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Friday, January 11, 2019

COMPLAINERS

An employee has been with a successful Carpet Cleaning Company for many years. During all this time, he had constantly complained and griped about the company, his boss, his fellow workers and his life in general. Suddenly, one day, he had a complete change of personality.

As a boss, are you a constant complainer or do you have employees like the person previously described? The easiest thing to find in this world is something to complain about. The more success a company has, the easier it is to complain about it.

Back to our complainer; what brought about this remarkable and unexplained change? He said that he had always wanted to work for a perfect company and have a perfect life. Therefore, he complained about things that were wrong with the company and his life. Then he realized that the company or his life would never be perfect. So he just decided to go along with the way things were in the company and his life.

Complaining is an old American custom. Most of the time it is harmless; it is a simple act of eliminating frustrations. It can, however, become a habit. It can become a chronically dismal way of looking at one’s life, company, bosses and fellow employees.

How much better our attitude would be if we look for things that are right. We can do this without being blind to the faults of our Company and our lives. It’s all a matter of what we choose to look for and focus upon.

The choice is given to each of us. Are we complainers or do we choose a path and course which will determine our success?

This path is the most basic and important choice we will ever make.

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Wednesday, January 09, 2019

Remanufactured Perma-Mount^®120 Deluxe

Image of Bane-Clene Perma-Mount 120 Truckmount Carpet Cleaning Machine

Many of the components on this remanufactured Perma-Mount 120 truck-mount carpet cleaning machine are new or like new.

$11,500.00 + Shipping & Handling.

Complete with 2 cleaning heads, hoses, tanks and reels.

Shipping and Handling are not included in price

However, Installation and training are included if done in Indianapolis, IN.

One Year 100% Warranty. Certain Exclusions Apply - Ask Your Sales Rep for Details.

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Designed for the company that desires high output capability but does not require the portability.
Triple heating system: Wasted engine heat automatically heats your cleaning solution to the right temperature and an auxiliary electric heater is used for water temperature control.
Perfect fit for one-person truck operation!
Clean All Day Without Draining Dirty Water or Refilling Clean Water.
Please call 800-428-9512 for more information.
It is not necessary to operate truck engine while cleaning - saving fuel and avoiding carbon monoxide poison dangers.
The Bane-Clene Perma-Mount^® 120 carpet cleaning truckmount machine is designed for the company that desires high output capability but does not require the portability feature that is standard with all other Bane-Clene equipment.
Permanently mounted tanks, utilizing the same time-tested working components used in our portable base units, allow a cleaning company to work all day.
The large insulated tanks enable you to clean all day without having to refill or dump water.
The system is totally electric, with no dangerous or expensive fuels required.
It is not necessary to operate truck engine while cleaning.
The Perma-Mount 120 provides the same fast drying as our other systems.
A perfect fit for the one-person truck operation where all work can be accomplished from your vehicle.
Designed for installation into a 3/4 ton van. 1-ton is recommended.
Note: Systems not available for purchase on-line.
Catalog Number for a new unit: 00011.

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Franchising vs. Bane-Clene When Starting a New Carpet Cleaning Business
Installation of Bane-Clene Truck-Mounted Carpet Cleaning Equipment
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Vehicles - Trucks and Vans for truck-mount carpet cleaning equipment
What Is The Real Cost of Carpet Cleaning Equipment?
Why Bane-Clene Over All Other Truck-mounted Carpet Cleaning Equipment?
Why Choose Bane-Clene^® Carpet Cleaning Equipment?

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Friday, January 04, 2019

LOYALTY

Is loyalty non existent in today’s worker? Is all they care about is their paycheck? While to some that is probably true because of their relationship with their boss. This lack of perceived loyalty reflects the frustration employees have with their boss and vice versa.

As owners of a Carpet Cleaning Company, we must develop direct person-to-person relationships with our employees which will lead to loyalty. Today’s workers want to feel that you have their interests at heart - not just your own.

The key to loyalty is showing that you deserve it. So how do you do that?

You give loyalty.
You are sincere and genuinely interested in the present and future of your employees.
You appreciate their viewpoints, problems, desires and ambitions.
You deal with them openly, honestly and fairly.
You delegate responsibility and develop them.
You give and share credit liberally.

It takes this and possibly more to earn loyalty.

But it can be earned and it is well worth the effort.

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Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Remanufactured Super Aqua-Mount^®

Super Aqua-Mount is a quick-recovery, electric powered flood water removal system.

Bane-Clene’s Super Aqua-Mount^® may be retrofitted to Bane-Clene Maxi-Mount^® or Para-Mount^® truckmounts manufactured before 2005 for extra vacuum, especially for pump-outs.

This unit employs a specially engineered auxiliary 5 hp 230 volt electric motor and positive displacement vacuum pump to more efficiently evacuate water without adding dangerous and costly gasoline or propane-powered generators to your carpet cleaning operation.

With seconds, the Super Aqua-Mount will allow the operator to transfer from a normal quiet and efficient cleaning mode to a higher velocity, quick-recovery flood water removal system. This is performed by a simple switch of a vacuum hose - and it is still electric!

The Bane-Clene engineered Super aqua-Mount system is a definite requirement for your fleet if water restoration is projected to play a prominent role in your service business. Near-impossible drying times can now be achieved in those highly time-sensitive cleaning jobs.

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Power Unit: All Electric, 230V, 60 Hz Single Phase, 19.2 AMP HD Motor Unit with Sealed Bearings. Requires no Maintenance.
Vacuum System: Positive Displacement, Modified SAV, Cast Iron, 2 inch Intake and Outtake Ports with impeller construction. 163 CFM at 10" Hg.
Weight: Approximately 225 pounds.
Size: Approximately 22" H x 18" W x 32" L.
Power: Use 5,000 watt generator (min.) or 220 hook-up at job site.
Warranty: 1 year Conditional Warranty.
$3,995.00 + Shipping & Handling.

Friday, December 28, 2018

Happy New Year

January 1^st obviously ushers in a New Year. It’s a time that many reflect upon their previous accomplishments and failures. Then we look forward vowing to correct or not to repeat our failures. We also plot and plan for the time to come. Each of us has goals and aspirations. We should always strive to achieve them. If you are not moving forward, then it is inevitable that you will become stagnate or worse yet begin to move backwards.

So, after all that reflection, we usually come up with New Year Resolutions. They come in a variety of purposes, personal, family, business and community among them.

Improve physical well being.
Improve mental health.
Improve finances.
Improve career.
Improve knowledge.
Volunteer.
Spend quality time with family and friends.
Be more spiritual.

The following passage was written by Bishop John H. Vincent in 1909. It is appropriate not only on New Years Day but every day of our lives:

“I will this day try to live a simple, sincere and serene life. I will repel promptly every thought of discontent, anxiety, discouragement, impurity and self-seeking. I will cultivate cheerfulness, magnanimity, charity and the habit of silence. I will exercise economy in expenditure, carefulness in conversation, diligence in appointed service, fidelity to every trust and a child-like trust in God.”

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Friday, December 21, 2018

Happy Holidays

The holidays have been in full swing since early December. Many dates are celebrated or commemorated during this month. Naming a few, but certainly not all:

Kwanzaa: A celebration of Family, Community and Culture
Hanukkah: The celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights
Milad Un Nabi: The Muslim culture commemorates the birth of the Prophet Muhammad
Christmas Day: The Christian culture commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ

However, even if you don’t practice or believe, they all have many points in common. The one we will focus on is that they all promote “Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all”. Once again, no matter what you practice or don’t, if you have not already done so, take a few moments to reflect on that common factor.

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Friday, December 14, 2018

NEW IDEAS

Who knows for sure if new ideas will work until you’ve tried them?

As owners, we have developed methods and procedures that have worked for us. Naturally, when we hire a new employee for our Carpet Cleaning Company we work to instill these methods and procedures in them. Obviously, they have worked well for us and hopefully helped us to achieve goals of success and profitability.

But sometimes we put “blinders” on when trying to achieve our goals. These “blinders” may prevent us from being open to new ideas. You can teach people the best way you know how; but keep an open mind if they occasionally offer a new idea for doing something. It’s possibly a way to improve your services and certainly a way of keeping imaginative and capable people happy working with you.

Sometimes it costs too much, the risk is too great and the possible gain is too small to do something differently. That’s when you have to use your judgment and rely on your experience. However, be careful not to use your judgment of something as an excuse to be negative. The more new ideas you evaluate the more good ones you will discover and you will receive. Many of the procedures we practice today are from input from our employees.

An open-minded owner stimulates people; a close minded person does just the opposite. Sometimes it pays to try people’s ideas just for the sake of encouraging them to think.

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Friday, December 07, 2018

Remember Pearl Harbor

That was the battle cry of WW II. President Roosevelt (FDR) said, “Sunday, December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy”. Not many are alive who remember that fateful morning when the attack took place on our Pacific Fleet as it lay at anchor. Those who were there will never forget and others will never forget it or where they were when they heard the news.

As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, a thought comes to mind. Will “Remember Pearl Harbor”, “Remember the Maine” and “Remember the Alamo” become forgotten or irrelevant? Not because those that were there or were aware of it are gone. But because they have been relegated to the back pages of History books that are routinely ignored by many schools? Will 9/11 and other recent terrorists events someday join them?

Unfortunately, there has been a tremendous cost in the loss of lives in these tragic events. Thank God for our brave troops and first responders who have been involved in them. In this land of plenty and freedoms, with all our problems, people still yearn to come to live here. But remember “Freedom is not free”.

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Friday, November 30, 2018

CHARACTER-INTELLIGENCE-EXPERIENCE

How important are these factors in hiring good employees for our Carpet Cleaning Company? We listed them in what we feel is the order of importance.

Let’s look at them in reverse order.

Many employers look for experience. In the past we have found that experience is the least important. Our Company prides itself on the methods we promote in our service business. If a potential employee has worked for another Carpet Cleaner, then they may possess habits and techniques that run opposite of what we promote.

Intelligence is sometimes over emphasized. We do not need a rocket scientist to clean carpet. What we do need is someone with the ability to learn and comprehend and follow instructions. A bright person will quickly gain experience.

Last but not least is character. We find that this is the most important element of all. There are several reasons. But the main one is that this person is going to be at your customers’ premises. Many times there will be no one there other than them. Everyone we hire is bonded; this in itself is a background check. Also, since we carry full insurance coverage, our insurance carrier will run an employee’s drivers license through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

The people we need most are those with the character to promote and practice “The Bane-Clene^® Way”, the intelligence to learn and therefore gain experience.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is truly a special day. It was first celebrated in 1621 when the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Native Americans shared a fall harvest. In 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November.

Thanksgiving Day is more than memories, food, football and parades. It is a day of thanks. On this day, we are reminded of the bounty of treasures that are a part of our everyday lives.

We spend a few, often too brief, moments in prayer or meditation before dinner to say thanks for our family, friends and the wonderfulness of our lives. The true meaning of Thanksgiving should not end there. Ponder the two words that are involved: thanks and giving. We should therefore be reminded to give thanks and to share. Take the time to share our economic benefits, material wealth and talents with those who can use our help.

Once again as you sit down to dinner, ponder the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

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Friday, November 16, 2018

FAULTS

We all like to think of ourselves as fair, compassionate and understanding people. But the fact is that we all have faults; no one is perfect. What is important is that we recognize our faults and work to correct them. A corrected fault can be used to your advantage.

For example, your employees may be reluctant to question you for fear that you will hold a grudge. Holding a grudge is negative and will have adverse effects on your Company. If a smart owner has to criticize someone for an error the employee made, they make a point to then assuage the situation as quickly as possible. This shows that the owner is firm but reasonable. This also reassures the employee that their talents are appreciated and that they are still a valuable member of the team.

It’s an owner’s priority to get things out in the open, talk them over, then help people forget them. Once again, it benefits no one to hold grudges. They are petty and can affect work relationships. They are bad for the employee, the owner and ultimately the Company.

It is a fault easily corrected.

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Friday, November 09, 2018

ENVY

Don't be green with envy Are you envious of someone or something? Do you know people who are envious? Many people may envy you as the owner of a Carpet Cleaning Company. It possibly might be your employees, your vendors or even your customers.

The envy of course stems from the perceived rewards; however, they may not understand the problems or responsibilities that also go along with this position of ownership.

An owner’s success, and therefore the Company’s ultimate success, depends on how well an owner handles these problems. The person who concentrates on the easy part of the job and avoids the tougher part is not doing their job.

Not only must an owner deal with potential problems, some of which will be unpleasant, they must keep an even keel in the process. Otherwise, they will become unpleasant to work with; perhaps, they will even drive employees, vendors or customers away.

So what do you do? Do what you can; that’s all anyone can do. Try not to constantly stew or worry. People can compound their problems and increase tension by worrying about multiple problems at one time. What you want to do is pick your most critical problem. Then give it all your attention and do something about it. You may not solve the problem completely but at least you have done all you can and come to some type of resolution. Then you can pick another problem and go to work on it.

Once again, the best way is to take up each problem one at a time. Then just do the best you can, move on and don’t worry. You don’t want to be the one with envy.

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Friday, November 02, 2018

TELL THEM WHY

When you ask your employees to do something, be sure to tell them why. It is well worth the time and effort and it also gives your request more importance.

It’s very easy to fall into the habit of simply telling people to perform tasks without explanation. While it seems like the quickest and easiest way, it is rarely the best way. When you ask an employee to do something, take the time to tell them why you want it done and the purpose of the task.

Explaining why you want something done automatically removes the curse of “bossiness”.

“Requests” come across as being much more logical and reasonable, if put as such as opposed to an “order”.

When you tell them why, you also lessen the chance of error. Employees who understand why they are doing something are less apt to make a mistake. Also, if the situation changes, they are more apt to ask questions or seek direction because they understand what was originally to be accomplished.

When you tell them why, you in effect are complimenting them by showing them the task is important enough that they fully understand the situation. This shows you respect them and appreciate their ability to fully carry out your request.

Granted, there are times when the request is so obvious that it probably does not need further explanation. Or it is a task that your employee has carried out before and done well. Finally, there are also times of emergency when people have to be told what to do quickly.

But the general rule still stands. When you ask something to be done, tell them why.

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