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		<title>SFS Seminar- January, 2012 (Tampa Bay, FL)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>TOP TEN “How to Make More Money” #6: Develop “synergistic services”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Toburen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[add-on sales]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Quit competing against the far-too-COMMON "Clean Any Size Living Room, Dining Room and Hall for ..." bozos.  Instead, offer UNCOMMON "special niches"!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Strategiesforsuccesscom/~4/kKm9WkD2THE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Groupon 2012: Is it for carpet cleaners?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Yeadon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cleaning business pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleaning pricing profit]]></category>
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		<title>Can a carpet cleaner survive in a rural area?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Toburen</dc:creator>
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		<title>TOP TEN List Idea #7: Pre-orient your client on how to spend more!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Toburen</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Remember, your clients can't buy more if they don't know!  Steve shares some tips in #7 of his TOP TEN Ways to Make More Money From Each Job List ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Strategiesforsuccesscom/~4/r85gV1xkx7g" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New Water Damage Customer Interview Form</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Strategiesforsuccesscom/~3/AQqgSNGCbkk/form-water-damage-interview</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Toburen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Practical Paperwork]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inspections]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This Water Damage Interview Form will help you (and more importantly your employees) give structure to your initial “emergency response”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Strategiesforsuccesscom/~4/AQqgSNGCbkk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>“How should I pay an outside sales person?”</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Strategiesforsuccesscom/~3/YhtaCSuFveE/how-should-i-pay-a-sales-person</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Toburen</dc:creator>
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		<title>TOP TEN List Idea #8: Get more efficient on the job.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Strategiesforsuccesscom/~3/dMVCeV5vdRg/top-ten-list-idea-8-get-efficient</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Toburen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[quickTIPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleaning chemicals]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Labor (especially YOUR own labor!) will always be your most expensive overhead.  Save time by getting efficient and you will Make More Money on each job!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Strategiesforsuccesscom/~4/dMVCeV5vdRg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>To solve problems: “Less can be more”</title>
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		<comments>http://sfs.jondon.com/12150/blog/when-solving-problems-less-is-more#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Violand</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFS Instructor’s Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carpet cleaning business growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carpet cleaning technician]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crisis management]]></category>
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		<title>Steve Jobs versus the Google Boys</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Strategiesforsuccesscom/~3/hQCJTUthqJQ/steve-jobs-versus-the-google-boys</link>
		<comments>http://sfs.jondon.com/12159/billys-book-reviews/steve-jobs-versus-the-google-boys#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Yeadon</dc:creator>
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