Upcoming Cleaner Times Article - need your participation

[Beth & Rod]

http://www.thegrimescene.com/forums...iggest-challenge-your-business-right-now.html

If you want to participate in this article, please visit the above thread. This is a great opportunity to get your business published. Thanks!

Beth

 

[RMedbery]

Sorry, cant visit that site because my political mindset does not match the very liberal mindset of the site owners.

 

[Beth & Rod]

Roger, if you wish to participate, you can always email me your answers. I'm just the writer. I don't own the magazine. But I do know this, publicity is good for business, and this is free. I welcome your participation.

Beth

 

[RMedbery]

Answers to what?

 

[Russ Spence]

Here ya go old buddy!

What is the biggest challenge to your business right now?

What can you do or did you do to overcome that challenge?

Was your effort successful and why or why not?

If the challenge is beyond your control what are you doing to try to manage your business in spite of it?

Where is your business right now compared to where you thought it might be at the beginning of the year?

Where do you see your business in the next 12 months based upon your specific area?

 

[Nichole]

Does anyone actually read the Cleaner Times or ever found anything useful in it?

I read it often and have found it helpful. It is one of my sources of knowledge. Not every article is "great" but the diamonds in the rough make it worth it to me.

 

[Kory]

Here ya go old buddy!

What is the biggest challenge to your business right now? The local comp's I am bidding against
What can you do or did you do to overcome that challenge? make them swim with the fishes
Was your effort successful and why or why not? I pleed the fifth

If the challenge is beyond your control what are you doing to try to manage your business in spite of it?

Where is your business right now compared to where you thought it might be at the beginning of the year? FAR AHEAD

Where do you see your business in the next 12 months based upon your specific area?

I see the family being more involved

 

[Beth & Rod]

Thank you Kory, can you tell me more about your views? Is this a strengthening of the mom and pop businesses?


William, here is a screen shot of the ACP and your account. You are a registered user. Not a banned one. If you were at one point banned, it seems to have expired. I am telling the truth. No reason for me not to.

Beth

 

[Steven Button]

I have sent my answers to Beth...

guys, please keep this thread ON topic - Beth is writing good content and is giving us the opportunity to be involved, let's help out a little.

 

[Christopher]

Are those the questions that The Cleaner Times is asking? If not then maybe a different set of questions, some of those are hard to answer or don't pertain to other companies.

Maybe a new set of questions would be a good idea.

Who's questions are those?

 

[Beth & Rod]

Thank you Steve, I did get them.

Chris, to answer your question, I was assigned a topic, and based upon the topic those are the questions I am asking. Each question is geared towards addressing the topic. The topic is the title of the thread over on TGS. "What is the biggest challenge to your business right now?"

If anyone has any other comments that are related to the topic and would address it, I welcome them as well. As business owners we all have unique experiences and thoughts to share. If you think there are other questions related to this topic that we should ask, I welcome those too. Thanks for asking!

Beth

 

[Alexy]

Rather vauge open ended questions.

 

[Beth & Rod]

If they were closed ended questions and your answers choices were yes and no, it would be a really short article.

Thanks to all who are participating.
Beth

 

[offdutyfireman]

Thank you Kory, can you tell me more about your views? Is this a strengthening of the mom and pop businesses?


William, here is a screen shot of the ACP and your account. You are a registered user. Not a banned one. If you were at one point banned, it seems to have expired. I am telling the truth. No reason for me not to.

Beth

Don't know what an ACP is and cannot read what is in the pic you sent. I have not been able to log on for about the past 4 years since I was banned. I have clicked the link that pops up when login fails to request newpassword or whatever and have never gotten responses.



What is the biggest challenge to your business right now? Keeping up with work load and not getting behind schedule
What can you do or did you do to overcome that challenge? Pay more overtime and stretch M-F days to 11 hours and Sat to 10 hours
Was your effort successful and why or why not? Guys are burnt out and don't care about the money as much as you would think.

If the challenge is beyond your control what are you doing to try to manage your business in spite of it? Working harder

Where is your business right now compared to where you thought it might be at the beginning of the year? On par

Where do you see your business in the next 12 months based upon your specific area? Branching into Virginia and concentrating more on NC/TN

 

[PressureWashE]

Beth i emailed you.. thanks

 

[Ron Musgraves]

Doing all these darn roundtables has been a pain..LOL

Beth I will certainly come up with something.

Off the top I would say the changing going on.

 

[Larry Millette]

I posted a response to the questions on your board Beth. Thanks.

 

[offdutyfireman]

I posted a response to the questions on your board Beth. Thanks.

Oh sure Larry, just rub it in

 

[Larry Millette]

Oh sure Larry, just rub it in

You can't read it,,,You can't read it!!! Hahaha!

 

[offdutyfireman]

You can't read it,,,You can't read it!!! Hahaha!

I even tried to create a new username and start all over. Must have some kind of IP address lock out on me.