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I see from time to time guys complaining about how a supplier messed up their order. I have on occasion experienced this myself. In fact in my experience (I've ordered from just about all of them) no supplier is immune to this. Now sometimes these complaints can be more about putting down...

I got a call from a company in Texas representing Remax realty trying to get me to pay them $449 for the privilege of being the vendor of choice in my area. They said it would allow me to lock out my competition and be the exclusive contractor for over 20 realtors. I have more than a few issues...

become a member of the UAMCC (United Association of Mobile Contract Cleaners), especially if they were already a member of a window cleaning industry association? Continue...

Quite a common sight where I live almost every winter - This is the way all the snow banks look. Full of oil, hydraulic fluid, etc and guess what? It all goes out the parking lot, down the street, and to the storm sewers. Where's the outrage, where's the inspector to cite the building owner...

Like this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TJsyvXOCFRg

Just got one in the mail this week. The corners are scrub pads for those extra stubborn spots and will actually make a great way to put the towel on a pole when needed.

I found a video of him demoing hard water and scraper use.

I saw a post on Facebook from Troy Nelson the President of the Association of United Window Cleaners (AUWC) that they are disbanding the association. They will be throwing their support behind the Master Window Cleaners of America the group they broke away from several years ago. I have to...

so I am. In my recent blog from Mr Squeegee University I wanted to take a moment to recognize the manufacturers and vendors who are donating to the students and school. Because of their generous spirit the student walks away not just with some education but also a good amount of tools to start...

Got a surprise package in the mail today from my buddy Dave Guitterez. Here's what was inside -

So on one of the FB groups this "person" requested to join. http://www.facebook.com/anthony.evan.963 Sometimes I miss high school.

5th Annual MWCC will be held in Des Moines, Iowa this year. I am still finalizing location but it will be in the 19th and 20th of July for sure. I'll be offering a condensed version of my new window cleaning school and Ron will be doing his special presentation in conjunction with the event. I'm...

The latest thing for business seems to be the Google+ groups. There are several for pressure washing and window cleaning out there. It looks like they may become the preffered way for businesses to interact instead of Facebook. Less small talk and more industry related discussions. I encourage...

As professional window cleaners we deal with a wide variety of chemicals. For instance, besides whatever soaps we use for cleaning windows we may have various acidic cleaners for hard water stains; glide additives for our cleaning solution; and agents for removing cement Continued...

http://thewindowcleaningschool.blogspot.com/2012/12/every-journey-starts-with-first-step.html

I think the poll questions say it all. Let's talk about it.

If you do maybe this will help - http://thewindowcleaningschool.blogspot.com/

http://tonyevanswc.blogspot.com/2012/12/ive-started-window-cleaning-school.html

If you haven't seen the videos yet check out this page - http://www.front9restoration.com/f9-window-shine-hard-water-stain-remover/ I hope Craig releases this product soon as I'm anxious to try it out.

I have a chance to bid the dumpster area and sidewalks at one of our new commercial accounts. They currently have them done every month. I don't have a hot water machine so I was wondering about issues when using a cold water machine in freezing temps. Any help is appreciated.