What Is.. At Cost Printing?

The WCRA and PWRA have teamed up with Quality Print Solutions to provide members with printing at ridiculously low rates with pre-made templates to make your business grow.

What is At Cost Printing? At cost printing is a program that was designed for WCRA and PWRA members. The program is very simple. The WCRA and PWRA have teamed up with Quality Print Solutions to provide members with printing at ridiculously low rates. QPS sells the print supply at the production cost of the job without an additional markup.

Who is Quality Print Solutions? Quality Print Solutions is a company located in Ridgewood, NJ. They specialize in high quality print supply at industry low costs. Their main focus is to eventually directly engage in battle with the big print monsters on the internet. Sites like Vistaprint.com and Gotprint.com are just two of the diabolical companies QPS plans to wage war with. In due time.

What is the turn around time for an At Cost Printing order? The turn around time from the day your order is placed (barring any file quality issues or payment issues) is usually 7-10 BUSINESS days but could be less. Again this is the day your order is placed by us and you receive the receipt email, not the day you submit the form. Saturday and Sunday do not count as business days.

Is there really a processing fee for every item I order? Nope. We don’t charge processing fees anymore. That is so 2014.

How much is shipping usually? The shipping is based off of weight and box size, so this depends on what you order and the quantities. Larger orders of 10,000 pieces or more can be costly when it comes to shipping (however there are huge price breaks on the printing). Shipping is not marked up. All rates are based off standard shipping rates via UPS.

Can QPS edit my files? No. The At Cost Printing service is strictly for orders that are complete and ready to go. We don’t add anything to your designs, we just submit the print orders. If design is needed, changes to the templates need to be made, or any other design issue needs addressing, please reach out to the WCRA Design Edit Service.

Webinars are coming soon! Want to learn how to do an EDDM mailing or setup a Direct Mail Mailing? Do you need help placing orders? We will be hosting Webinars very soon. These will be available for members only.

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Whats New & On Offer In The Window Cleaning World?

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WCRA Payroll - Only $39.95 per month for 1-10 employees • Pricing includes • Unlimited payroll processing per month, even daily! • Direct Deposit or Self-Print Checks • Tax Pay and Tax Filing for Federal, State, and Local Taxes • Accounting Software Integration for QuickBooks and many more! • Self-Service HR Tools and Compliance Posters • Online reports, new hire reporting and account set-up • NO HIDDEN FEES • FULL Support by Paychex Employees • Annual fee is $40 per company and $4.25 per W2 or 1099

New Insurance Benefit - WCRA members we have a big surprise for you! We are super excited to annouce a partnership with Joseph D. Walters insurance agency! This top of the industry insurance company is willing to offer all WCRA members an exclusive discount on insurance. So what kind of a discount are we talking? We are glad you asked!
  
WCRA members will now get a 25% discount on their premiums. All members will get the first $2000 of equipment coverage included at no charge. Members will also get an additional 10% off if they pay their premium in one payment. Members will have access to an exclusive “All About Insurance” subforum.  This will be the place to get answers to questions about general liability, workman’s comp, commercial vehicle as well as homeowners insurance coverages and policies. Wait there's more! There is an additional 5% discount if you get a quote in the next 60 days!  

The WCRA, Window Cleaning Resource Association, offers many postcards to its WCRA Members. They come in 4 x 6 and 8.5 x 11, are completely adjustable, and can be edited to fit your business needs.  They are Photoshop files, ready for you to just plug in your information.  New cards are added on a regular basis to offer all of the members a huge selection for each season.  Best of all, they are completely free to our WCRA Members.

WCRA and PWRA Members now have the opportunity to apply for a commercial fuel card with a special cost savings rebate! Based on your location and the proximity of the closest station, you will receive an invitation to apply for one of the following brands: Shell Fleet Plus Card, ExxonMobilBusiness Card, Sunoco® Corporate Card, the Phillips 66®-Conoco®-76® CommercialCard or the 76® Commercial Card. Each credit card has a rebate offer that helps to save money and provides the tools to manage fuel expenses more effectively. Scheduled mailing will be sent out approximately three times a year to our members inviting them to take advantage of this discount. When you receive an invitation to apply, we hope you will take advantage of this added member benefit so you can experience the benefits, savings and convenience these commercial fuel cards have to offer.

WCRA - PWRA Members At Cost Printing - WCRA and PWRA members are eligible for at cost printing. We charge you what we get charged as a printer. Save up to 25% on normal printing costs. Includes Standard Business Cards 2 x 4

Postcards: 2.75 x 8.5, 3 x 6, 4 x 6, 4 x 9, 4.25 x 5.5, 5 x 7, 5.5 x 8.5, 6.5 x 9, 6.5 x 12, 8 x 6.5, 8 x 10, 8.5 x 11, 9 x 11, 9 x 12.

4.25 x 11 Door Hangers (1-sided)

4.25 x 11 Door Hangers (2-sided)

8.5 x 11 Flyers (1-sided)

8.5 x 11 Flyers (2-sided)

8.5 x 11 Brochure (Tri Fold)

8.5 x 11 Brochures (Z Fold)

8.5 x 14 Brochures (Tri Fold)

Stock up on window cleaning equipment - WCRA members get an exclusive discount when you order any products from Window Cleaning Resource.com! Once you are a WCRA member you will be able to enjoy a 5% off discount off of everything in the Window Cleaning Resource store. We wanted to say thank you for becoming a WCRA member and we know this discount will come in handy when you are making future purchases. So what exactly do we offer? 

At Window Cleaning Resource we offer window cleaning supplies, tools, equipment, an products at the guaranteed lowest prices. Shop Window Cleaning Resource has carries an enormous selection of many different products including: traditional window cleaning supplies, waterfed poles, water purification system, high-rise gear, soaps, chemicals, extension poles, sponges and brushes. Window Cleaning supplies support is available from 7AM to 8 PM east coast time for your buying convenience. All window cleaning equipment orders received before 2 PM ship the same day. Since you are a WCRA member we have you built into a special tier and your 5% discount is added automatically to each item in the store. Need help? No problem! Call 1-862-266-0677 and talk to a representative or use our live chat feature located at the store! 

The new WCR warehouse is now being fully stocked.

Street Bidder - Flyers Are Dead

Street Bidder - the biggest thing since flyers.

Hate Flyers? Street Bidder has the Solution

Street Bidder has a new application that will finally solve the problems of service companies who want to market their services to the public. One big problem local businesses face is making flyers. They are costly and drain business finances. Street Bidder’s new application is less expensive and more effective than flyers. Lower costs and becoming more effective is every business’s goal. If you want to learn more about this exciting application keep reading below.

What is this application and how does it work?

Street Bidder has an application for iPad and Android devices that help you advertise your services to potential customers by the click of a few buttons. Street Bidder’s app allows you to send beautiful personalized postcards to the customers of your choice. Like most businesses you want to showcase your services but hate spending a lot of money on flyers, tarpaulins and posters just to advertise. Not only do these things cost money they also take time. Year after year you have employees passing out flyers, pasting posters on walls, putting up tarpaulins. This not only wastes valuable time, you could also have neighborhoods complaining about scattered flyers in their streets. It is illegal in the US to put flyers in mailboxes. That’s where Street Bidder steps in and changes the way you do business. The Street Bidder app lets you take pictures and save the addresses of the home you may service in the future. After capturing the neighborhoods you plan to “bid” on, you simply choose the customizable template that will produce a beautiful postcard that is customized with your pricing and a picture of the customer’s home. The Street Bidder app sends a postcard that the customer will remember because their home is on it and the pricing is specific to them. You will have a higher chance of call backs with this personalized mailer not to mention, lots of extra time. The Street Bidder app helps you send a better product and stores your data forever. That means the next time you want to market to a target area all you need to do is click a few buttons and you are done. The Street Bidder app sends direct mail that is more affordable, professional and customized than any other option out there. With Street Bidder you are saving money and time.  

Street Bidder has two types of plans. The first one is the Free Plan which lets you sends Street Bidder postcards as low as $.79 each. The data is stored temporarily though in the servers for 90 days. There is the Platinum Plan though which lets send postcards as low as $.47 each. You have a monthly charge of $65 but your data is stored in their services FOREVER.

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• Flyers Are Dead 
• Street Bidder

"Street Bidder is an app’ for the little guy.  Direct mail is a super expensive option for a lot of small businesses.  So how can these guys get new customers?  How can they get their phone to ring?  Until now the only option was to drive around shoving flyers into peoples mailboxes.  Its time consuming and unprofessional ....not to mention that your flyers are jammed in to the mailbox with 10 other flyers.  Street Bidder solves this problem.  It allows users to send laser focused, highly personalized postcards to prospects with no minimums. You can literally send one card or 10,000.

There are a few different phases to Street Bidder.  

Phase 1: "Capture New StreetBids"  

Phase 2: "Mail real postcards to your StreetBids"  

Phase 3:  "Field The Calls" Once you have downloaded the app’ and have registered a new account you are ready to "Capture New StreetBids". So at this point the user will drive around to all of those subdivisions where he used to put flyers except now he has Street Bidder.  

He simply uses the app to take a picture of a home from the street, enter the address, and enter a price for their service. That’s it.  He has just captured one new StreetBid.  Over the rest of the day, this guy can capture hundreds of these things.  The good news is this; Once you capture a StreetBid.. you have it forever.  Now he is ready for phase 2.  Now this user will send Street Bidder postcards to all of those houses he just captured.  He simply selects the ones he wants to send a card to, picks a template, and BOOM!  Every one of those homeowners will receive a full color, high gloss, double-sided postcard in about a week.  But the kicker is this; each postcard has a picture of the persons home on the front and a real price on the back!  

Street Bidder is the ultimate solution to sending laser focused, highly personalized direct mail to your future customers.  Imagine sending 1,000 of these cards to that exclusive subdivision in your town that doesn't allow flyers.  Street Bidder takes seconds to use and costs pennies to send.

"Street Bidder is an app’ for the little guy.  Direct mail is a super expensive option for a lot of small businesses.  So how can these guys get new customers?  How can they get their phone to ring?  Until now the only option was to drive around shoving flyers into peoples mailboxes.  Its time consuming and unprofessional ....not to mention that your flyers are jammed in to the mailbox with 10 other flyers.  Street Bidder solves this problem.  It allows users to send laser focused, highly personalized postcards to prospects with no minimums. You can literally send one card or 10,000.

Interview with Josh, creator of "Street Bidder"...

So what does a window cleaner do to come up with an idea like ‘Street Bidder?’  

I was frustrated with traditional advertising and marketing methods.

When did the whole idea occur to you? When was that Epiphany?

My company sends out a lot of postcards and we get a low but consistent response rate. We also have a very unique bid sheet where we put a picture of each residential bid's home on the front with a mobile printer in our sales guys truck… Street Bidder merges these two ideas. It came to me last August during our summer slow down.

How did you find the time to make ‘Street Bidder’ happen?  

Well, thank God I have an amazing business partner who has stepped up and taken over our window cleaning business while I dove head first into this venture.  Also, since we are in Michigan, that we run seasonally, we have very little window cleaning work from Dec-Feb.

How much time have you spent so far on ‘Street Bidder?’  

Street Bidder has morphed into something much bigger and harder than I originally thought it would be.  lol  I thought at first…"Oh yeah, no problem, I'll knock this out in a couple months….. Yeah right!  This has been all day every day for 9 straight months now.

How did you come up with the initial workings & ideas?  

Street Bidder started as hand drawn sketches on blank sheets of paper.  Lots of scribbles and lots of do-overs.

Did you hire a programmer to put all this together?  

I hired a developer to write all the code for the app’ and a graphic designer to help with the wireframes (nerd term for screen design).

I suppose that your return will be much higher than the normal 1 or 2% response of normal mailed flyers?  

We always got a consistent .75% to 1% return on our traditional postcards. Street Bidder cards are WAY more personalized and more targeted than "normal" direct mail.

To read the full interview... go here.

Adding Direct Mail & Flyers To Your Window Cleaning Business

Chris Lambrinides from All County Window Cleaning and Window Cleaning Resource discusses direct mail tricks, tips and techniques in this video. This is the second seminar from the Midwest window cleaning convention & although it's American market based there is a lot of info' concerning the mailing concept & how the European market could be managed. For instance, the best day to send out flyers/leaflets? Income brackets? Time of year sent out? The demographics? The weather the day it arrived? The actual video is 42 minutes long, so kick back, get a drink & absorb.

Although the printing side of the mailers & flyers are only enjoyed in the USA & Canada, Europeans can buy the template that has been tried & tested in the US market. Go here to see the choice. Don't forget that these templates can be sent to Vistaprint or similar to print them straight off once you've edited them with your logo & business information.