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  1. Allison Hester

    PCC Magazine Poll -- Truck or Trailer Mount

    (I realize this topic was touched on three weeks ago, but...) Pressure Cleaning Contractor magazine needs your opinion. We are taking a poll. Trailer mount or truck mount? Give as much information as you like. The purpose is to help each other, sift through all the drawbacks & benefits. We...
  2. Allison Hester

    Educating the Public

    Hey guys, I want to bounce an idea off of you that I had for our new magazine (Pressure Cleaning Contractor). I recently read a post about a guy in Canada who ended up in the hospital because he ran a hot water stream across his foot, sliced his boot -- and then his foot -- open, and burned...
  3. Allison Hester

    Give Your Company the Perfect Christmas Gift

    Here's what industry members are saying about the Pressure Cleaning Bible: Marketing: “I think you’re crazy! The value of your book is worth way way more than what you are charging. This book gives the reader everything, and I mean everything they will ever need to know to run a successful...
  4. Allison Hester

    Cover Photos

    I am looking for photos for the premiere issue of Pressure Cleaning Contractor online magazine, particularly for the COVER. I am looking for attractive and/or just plain cool photos that show contractors in action. (In other words, not just befor and afters.) If you've got something you'd like...
  5. Allison Hester

    Profile Suggestions

    Hi everyone! We are at just a little over a month before the launch of our new online magazine, Pressure Cleaning Contractor! :happydance: A number of comments have come in saying readers would like to read about successful pressure washing companies. While I've had a few people suggest...
  6. Allison Hester

    A Little Holiday Humor

    A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's' mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing...
  7. Allison Hester

    Landscaping Article Lead -- Thought I'd pass it along

    I don't if anyone does landscaping, or if you have some landscapers you work with. This is a lead I saw today for a national publication looking for landscaping contacts to interview. Thought I'd pass it on. This kind of thing is always great exposure! Deadline to respond is 7 p.m., 11/27. If...
  8. Allison Hester

    Simple Charitable Idea for the Entire Family

    Here's a wonderful charitable project for the entire family. Monday is the last official day for "Operation Christmas Child," a project created by Samaritan's purse. The mission is simple: pack a shoebox full of small items (toys, hard candy, school supplies, hygeinic items) to send to a child...
  9. Allison Hester

    Michael Hinderliter's Birthday

    Happy Birthday Michael. Hope you have a fantastic day!
  10. Allison Hester

    Need Fleet (or othe vehicle) washers to write for new online magazine

    Hey guys, I really need some fleet washing contractors to help with our new online magazine, Pressure Cleaning Contractor, which will launch at the first of the new year! This new magazine -- which is FOR Contractors, BY Contractors --will be featuring articles for ALL types of contractors who...
  11. Allison Hester

    Magic Jack

    Anyone here tried the Magic Jack for a phone system? (That thing you plug into your computer and it gives you a phone line?) I live/work on a small military base with ancient phone lines. Every time it rains the phones go out. I switched to cell only, but my reception sometimes stinks out here...
  12. Allison Hester

    Needing Writers -- and I need them soon!

    I have some articles lined up for the first issue of Pressure Cleaning Contractor (yes, we've changed the name) and I have several people who've indicated they would be interested in writing. However, if you are interested in writing for our new online magazine, please let me know. You can...
  13. Allison Hester

    Stuff we take for granted

    My husband, Mike, is serving in Afghanistan near a small village. The US ARNG hired some of the locals to help paint a new building that is going up on Mike's little base. They paid them $8 a day for labor, $1 of which went to the crew boss, and $1 for lunch -- a piece of bread and a handful of...
  14. Allison Hester

    Interested in talking to window cleaners

    Hey guys, I'm REALLY interested in talking with some of you that do pressure washing AND window cleaning. The first industry conference I ever attended with Cleaner Times was an IWCA event in New Orleans (1994) and the window cleaning industry, overall, was NOT receptive to pressure washing in...
  15. Allison Hester

    Pwna 2010

    Here are a few photos to get started. Now I remember Ron said to write a blog and upload them there, so I'll do that tomorrow. Bed time for now.
  16. Allison Hester

    New Online Publication -- Pressure Cleaning Monthly

    For those who don't know me, I was the editor of Cleaner Times Magazine from 1994 to 1998, then returned part-time in 2009. Steve Stephens (HydroTech Pressure Cleaning Technologies, Raleigh) and I are starting a new online monthly magazine, Pressure Cleaning Monthly, written exclusively for...
  17. Allison Hester

    The Pressure Cleaning Bible: Marketing

    We are getting great response to our new book, The Pressure Cleaning Bible: Marketing, by Steve Stephens and myself. We have extended the pre-release discout of 25% off through October 31 ($24.75). After that we're going full price ($32.95). With our unconditional money back guarantee, there's...
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