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3 Simple Keys to Successful Quoting in your Home Services Business

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Do you own a service business or a home service franchise? Are you struggling to convert a high percentage of your quotes? Maybe you have no idea on how a professional actually quotes? We have the answers that will make work and make you income now. If your business is home cleaning ,lawn and garden care, window cleaning ,carpet cleaning ,car detailing or pet grooming .These 3 simple keys will give you a professional advantage when quoting  to your client.   Step 1 Present Your Quote in Person. The service provider who makes the time to get in front of their client has a major head start on building a relationship and getting the long term business. The Face to Face Communication makes all the difference If you are in front of your client you have the opportunity to get the details of your quote exact to meet your clients needs. If they have concerns you have the opportunity to answer those concerns and offer other options. Your client is given the opportunity to e

5 Proven Sales Fundamentals for the Home Service Industry

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Are you the greatest gardening guy in your area, but no idea how to be the salesperson in your business? Maybe you are a clean freak who just joy out of making your clients homes look sparkling, but just don't have the "gift of the gab" needed to sale yourself ? Are you in any home service business and need to learn how to sell? Our James Family business, James Home Services, grow form a one man band car cleaning business that grow to a national Franchisee Network of 400 franchisees servicing $20 million of clients home service needs annually. For many people there is a lot of misunderstanding of our the basis for elite sales skills.There is no sneaky tricks ,smoke and mirrors or black magic. It is a systematic professional approach to understanding the clients needs and wants to the services you provide and negotiating a solution that suits both parties. These Proven Sales   Fundamentals are specialised for the home service industry, but they can easily be adop

7 Steps to Extraordinary Small Business Success

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Starting a small business and don't know where to being? Is your family business not performing as you would like? Maybe you don't know what you don't know about running a family business? The James Family business took Robert James' one man band car cleaning business into a national franchise of 400 franchisee turning over $20 million in annual in homes services Australia wide. These 7 proven steps have been used successfully in over 2000 family businesses since 1993 . Our Family built successful businesses using these steps in a wide range of industries , from home cleaning, lawn and garden care, pet grooming, carpet cleaning, coffee industry, real estate , performance horse breeding and bloodstock agency. These steps will give you the foundations to build a business at works for your family. They have stood the test of time, they are proven in the marketplace.   If you use all the 7 steps constantly they will work for you . Step #1 Design Your Bu

5 Practical Principals to Guarantee Satisfied Home Service Customers.

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You want to start your own home service business? You are worried if your level of service will be professional enough? Are you running a home service business but want to take it to the next level? Over the last 25 years we have coached over 2000 home services franchisees to deliver professional home services. The systems we built in James Home Services, were based on a strong foundation of practical principals which put the customers needs first. We grow from my one man band car cleaning business to a nation brand of 400 franchisees servicing $20 million. These are the base foundations that we built our professional home service culture on. 1) Return the Call Within 15 minutes. I know that you maybe busy cleaning a car ,washing a dog, mowing a lawn , cleaning a house or spraying the cockroaches. Believe me the cockroaches can wait and the lawn isn't going to grow that much in the 15 minutes it takes to return the call to the new client. Don't let today's &quo