift. If you are VIP I will refill that bottle anytime for free.  (For non VIP the bottle is $10)

Lower Minimum Charge:   My normal minimum charge is $150.00, but when you are VIP your minimum charge is $100.00.  This is a huge benefit in those times when you only need one or two rooms cleaned.

You can get all these benefits with the VIP Membership for $5.95 a month.

Membership fee will be billed automatically on the 5th of each month.

You can cancel anytime, but once cancelled you cannot re-join later.

A $20 accounting fee will be charged for any declined transactions.

 

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Five Ways To Save On Your Cleaning Any Time

Five Ways To Save On Your Cleaning Anytime

 

The desire to get a good job and a good deal can be quite the balancing act. 

At Integrity Cleaning Systems we strive to offer World Class Service while achieving excellent results, but we have come with ways that we can you save money to.

We also offer these saving to you anytime you want to use them.

Three great discount programs:  

1)   VIP Program:  20% Discount plus many more benefits.  For all details click here
2)   Schedule Online: Take $5.00 off when you schedule your cleaning appointment online.
3)   Senior Citizen & Veterans Discount:  10% off all cleaning packages.

Total Discounts can not exceed 20% of the cleaning package.  Minimum charges will apply.

Two great bill credits:

1)  Volume Discount:  For every $250 you spend on our cleaning packages you will receive $50 in free upgrade options.

2)  Referral Rewards:  Be rewarding for referring us clients.  Full Details Here
These credit are treated like a cash payment on the invoice and can exceed the 20% discount threshold and go below our minimum charge of $150.00

Tile Soil Film

How To Clean Tile and Avoid Soil Film

 

Soil film is a evenly distributed layer of soil that will cause your tile to look dingy over time.  Each time you mop your floor it can actually get worse as you create additional layers of soil on top of the previous layer of soil.  This is called a soil film, if you need help visit maplelandworks.com for more tips.

Once you have it you will need a professional to restore the tile.  Once you have a clean tile floor there are steps you can take to keep the floors cleaner longer and need me less. We also do window cleaning in case you need the service.

The Video About Cleaning Tile Soil Film  is shot on location at an actual job.

 

To learn our professional cleaning step to restore you tile click here.

Routine Maintenance Program To…

Keep Your Tile Clean and Free of Soil Film

General Recommendations

*Purchase a good quality dust mop and sweep your tile floors daily. This is especially important in new installations where the grout has not fully cured. Dirt, mud, and sand tend to ground into the grout mortar from heavy foot traffic.

*Dirt collecting carpet mats should be placed in frequently used entrances and shaken out weekly.

*We do not recommend the use of floor waxes as they can be difficult to remove from ceramic tile floors. As long as your floor is properly sealed and maintained, you should find no need for these products.

*Many tile cleaners are acid based and their use should be limited. Always read the manufacturers label to find out. All acids, no matter how weak, will etch marble surfaces. Natural marble is commonly installed as thresholds in doorways and is also installed in window sills and shower curbs. Discover More about how to avoid any cleaner that contains harsh abrasives.

Routine Cleaning System (every 2-4 weeks)

 

Step 1:    Dry vacuum or sweep floor

 

Step 2:  Mix “Neutral Floor Cleaner” into pump up sprayer.  .

 

Step 3: Spray or mop on floor and let sit for 5 minutes.  If it dries mist again and immediately go to step 4.

 

Step 4: Set Hoover Floormate to the wash setting.  This activates scrub brushes and wet pickup.  Scrub and extract floor.

 

Step 5: Relax you’re done.

 

Spill Clean Up

 

Step 1: Soak up spill with a clean dry towel.

 

Step 2: With a damp towel wipe down area.

 

Step 3: If it was a acidic spill (soda, alcohol, coffee ect.)  Mist on natural stone floor cleaning dilution let sit for 5 minutes and wipe off with damp towel.  If you have a natural stone the acidic spill may damage the surface of the stone that cannot be cleaned away.

 

Step 4: Relax you’re done.

I hope you found this information helpful.

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

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Pet Urine Proof Carpet??

Can A Carpet Be Pet Urine Proof?

Probably not, but this one can sure help

I have written a couple of blog posts about Pet Urine Odors and how to deal with them.

In one I wrote about the three levels of Urine Contamination:  Fiber Only, Fiber and Pad, and Subfloor.  You can view that blog post here

As a brief recap of the blog post the biggest problem with pet odor removal is when it penetrates through the carpet, down into the pad and even possibly the subfloor.

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 As the urine goes deeper into the pad and subfloor it becomes almost impossible for the homeowner to effectively remove it.

It makes it more difficult and costly for a professional to remove it

Awhile back the manufactures came up with a special pad that had a moisture barrier on the top of the pad.  This would block the urine for penetrating the pad or subfloor.

It was a good idea, but had a big flaw.  Do to the moisture barrier being just below the carpet backing it would cause the urine to sit on the surface of the pad and soak into the carpet backing.   This can cause several problems which I discussed at my blog post here.

The Next Stage Is Pet Urine Proof Carpet

The manufactures have continued to innovate and have come up with a new solution that looks great, in theory.

Now the reason I said in theory is I haven’t had an opportunity to actually test this carpet out yet.  It is still a fairly new concept.

If you look at the picture to the right what you will notice is they put the moisture barrier between the primary and secondary backing of the carpet.  water-proof-carpet

What this will do for you is keep the urine, or any other spill, right at the surface of the carpet.  Making it much easier to soak up with a towel and do at home spotting treatments.  It also makes it much easier and cheaper for a professional to be able remove anything you couldn’t.  This carpet will make those step even more effective and you see that blog post here. Carpet cleaning minneapolis recommends having your carpet professionally cleaned at least once a year if you have pets.

IMPORTANT:  You will still want to call a professional soon after the damage, if you cant remove it yourself.   Urine being left even at the top of the carpet for too long can start to break down the adhesive between primary carpet backing and the moisture barrier.

I have also wrote a blog in the past about at home spotting techniques for urine damage.

To find more out about this carpet you can go to https://shawfloors.com/why-shaw/about-us/shaw-advantages/carpet-advantages/lifeguard-carpet

I hope you found this information helpful and as always give us a call when we can be of assistance.

Sincerely,

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Owner – Integrity Cleaning Systems

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Is ZeroreZ really zero residue?

My Thoughts On ZeroRez Carpet Cleaning Company

I typically make it a point not to talk about specific companies that I compete with.  I have decided to make an exception when it comes to ZeroRez.

The reason for this very important change is because some of my clients are actually asking me about them.

When you spend almost 10k a month in radio advertising, people will start to remember you and ask about you.  Then the question becomes if they are worth remembering.

First the good about ZeroRez:

From everythzerorezing I have seen they are a professionally ran company.

They have very good branding.

They don’t appear to be a major bait and switch kind of company,  the type the offers an extremely low price advertisement and jack up the price when they get to the home.   Although they do have some hidden fees, which we will discuss.

THE BAD ON ZEROREZ:

Deceptive Marketing:  Their biggest claim to fame is their zero residue cleaning and their completely false assertion that “ALL OTHER CLEANING COMPANIES LEAVE A RESIDUE BEHIND”

Lets break this one down a little.  First, a residue, is basically anything left behind that wasn’t there previously.  So if the carpet is wet, it is a residue.  However what they are really talking about is a DIRT ATTRACTING RESIDUE.

Dirt attracting residues can come in two forms.  Leaving the carpet in an alkaline state and leaving soapy film on the carpet fibers.  Both of these will cause the carpet to fill stiff for a couple of days after our home cleaning and they both can lead to the carpet resoiling quicker then it should, especially in the main traffic lanes.

Many cleaning chemicals uses alkalinity, including ZeroRez, as one of the methodologies of breaking down the soil bond with the carpet fiber.  Alkalinity is like a magnet for soil and will break down and pull the soil from the carpet fiber.  The problem is IF YOU LEAVE THE CARPET IN AN ALKALINE STATE IT WILL CONTINUE TO ATTRACT SOIL EVEN AFTER THE CARPET DRIES.

The other is a soapy residue.  similar to alkalinity if you leave this soapy film on the carpet, soil will stick to fiber making your vacuuming less effective, leading to rapid resoiling and premature wear. This might hold true even after implementing the most effective vacuuming methods listed on Ourhomelove.com, because if a carpet wears out of attrition, then it’s beyond the point of no recovery.

So ZeroRez is right about dirt attracting residue being a problem.  However they are dead wrong that “ALL OTHER CLEANERS LEAVE BEHIND”

While most cleaners do use products that have some alkalinity to them and “soap” in their cleaning systems.  Today chemistry is so advanced that even a mediocre cleaner can fully rinse that out of the carpet and by adding a PH Balancing Rinse to the water the carpet to dry in a neutral to slightly acid state.  This will leave the carpet soft to the touch and it will not attract soil.

Yes there are some crappy cleaners around that will rush the job and not rinse enough and use no PH Balancing rinse, but that is nowhere near all the cleaners ( I doubt it is even a majority of cleaners)

They are simply trying to elevate themselves by running all other companies down.

Their Cleaning System Is Not Better!  In addition to the claim they leave no residue, they also like to claim that their system cleans more thoroughly.

This is simply not true.  One of the acronyms we use in the industry, to describe the cleaning cycle, is STAT.

Solution:  This is the cleaning solution that is applied to the item being cleaned

Temperature:  This refers the temperature of the cleaning solution and rinse water.  According to the house cleaning honolulu hi team, the hotter, up to around 215 degrees, the better the cleaning.

Agitation:  After the solution is applied using agitation will help lift the carpet nap, separate matted fibers and help break the soil free.

Time:   The amount of time you leave the cleaning solution on the fiber dictates how much of the soil it will be able to break down and suspend for removal.

Look at like a cleaning pie, if you reduce the size of one piece, let say less dwell time you must increase another piece like more agitation.

The problem with ZeroRez is they just left out two pieces of the pie out all together.

They claim they don’t use chemistry, only their empowered water.  All their cleaning takes place during the extraction process.  They say they only extract your carpet with their empowered (alkaline) water.  Because the empowered water is injected into the carpet the same time it is extracted you are completely losing the benefits of dwell time and agitation.  This simply cannot clean better than using all the points of the cleaning pie.

It Is All A Lie:  ZeroRez knows what I just said is true.  The reason I know this is they shop at one the supply house I shop at the one where they sell glow in the dark garden pebbles as well.  I see them purchase the exact chemicals they claim they don’t use.

Here is how it works.

The advertised ZeroRez cleaning is only effective on very lightly soiled carpets.  On any carpet with a heavier soil load, which is most of the them, they still pre spray the carpet.  I am not sure if they tell their clients this at the time of service or not, but it is not consistent with the ads.

Hidden Fees:  In preparation for this post I reviewed several complaint website about Zerorez.   Many of them complained about Zerorez hiking up the prices when they get to the house.  Some of these complaint sites you have to take with a grain salt, but there were a lot of them.

Now I will admit it is really difficult to give and exact price over the phone.  Until you see the condition of the item being cleaned you can’t really know how long, or what steps will be needed, to achieve the desire results.  However if you are going to advertise and exact price you should honor it, for that initial cleaning, and then tell the client what the correct cost will be for future cleanings.

Also, some of the fees customers were complaining about had nothing to do with the actual cleaning.  Things like trip fees and environmental fees can sometime add $20 – $40 to the bill.  If these are standard fees, they should have included with the original estimate.

Those are few of the things I know and have learned about Zerorez.

If we can be of any more assistance please let us know.
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How often should I clean my carpets?

One of the most popular questions I am asked after I finish a cleaning job is….

How Often Should I Clean My Carpet?

Do you want to know the same thing?

After having the house painted by the group of painters from My House Painter and also having your carpet professionally cleaned, you see how great they look.

You can feel the soft, fluffy carpet pushing up between your toes, even though you are not supposed to walk barefoot on them, and you know you want them to stay looking like that ALL THE TIME

new-carpetYou want your home to always have this “feel” and you know that a clean carpet adds to a healthy home.

Or maybe you just bought new carpet and you want to do it right from the start.

Either way the question remains,  how often should you clean your carpet?

My very best answer is it depends!

The truth is it is not a one size fits all and there are many variables that goes into the answer?

Here are some of the variables, that determine how often you should clean your carpets.

1)  Carpet Warranty:  If your carpet is new and still has a warranty you need to know terms of the warranty and follow them at an absolute minimum. They range most of the time between 12 to 18 months and some require the reapplication of carpet protector.

While these terms are a starting point they are based on optimum conditions for the carpet and often a more frequent cleaning regime is recommended.

 

2) How Many People Live In The Home:  Obviously the more people living in the home, the more people tracking in dirt, sweat, spills and body oils.

 

3) Pets In Home:  I love pets and have several myself, however it may add to cleanidirty-bootsng frequency.

4) Smoking In Home:  Smoking, or heavy candle burning, can add to cleaning frequency.

 

5) Types of soil:  The types of soil are based on a number factors.  Do you have desert landscaping?  Do you have a pool?  What type of work you do?  A mechanic or construction working may get more soil on their shoes they a greeter at walmart.

 

Here Is A Recommended Carpet Cleaning Chart Based On These Factors

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Here is an example of how carpet will wear based on frequency of cleaning.  Waiting to long between cleanings will create more damage to the fiber and restoration cleaning will not be as effective.

A proper cleaning schedule will keep your carpet looking better.  Extend the life of your carpet, decreasing replacement cost and make you home healthier.

 

Carpet Cleaning Schedule

 

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Christmas Cleaning Special

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Should I Clean My Carpet Before or After Christmas??

I actually get asked this question a lot.  I mean you want everything looking great for the holidays and all the family members that will be coming over, but on the same token you just know that one of the kids or Uncle Buck is going to spill something right after you had them cleaned right. And moreover, what should you do about the christmas presents? I am going to be gifting my wife a skin tightening product she has been eyeing for quite a while. I’m pretty sure she’s going to love it.

Clean Before and After, But Only Pay Once

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The Big Print:

Step 1:  Clean your carpet with the recommended cleaning package between Dec 1 and Dec 23rd and apply our top of the line carpet protector.    (New Clients read all the way to the bottom for additional bonuses)

Step 2:  You and your family will enjoy your freshly cleaned carpet for the holidays.

Step 3:  If your carpet gets re-soiled or any spills happen during the Christmas holiday, schedule your free touch of cleaning for between December 26th and December 31st.

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If your carpet gets re-soiled or any spills happen during New Years holiday, schedule your free touch up cleaning before January 5th.

Maximum value of free touch up cleaning is $100.00.

New Clients: to see how you can get your first room cleaned risk free and up to 400 sq ft of carpet protector for free click here.

To schedule you initial cleaning before Dec 23rd please call 602-486-3966

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7 Steps To Keep You Carpets Looking Great Year Around

KEEPING YOUR CARPET CLEAN YEAR ROUND IS UP TO YOU.

Would you be shocked if I told you that the biggest factor in how long your carpet lasts and how good it looks has a lot more to do with what you do between professional cleaning services than what the professional does?

Yes, Cleanworks offers fast, efficient carpet and fabric cleaning for businesses and other large organisations the professionals cleaners can remove maximum soil, make stains disappear like magic (sometimes), and leave a nice fresh scent in your home.  However, the professional cleaner cannot reverse fiber damage.  The damage can be at the base of the fiber causing the fiber to lay  a little different (like permanent bed head), or it can be fraying at the tip of the fiber, either way it will shadow and reflect light differently than the undamaged fiber.

In this post I want to go over 5 steps that YOU CAN DO between cleanings that will drastically reduce the wear in your carpet and two steps you can work with a green carpet cleaning nyc service on.  These will improve the appearance and extend the life of your carpet, SAVING YOU MONEY, and of course, we will also recommend you the best professionals to work with from spotlessflorida dot com in case you need some assistance. Furthermore, if you need help from an expert, you can contact carpet cleaning Glendale AZ to help you remove all the dirt in your carpet. If you have a unique carpet cleaning situation, don’t hesitate and quickly call Dan Dan The Carpet Man.

THE 7 STEPS TO KEEPING YOU CARPET CLEAN YEAR AROUND

sevenSTEP 1:  Use Walk Off Mats At All Entry Points:  The first line of defense starts at your door.  It just stands to reason that if you can keep the soil from entering your house, it won’t get into your carpets.   The best way to do that is a quality walk off mat at every entryway.  Most houses have one at their front door, but forget about the backdoor or the garage.

Preferably you want a to take at least 3 steps on the mat before entering the house.

STEP 2:   Change Your Air Filters Regularly:  Take at look at your ceiling fan.  Do they have a large amount of dirt and grime on them?

Do you find yourself dusting often, only to have the dust back the next day?

If you answered yes, it has to do with particles in the air being circulated as your AC / Heater.  Changing your filters will not only save you money on your electric and extend the life of your A/C unit, but it will also help reduce the amount of dust that gets circulated.   This will help keep everything including your carpet cleaner.

STEP 3:  Don’t Go Barefoot:  I know a lot of people, including my wife and kids, prefer to walk around barefoot.  Your carpets will get dirtier faster if you do.

Here is why, you skin has natural oils in it that will get absorbed as you walk barefoot on the carpet.  These oils become a sticky residue in your carpet fiber that soil will stick to, making your vacuuming less effective.

If you use lotion on your feet this effect is magnified greatly.

STEP 4:  Vacuum SLOWER With A Good Vacuum:  For the soil that does get into your home, you want to get rid of it as soon as possible before it damage you carpet.

The soil we have in Arizona is like little piece of sandpaper.  Your carpet works like a giant filter and it pulls soil down to the base of the fiber.  As the soil amount increases it works it way up the fiber to the surface.

Ask you see dirt on your carpet or on your tile first.  Your tile right!  That is because it sits on the surface on the tile, but on the carpet it work to the base of the fiber where it will sit there and sand you fiber with every step you take.

To battle this you must have a good vacuum or get a vacuum cleaning service come and do the work.  If your vacuum is old enough to hit puberty you should of replaced it awhile ago.  I like Riccar, a great American made vacuum cleaner. Appliance Hunter uses an appliance and posts his honest reviews.

Next, you must vacuum slower. While many people focus solely on removing surface debris from the carpet and rush through the process to achieve that end, it’s important to note that your goal should be to eliminate the soil that has filtered down to the base of the fiber. So take your time to ensure a thorough cleaning, remember, The Dyson sv06 battery works with all V6 model vacuums.

STEP 5:  Use Proper Spotting Techniques:  I have watched some of the videos on youtube telling you how to remove spots and I absolutely cringe.  They are trying to be helpful, but have no clue that the advice they are giving will eventually make the stain worse, make the stain permanent or damage the fiber.

To see a full blog on proper spot removal click here.  Your success at spot removal increase greatly if you follow the next step.

STEP 6:  Have A Carpet Protector Applied:  Most new carpet comes with a carpet protector build into the fabric, but that protector will be removed through normal wear and tear on the carpet.  How quickly depends on how much traffic you carpet has.

If you have a new carpet that is still under warranty it probably has a requirement on how often you have to professionally clean your carpet and if it requires having a protector reapplied to keep it under warranty.

STEP 7:  Get On A Maintenance Program With Your Professional Cleaner:  Most good professional cleaners have different cleaning packages based on the level of soil.  With Integrity Cleaning Systems I have a maintenance cleaning package that is about 50% less then my normal cleaning package.

We can set you up on a customized maintenance cleaning package based on your level of foot traffic that will help keep you looking clean all the time at a cost savings.  Please feel free to check out my cleaning packages here.

Have A Great and Clean Day,

Travis

Travis Miklethun

www.integritycleaningsystems.info

602-486-3966

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Does Moisture Barrier Carpet Pad Help With Pet Odors

Does Moisture Barrier Carpet Pad, Help With Pet Odors?

 

If you love you pets, but have to live with the fact that sometimes they will have accidents on your carpet.   Then you may have heard about this new moisture barrier carpet pad.

This is a fairly new product and came onto the market with the promise of making it easier to clean up urine stains and odors.

It has a moisture barrier on top of the carpet pad with the idea of not allowing liquids, like urine, from penetrating into the pad.

The Benefits of Moisture Barrier Carpet Pad For Pet Urine

The only real benefit is that it keeps the urine from penetrating into the pad and possibly the sub floor.

This can become a great benefit as long as you know the limitations and problems.Moisture Barrier Carpet Pad

It can make you attempts at removing the urine yourself much easier if you catch it quickly.  Please see my instruction on how to do this at this blog post.

A professional cleaning company can have more success at removing the odor if they are called quickly and they know that you have a moisture barrier carpet pad installed.

Having it done quickly is the vitally important step.

If you wait to long you are at risk of making the situation worse and even damaging the carpet backing as this video will explain.

The Truth About Moisture Barrier Carpet Pads and Pet Urine.

 

 

The Problems With Moisture Barrier Carpet Pad For Pet Urine

There are two primary problems that I covered in the video above.

#1  It creates a larger area of contamination that may not be fully cleaned by a professional cleaner if they are not aware that you that you have moisture barrier carpet pad installed.

This can make professional odor remediation less effective.

If you have moisture barrier pad be sure to let your professional cleaning company know before they start so they can treat the odor properly.

#2  Instead of the urine being absorbed into the pad, it pools on top of the moisture barrier and stays in contact with carpet backing.

Over time this can break down the latex glue between the primary and secondary backing permanently damaging the carpet backing.

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TravisTravis Miklethun

Owner – Integrity Cleaning Systems

602-486-3966

 

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Groupon Carpet Cleaning Deals

grouponWhy GroupOn Deals For Carpet Cleaning Can Ruin Your Day!

If you are anything like me, your inbox is full of Carpet Cleaning Deals from Groupon, Living Social or Amazon Local.  You may have even been tempted to take advantage of one of these offers and I get it, we all want to save money, but my question is…

…..What Are You Giving Up For The Deal?

Is the idea of “saving some money” worth the inevitable frustration of dealing with high pressure sales tactics or low quality work?

I think most of you would answer NO!  So why then do we keep running back to these deal sites?

Probably for the same reason that so many keep running back to the lottery, professional cleaning even though we all know we are more likely to be struck by lighting than to win the lotto.

On a side note, do you think the winners of the lottery ever go out in a thunder storm again?

In This Video I Explain Why…

Businesses And Customers Lose With GroupOn Carpet Cleaning Deals

Before I show you the video, I want to make sure you realize that I have run one of these ads so that I would know exactly how they work before I wrote this article.  Here is the link, but don’t buy the deal, it has expired.

https://www.livingsocial.com/cities/576-west-valley-arizona/deals/1310644-carpet-cleaning-for-three-rooms

Now please understand, I am not against Groupon, Living Social, or Amazon Local, they can be awesome for certain industries.  Here are a few they work great in.

Restaurants, Movie Tickets, Fitness Classes, or just about any event are great ways to use deal sites.   Those type of businesses have a much higher “static” business expense than they do “variable” business expense.  So they don’t really lose anything by selling something at cost to bring in a future customer.

I will talk more about “static” and “variable” expenses below.

GroupOn Deals Simply Don’t Work For Carpet Cleaners…

….if they know their numbers!

Warning…..Unless you are extremely analytical and love numbers the following information will bore you to death!

 You should just call Integrity Cleaning Systems now to schedule your appointment at 602-486-3966

For those brave souls that are still reading, here we go!

Service companies have two primary areas of expenses.  Static expenses and variable expenses.

STATIC EXPENSES:  These expenses have to be paid every day regardless if any work was performed that day.

These would include:

Lease payment on vehicle and equipment

Insurance – vehicle and liability

Phone – landline and cell phone

Internet

Web Hosting

Marketing Expenses – SEO work, website development, social media management, every door direct mail, email program ect.

Online contact manager and scheduler

When you add up all these expenses and divide them into a six hour production day (other time spent driving), every production hour the static expenses cost my company is about $20.00.

 

VARIABLE EXPENSES – These expenses relate directly to the work being performed

Fuel – Both for travel and 2 gallon per hour that I run my equipment

Chemical Cost

Maintenance:  On van and equipment

Labor:  Includes payroll, payroll taxes, workman’s comp ect

When you average these cost into a per production hour expense it is about $65 an hour

As you can see if I spend an hour in my office with no production I will lose $20.00 on the static expenses, but I am not paying the variable expenses.  I also have the bonus of spending that time creating marketing that will bring in good jobs.

If I work on a Carpet Cleaning Group On Deal as written in the offer.  I will have the static expenses of $20 and the variable expenses of $65 and the deal only paid me $35.  This cbd products if I take the job I lose $50, if I don’t take the job I only lose $20.   This is making the assumption that the job only takes me one hour.

So as you can see I would either be forced into using high pressure sales tactics to increase my price or work so quickly that quality becomes impossible or lose money.  No business will choose the third option.

I hope this will help you see through some of the hype around GroupOn, Living Social or Amazon Local Carpet Cleaning Deal.

By the way, if you would like to see the awesome special offer we make to every new client please click here

Sincerely,

Travis Miklethun
Owner – Integrity Cleaning Systems

 

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