Don Marsh - The Window Cleaning Mentor

Introducing the Mentoring Newsletter from Don Marsh: Don says..

After a few years of giving away videos and advice, it’s time for me to create a service that will enable me to continue to help people and get compensated for my time. I get too many phone calls and emails to deal with them any more. That is why I am “thinning the herd” and creating an annual subscription newsletter.

Who is this for?
If you are thinking about starting a window cleaning business or are already in the middle of a startup, what I have to say will be valuable to you. You are going to meet a lot of challenges in the next year, and it will be good to have someone to ask some very specific questions. I started my business almost 30 years ago, and there are few obstacles out there that I have not encountered and overcome.

How does this work?
It’s pretty simple. You write me and ask me a question about your business, and I write back with the answer. Of course, to make this financially viable to me, I will have to share the questions and answers with all the subscribers. That’s because most of them will be applicable to everyone’s experience. And even if it isn’t, some aspect of it will be enlightening since someone else’s problem will give you a heads up to what you may face in the future.

To keep people from getting many emails during the course of the week, I will answer all correspondence once each week. It will be like having group therapy every week with people who have essentially the same goals that you have: creating a small business that gives you an opportunity to make a good living and the flexibility to fit it in with the other things you do with your life.

Is there more?
Every month I will send out a member email with information that I have found that you will be interested in: product reviews, marketing tips, free stuff I have found, and experiences I am having in real time, and economic outlooks pertinent to small operators like us.
How much?

This is an introductory offer to the first 200 subscribers. For $24.95 per year I am your window cleaning startup guru. I will help you with your problems with my advice based on almost 30 years of making a living as a self-employed widow cleaner. That’s a commitment of a little more than $2 per month from you, and a lot of work for me. I say that this is an introductory offer because the next 200 subscribers will pay $39.35 for a year’s subscription. I think this is only fair because I will be archiving this information over time and making it available for other subscribers in the future. That will mean that future subscriptions will be even more valuable. I will also be expanding what I offer after the first 200 subscribers to include new, exclusive members-only videos and other bonus material.

Sign up now..
It’s time to stop procrastinating. Either make a commitment to starting your own business, or figure out how you are going to plan for the future within the limitations of your hourly wage job.

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The UK Ladder Association issues the "Ladder Card"

The Ladder Association is a modern, forward-looking organisation with 55 member companies. Committed to progressing safety and best practice step-by-step, the association is adapting to the challenges facing the industry by positioning itself as the clear and acknowledged focus for ladders and stepladders in the marketplace. It is a major contributor to UK and European standards setting, works closely with the HSE and is the UK’s leading provider of ladder training.

The Ladder Association is the only trade body dedicated to providing ladder users with the information and skills they need to use ladders and stepladders safely and productively. Working in collaboration with manufacturers, policy makers and key influencers, including the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), it uses the collective experience and expertise of its many members to fulfil a number of distinct roles.

With its new name, re-styled logo and revised constitution, the Ladder Association, formerly the British Ladder Manufacturers' Association (BLMA), aims to set a new agenda for the ladder industry in the UK. The Ladder Association is the voice of the industry and its message is clear and precisely the same as the HSE….. Ladders are not banned in the workplace, so if it's right to use a ladder, use the right ladder and use it safely.

Be ladder competent...get a LadderCard. Demonstration of competence is key, which is why the association operates a national training scheme for users, supervisors and managers wanting to equip themselves with the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to use ladders safely and productively. Completion of a Ladder Association training course provides the proof of competence demanded by the Work at Height Regulations. Courses are delivered only by association approved training centres. The Ladder Association training course ensures that delegates have an understanding of the legislation and regulations affecting work at height, product standards and classifications for ladders and stepladders, and hazards affecting the use of ladders and stepladders. With the introduction of the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 in January 2009, and the widely publicised court case in which a school caretaker successfully sued his local authority employer for lack of formal ladder training, the imperative for professional training has never been greater. Newsletter here.

The Window Cleaning Business Coach & the Book + Dossier

I recently stated on a forum: "I have the book - its the best window cleaning book out there for old hands. It really made me re-evaluate what I'm actually doing." And I got asked why? Its very hard to put it in a nutshell, but the ideas within the book make you take another look at your business & how to get the most from it even though its specifically a marketing book. In this book, Kevin the window cleaning business coach tells it how it is & even puts out a few truths that you probably already knew but hadn't analysed. Don't buy this book if you want to learn how to squeegee or water fed pole a window, you probably know that already! For any old hands out there, it's a way to supercharge your business using unique marketing techniques & using the psychology behind these methods & whats more - it's specifically for window cleaners.

Kevin will also be supplying some unique content to the newsletter that I will be sending out this month. This give-away will not be in the blog, only to subscribers of the newsletter along with many other offers. So sign up now! Now you can get your hands on the book by listening to Kevins advise below.

TIME Magazines Window Cleaning in Pictures

Time magazine release pictures celebrating window cleaners around the world. Very timely & curious as the American Window Cleaner Magazine & the Master Window Cleaners of America have just recently started giving out prizes for the best window cleaning pictures. Below are the pictures & captions for each picture, click on them to enlarge.

Gateshead, U.K.: Which end you want to start?

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Chicago, Illinois: A good strong rope is the key.

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Philadelphia: Don't drop that bucket!

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Bangkok, Thailand: Silhouetted against the bright morning sun, he stretches to clean a spot.

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Beijing, China: Formation Window-Washing will be a demonstration event at next year's Olympics. Here the Chinese team practice a move.

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Floating your BoatBy the time you've finished cleaning the windows on the QE2, it's time to start over again.

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Manila, Philippines: Never walk below a window cleaner's cradle.

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Orlando, Florida: Holy Soapsuds! The Caped Crusader, down on his luck, is forced to take a second job.

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Kunming, China: You can always trust someone to take things too far. Two Chinese high-rise window washers tie the knot. Tight.

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Shanghai, China: Ever had the feeling that you made a bad career choice?

Hong Kong: Too many panes of glass, not enough cleaners.

Berlin, Germany: For a nosey parker it's an interesting job.

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You may have noticed the newsletter sign-up form in the top right hand column. I plan on sending out newsletters around once a month to offer YOU the reader, priveledged information & offers not available anywhere else on the internet - FOR FREE. Be sure to sign up as they will not be readily available from either the suppliers or found on this blog. Are you ready to miss out on deals that won't be offered anywhere else? Be assured: Your information will never be sold, rented or leased to a third-party. You can unsubscribe at any time with the automated system. Thanks for reading & thanks for making this a successful blog! Cheers, Karl Robinson.

Radical Squeegee-ing & Showing Off!

SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER!

You may have noticed the newsletter sign-up form in the top right hand column. I plan on sending out newsletters around once a month to offer YOU the reader, priveledged information & offers not available anywhere else on the internet - FOR FREE. Be sure to sign up as they will not be readily available from either the suppliers or found on this blog. Are you ready to miss out on deals that won't be offered anywhere else? Be assured: Your information will never be sold, rented or leased to a third-party. You can unsubscribe at any time with the automated system. Thanks for reading & thanks for making this a successful blog! Cheers, Karl Robinson.

OK, so some of these video's are just for show & probably could be done at twice the speed by using a bigger squeegee or even a Wagtail, with or on a pole. But for the fun of it, I've included some older videos as well just to group them.

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Please, don't try this at home - its for entertainment purposes only!

Window Cleaning Information & Videos

Here is Kevin the window cleaning business coach talking at the AUWC East Coast Regional in Rhode Island about "The Hidden Secrets to Rapid, Profitable Revenue Growth" only this time, the full video & in higher quality. Just click on the picture to take you to the 35 minute video. To watch the video you may have to be a member of the Window Cleaning Resources Forum. If you haven't heard of Kevin, his new book titled "Why everything you think you know is probably totally wrong" has exploded in to the market place & is available by clicking the link here. Or taking up the offer & getting it free by going to the window cleaning resource store below & buying $250 of window cleaning equipment. Either way, get more information by going to Kevins website here.

If you haven't signed up for the newsletter in the right column of this page, you will be missing out on some great ideas from Kevin that will only be available in the newsletter. There will also be more offers not available any where else on window cleaning forums or web sites. SIGN UP NOW!

Don Chute (picture left) answers questions from MWCoA's Jack Nelson (pictured right). This is another webpage that can only be viewed for a short time before it gets put in to the members area - I urge you to read it if you are not a member. Go here to read the interview.