Sweeper Buying and Selling Best Practices

The intent of this article used to provide you with information that will assist you in both buying and selling a used sweeper or other vehicles. The approximately 17-minute audio interview with Mark Boyer is broken into two parts. The first covers best practices when you sell your sweeper; the second discusses best practices to utilize when you buy a used sweeper.

Measuring, Assessing and Increasing Your Sweeping Company’s Profitability

All too often, those in the sweeping business concentrate on income, cash flow and the number of accounts they have and the volume of business they do. When it comes down to it, the most important indicator of success in the long term can be summed up in one word: profitability. If you don’t have a good understanding of your Profit and Loss (P & L) Statement, you’re not analyzing what is typically the most important indicator of your business’ health.

(Reflective Vinyl) Signs of the Times

The quality you choose for your ‘moving billboard’ can pay you big dividends. Research by the American Trucking Association has shown that a local delivery truck makes a whopping 16 million visual impressions per year

Maximizing Your Company’s Value to Customers

Your customers’ perception of how important your services are to them are based upon a variety of factors. Although these vary from customer-to-customer, there are some factors that tend to remain the same throughout most customer interactions.

Customer Fuel Surcharges: When, How, and How Much?

In a time of fast-moving fuel prices, don’t let your margins erode because you haven’t added in a fuel surcharge to customers.

2012 NPE “Best Practices” for Power Sweeping Contractors

In the three-hour seminar, each of the approximately 50 seminar participants had an opportunity to split out and contribute to three different topic areas. Each of the topic areas was facilitated by the owner of a substantial-sized sweeping company.