Title: Valley Power Sweep Provides Quality Services in British Columbia, Canada
Jeff Lindhout purchased Valley Power Sweep in 1998 during an economic downturn. Plus, his purchase only included a single sweeper and a 1-ton truck.
Since then, he has slowly built the company through doing a good job for customers and responding to their requests and a growing clientele. Today, he operates three Schwarze sweepers, an S-348 and two A4000 machines, as well as an assortment of smaller, trailer-mounted sweepers and scrubbers.
The intent of this article is to provide you with tips and techniques on how to get paid by third-party vendors, i.e., aggregators. Although the basis for this article and audio interview were to help contractors get paid by third-party vendors, the information is also valid for getting paid by management companies and other clients.
Title:Owner of Supervac of Pensacola Provides a Veteran Perspective
Larry Morton got into the sweeping business because he had a mobile home park that had lots of trees. The leaves were a perpetual problem and he needed a way to keep it looking nice.
When he saw an ad for a Schwarze sweeper, he got the idea that if he bought a sweeper – and then got another customer or two to help pay for it – he could justify the expense.
At the time, total cost for a sweeper was about $15,000. His initial goal was to get enough business to operate the machine three nights a week, since he had a full-time job. In time, Morton grew his Supervac of Pensacola (a division of L.T.D. Enterprises) fleet to a 16-sweeper operation.
Title:Millennium Maintenance and Power Sweeping:
Proactive and Professional – 24/7/365
David Ross, owner of Millennium Maintenance & Power Sweeping, Inc. (MMPS) has become a sweeping and maintenance leader in the New England area. Beginning at the bottom and working his way to the top, he has established one of the New England area’s largest power sweeping and exterior facility maintenance companies.
Attorney discusses why incorporation is often not enough to keep others from using your company tradename.
Title:Guardian Management Company Strives to Nurture Both Customers and Employees
When Ross Barton got into the sweeping business he already had strong credentials as the manager for a large landscaping firm. That, combined with the positive way he and his wife, Tina, choose to run their business, has provided them with a path to success.
Yes, you can fire your client! (Sometimes you have to…)
If you are using independent contractors in your sweeping business, you need to make sure you’re doing it legally.
Title:Accusweep Services has Gained Long Term Success by Being a Team Operation
In 1987, David McCaskill worked as a sales rep for a local radio station. One day when he was at lunch with one of his clients, as he often did he asked the man what type of job he thought David would be best suited for. The customer said “What about the parking lot sweeping business?” He then went on to explain that he, himself, had a sweeper truck and swept his own parking lot.
After asking some of his other customers if he could sweep their lots, and getting positive answers, McCaskill got a sweeper and got to work. Today, going on 25 years later, the Accusweep Services Team sweeps parking lots and much more.
After 32 years of sweeping, here are the thoughts of Hank Rodio on the topic of the street side of sweeping.
