03 - Ancillary Profit Centers In Laundromats

Listen as we talk about Steven's entry in the Laundromat business and how he worked with the community to provide some space for local mural.

https://www.facebook.com/Bay-View-Maytag-Laundromat-299682636711364/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevestemarie/

The CLEAN Show happens every 2 years. This year it is in Las Vegas from June 5-8, 2017.

There are a number of information seminars put on by each of the show's Trade Organizations. 

Association for Linen Management(ALM)
Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI)
Textile Rental Services Association of America
Coin Laundry Association (CLA)

Don't limit yourself to only the training put on by your organization. Look at the entire list and you may find some future revenue streams or advertising ideas.

http://www.cleanshow.com/

There are many Trade Shows and Open Houses around the US and other areas for Laundromat Owners but some take a different approach. Today we talk with Todd Fener of Laundry Owners Warehouse and learn about the history and the recipients of the Golden Washboard Awards.

 All the winners are listed at LaundromatHowTo.com Just search for Todd.

To get in touch with Todd:

Call - Phone Number: 954-537-1643

Visit - Company Website: lowlaundry.com

In the February 2017 Edition of American Coin-Op, Laurance Cohen wrote in his column "Goin' With Cohen" about Ken Barrett, his background, how he got into the Coin Laundry Industry and how he runs his stores.

This article was read as an audiobook by professional voice-over artist Chris Abernathy.

For the full article go to AmericanCoinOp.com

Links and References: 

American Coin-Op https://americancoinop.com/

Laurance Cohen- Goin With Cohen  goinwithcohen@outlook.com

Goin With Cohen Previous Articles https://americancoinop.com/authors/laurance-cohen-0

Chris Abernathy  AKA Chris Wright abernathyvoice.com   chris@abernathyvoice.com.

A very special podcast as we reach our 50th episode. We look back from our stand-out previous episodes and how it brings so much value to our listeners and co-laundromat owners. Join us as we continue to bring you more episodes in the future. Cheers to the 50th!

What does a space shuttle and a laundromat have in common?

The answer is in todays PodCast.

Paul del Piero joins us today and shares with us some great solutions to drain problems and other valuable technical solutions for laundromat owners.

http://www.cloghog.com/

We first talked to Brian in Episode 32 and 33 when he gave us some background on his time in the Industry and what to look for in a Point of Sale System.

Now Brian has put together a turn-key system designed for the Laundromat Industry by someone in the business.

More details of this new project at http://washdryfoldpos.com/

One of the best targets of thieves are laundromats since there's only a few personnel running the day to day tasks and many run unattended 24 hours a day.. But learn how Ken was able to outsmart those thieves in one of his laundromats .

Go to LaundromatHowTo.com for all the details.

EP 46 - An Update on the Gap in Podcast

Even with the best intentions sometimes the main business takes the wheel.