The 2007 STL Roundtable

[Don M.]

Here are the details

2007 Midwest Marketing
Meeting

Place: Comfort Inn
1320 Thornton Rd.
Pacific MO 63069
www.comfortinnpacific.com

When: Feb. 24th

Time: Registration begins at 8:45. Meeting will promptly start 9:30

Speakers: Barry Maddox from Midwest Prowash
Jarrod from Mobile Pressure Wash
Ken Fenner from Pressure Pros
*

Vendors: Steve Rowlett from Rowlett Pressure Cleaning
Bob Williamson from Pressuretek
Russell Cissell from ESI Products

**

Cost: $30

A catered lunch will be provided.

And many, many surprises!

If you want to take your business to the next level, this is the event to be at. Reserve your space early. Seating is limited to 35 people!

Any questions or to make your reservation, email me at marlerspressurewashing@charter.net

Thanks

* and ** means I am working on 1 more vendor and possibly one more speaker.

[Mathew Johnson]

GRASSROOTSEVENTS.ORG IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE MIDWEST ROUND TABLE AT THIS LINK, HURRY AND RESERVE YOUR
SEAT

http://grassrootsevents.org/marlors_rt.htm

[reed]

Email sent. I will make this one.

reed

[Rfitz]

Same here Reed, I sent Don a email as well, see ya there

Take Care
Rob Fitzgerald
A+ Pressure-Pros

[PressurePros]

Is there room in the house for two pressure pros? ;-) Look forward to seeing you guys there. I think Don is raising the bar on this one with a bit more formalized business meeting. I want to thank him publicly for inviting me to participate.

I am going to focus on marketing strategies that will help you dominate your marketplace. I'm also going to cover proper sales presentation, overcoming objections like "we want to get more estimates" and how to create buzz for your company on a shoestring budget.

If you already know what chemicals clean concrete and you can rebuild a pump but you aren't sure how to make your phone ring, this meeting is for you. Don't waste time, sign up now. Thirty five seats are going to fill up fast.

[FCPWLLC]

I am there for sure. Any plans for before/after get-togethers? Any Casinos in the area? Let's get some solid plans.

[Don M.]

Yes, there is plenty of activity like casinos, bars etc. I would suggest Harrahs. It is about a 45 min drive from the hotel.

I'm not sure about before/afters yet. I know that my mom and dad are going to babysit my daughter so my wife and I can stay in the hotel on Fri night so we can greet guest, so forth and so on. I am sure we can arrange something for Friday night for us all to go out and have dinner. We we get closer, I will get a head count and make some reservations.

[Don M.]

Less than 24 hours and 5 seats are already booked. Dont wait until the last minute.

[Don M.]

A big thank you to Keith from KBK Graphics for helping sponser this event!

[Beth n Rod]

Come on folks, if it's in your area, get busy and GO. You won't regret it!

Beth

[JFife]

I hear Ken Fenner is planning a cardiovascular/motivational speech a la Tony Robbins. He'll be arriving on stage by swinging in on a rope wearing Spandex and headset, and working the crowd into a frenzy. He is getting a laser-whitening done on his teeth as we speak.

Good job setting this up Don--should be a great event, jf

[PressurePros]

LOL.. fast forward to rope collapsing and crowd breaking out in sponaneous dry heaves. I've been to enough of these things (motivational seminars) to know how to do a presentation but I doubt I'll be running up and down aisles generating applause.

PS: "How To Become A Millionaire in 24 Hours" books and tapes will be selling for $399.99 so bring cash.

[reed]

Originally Posted by Beth n Rod

Come on folks, if it's in your area, get busy and GO. You won't regret it!

Beth

You are absolutely right Beth, but this is typical for the St. Louis area based businesses. There is really no networking and, from experience, none of the businesses other than Rob Fitz and I do any referrals to each other. Tough place to do business and network.

reed

[JFife]

Originally Posted by reed

You are absolutely right Beth, but this is typical for the St. Louis area based businesses. There is really no networking and, from experience, none of the businesses other than Rob Fitz and I do any referrals to each other. Tough place to do business and network.

reed

REED!! The Prodigal Son hath returned!! Good to see you man! Why is this?? Union mentality??

[reed]

I really don't think it's union mentality based. It's more like other pw's think that other companies are always out to underbid them and take business away. Little do they understand that 1) they are loosing all kinds of money by the underbidding they do already 2) they are loosing business in their areas of operation by not networking, hell you can't cover every area and county around here. 3) Most of them think they don't need to because they are the best and use the best chems (which 90 percent of the time come from home depot) and sealers (TWP is made here so the market is saturated with it). There are several, no numerous companies starting and quiting all the time here. Some homeowners have been royally "screwed" by these companies, so if you have the biggest add in the paper or yellow pages you are reputable. How more wrong can you get.

Every year I question the mentality of who gets what business. It never ceases to amaze me.

Rob Fitz and I refer our out of area bids to each other all year. Works out great. I know what type of professional job he does and pass that info on the perspective customer. The other businesses in the area could care less if they have any kind of working relationship with other companies.

Glad to see you back in the saddle. I have been busy in the woods this time of year. One more week of "in the woods" work to be had. Glad your still around. I may have a log home for you if we can swing the financing. Will keep you posted. Won't be soon, but it will happen.

reed