| ProfitMaster Selected by Carpet One! | ||||||||||
| After evaluating available software
packages, ProfitMaster was selected by Carpet One as the package to be used by their
franchises to manage the day to day activities of their business. PTS is proud to welcome
Carpet One to our growing list of loyal customers. Carpet One is the largest Carpet Retailer in the U.S. with over 1000 stores throughout the nation. This year Carpet One had established the Carpet One Carpet Cleaning franchise. It already operates some 40 stores and many more are expected soon. Fritz Thompson (President) Wrote in a letter to his franchisees "PTS is Light Years ahead of their competition" We couldn’t be more flattered.
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| Sears Carpet Cleaning (US) Upgrades to the Windows Version. | ||||||||||
| Ron (Pinkas) had a great time in San
Antonio TX at the SEARS convention where he shared 4 - 1 hour classes with Ron May
introducing more than 80 associates to the new Windows Version of ProfitMaster. All
attendees received the latest Windows SR-3 Release CD. Unfortunately, several minor issues involving the Remittance Report and Uploading to Sears were not resolved in time for the Convention release of Windows SR-3. These issues pertain to the Windows version ONLY; the DOS version is completely functional and may be used to perform these tasks. The new CD with the corrections will be sent out shortly. Contact Ron May or Ron Pinkas for more information. The informative classes consisted mostly of free form "Question and Answers" between associates and the Ron's. Also in attendance at these classes was Carlos Galarce, Systems Director in charge of In Home Services for Sears.In addition, CanWay (Sears Carpet Cleaning in Canada) released the new SR-3 (DOS) to all associates in their recent convention in Ottawa Canada. The new SR-3 was just mailed next week to all GOLD Update Subscribers. This release will not be released to the general public. Next release 6.0 will include additional features and is scheduled to be released in May-June 99.
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| Enhancements | ||||||||||
| The following changes have been
incorporated into ProfitMaster. Many of these improvements were contributed by our loyal
customers. Version: SR-2 (December 98) • The IMPROVED Calendar Window now includes Daily Totals as well as a break down of Jobs, Estimates and Redos. • Enhanced support for YEAR 2000 issues so that when you enter '00' the program will default to '2000' instead of '1900'. • Added support for Automatic Debit/Credit of technicians when an Over/Short is recorded when entering payments. • Enhanced F10 (New Session) feature. • Added support for Custom Dispatching and Custom Work Order printing. The NEW (optional), Custom Dispatch Report, is sorted by the Route first, and than by the time slot, with page breaks between routes. • When looking-up a Job, the Most Recent Job for the customer will now appear at the TOP of the list rather than the Oldest Job. • Finally, we added support for the NEW InstantPrintServer (see more info in our December NewsLetter). Version: SR-3 (April 99) • You may now define your ZIP CODES database with support for DUAL TAX, Automatic Crew/Route and Company ID. You can therefore have an infinite number of taxes up to 2 per each zip or postal code. You will now easily be able to remove misspelled city names. • You may now resize columns at the scheduling Details Window and even resort the detail by the Crew/Route, Lead Tech or the original time sorting. • You may now modify the Crew/Route, Lead Tech, and the duration of the Job right at the Details Window. • You may now view the Whole Job right from the Details Window by clicking the NEW Select Button • Major improvements in the speed of the the following reports:
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| PowerDay & ASCR A Huge Success!!! | ||||||||||
| We would like to thank the following
PowerDay attendees: DOUG KUEHNE, KINGS CARPET SERVICE, GABRIEL PERETTI, NEW CONCEPT TEXTILE CARE, MIKE WEST, MILLER CLEAN CARE, EUGENE MORENO, MCC CARPET CLEANING, VINCE ATTARDO, COASTLINE CLEANING & RESTORATION, VALERIE REITHER, HIGH COUNTRY CLEANING, SHLOMI FISCHMAN, AMICO, STEVE ROBERTS, LUG-A-RUG SERVICES INC., BYRON PETERSON, CLEAN-MATIC, STELLA BECK, ADVANCED SPARKEE CARPET, ALEX YAVORSKY, PENINSULA CARPET CARE, BOB PARKER, SOONER CHEM-DRY, JAMES DOMBROWSKI, GOLDEN TOUCH, FRITZ THOMPSON, CARPET ONE CO., GLENN BARFELL, DRYTECH THE CARPET SOLUTION, KEN CHANEY, CHANEY ENTERPRIZES;INC., TONY POLICCI, PIRANHA MARKETING, OFER SHAER, FASTRAK MOVERS INC., GRAHAM BEDWELL, INTEX SERVICES, KAVITA MCCARTHY, CARPET ONE CO. The PowerDay was very successful, we had a unique group whose eager participation motivated us to increase the class by an additional 2 hours! As for ASCR, we had many visitors to our Booth. We need to extend a Big Thank You to all our customers who kept referring us so many new prospects. One of the highlights of ASCR was having Tony Pollici from Piranha Marketing (Joe Polish's Brother) as a guest at our Booth for the whole exhibition. He was showing their Water Damage & Restoration specific Marketing Package and promoting their upcoming Boot Camps. To find out more about upcoming Boot Camps go to: http://www.joepolish.com/schedule.html for dates & locations. As an added benefit, Ron just spoke at the last Piranha Boot Camp in Arizona!
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| Book Reviews | ||||||||||
| Upside – Down, by
George R. WaltherWhat's your best
opportunity for generating new business? New customers, right? Wrong! Far from being
profitable, says best-selling author and marketing expert George R. Walther, chasing after
new customers is an inordinately costly process that nearly always drains profits. In
contrast, the biggest payoff comes from winning back former customers. Now, in an
innovative and provocative book that turns conventional marketing wisdom upside
down,.Walther shows you how to reach people whose buying activity has tapered off-or
stopped completely-and convert them into your company's best customers!
Upside-Down Marketing guides you step by step through the simple but revolutionary process of reordering your priorities to capture maximum profits with minimum expense. Using an easy-to-grasp conveyor belt analogy, it presents a proven action plan for salvaging lapsed customers, using their feedback to find and fix problems, and regaining their loyalty. How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, by Guy KawasakiIf you were intrigued by the title of this book, you are probably the type of business book reader who's had enough of management self-help and touchy-feely tomes, enough of how-to guides that encourage you to take the kinder, gentler approach to competitors, customers, and employees. You are ready for the gloves to come off, and the one thing you'll want in your hands when they do is the first can-do, how-to, kick-butt gonzo guide to driving your competitors off the deep end. Whether you are launching a new company or product, consolidating your strength in the marketplace, or trying to hold your own against a competitor with greater resources, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy offers a comprehensive blueprint for success. From the initial steps of learning as much about your own company as you do about your enemy to advanced techniques like playing with your opponents' minds, Guy Kawasaki explores every facet of the premise that the best defense is a good offense. Along the way he offers instructive examples of how a wide range of companies has trounced their competitors. Discover how small-town hardware store triumphantly faced the arrival of a huge retail chain. Learn how a pizza chain offered a two-for-one deal if customers brought in the competition's Yellow Pages ad-guaranteeing, in the process, that those customers would have a harder time calling the competitor the next time around. Be present at the front lines of the baffle between Ben & Jerry's and Hagen-Dazs-and see how the scrappy Vermont company turned a threat into an opportunity and, ultimately, victory.
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| The New Leasing Program | ||||||||||
PTS is proud to announce that
Profit-Master is now available on a monthly "lease" basis. The benefits of
leasing Profit-Master are:
For only $49.50 (US) you can begin using Profit-Master with no strings attached. Leasing options include: $15/mo for additional user and $9/mo for the Mail Merge Wizard. For more information on Leasing Profit-Master call us at (800) 323-7902.
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| Specials of the Month | ||||||||||
| April: Profit-Master Inventory Module only $100 – $45 for each additional userKeep track of your retail and/or supply inventory with this handy ADD-ON. Not only will you be able to keep inventory, but with our "Never Run Out" feature you’ll also be notified when your stock is running low so you’ll never be caught short handed! May: Upgrade to the Gold Support Service Option & have the 1st Three Months fee’s waived.If you are a current Profit-Master SR2 or SR3 user, you can upgrade to our Gold Support Option and have the 1st three months fee’s waived. Simply begin paying for this service starting April 99, and we’ll waive the fee’s for Jan, Feb, & Mar (normally required to qualify for the next update). The Gold service is our Best & most Cost-effective plan for ensuring your Profit-Master is always protected and up to date. In Fact, the bulk of our daily, "loyal" users subscribe to this plan. The benefits include: Unlimited Tech Support, Convenient Monthly Payment ($30) and Free Profit-Master Updates! (Including the updates we release only to our corporate clients!)
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| Credit Note | ||||||||||
| Our recent "9 Tried-and-True
Tips to make 1999 The Best Year of Your Life" mailing, sent to most our prospects,
was based on an original mailing by Bill Phillips of EAS. Bill may be the foremost World
Expert on Body Building. He is the publisher of Muscle Mania Magazine, and his company EAS
is one of the largest Sport Nutrition & Supplements manufactures in the world. If you
never heard of his "Million Dollar Body of Work Challenge" do yourself a favor
and call 800-615-8500 to order their free information package or visit them on the web at
www.eas.com. Don't be fooled this stuff is for you and me not just Body Builders. If you
really want to rid yourself of some fat and replace it with great looking muscles call to
order his free "Body of Work" video. This inspirational documentary is bound to
move you...
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| COMMERCIAL CONTRACT MODULE (REOCCURING WORK) NOW AVAILABLE! | ||||||||||
| This latest addition to the
ProfitMaster allows you to define a contract listing multiple services, each with its own
frequency. This module will normally be used by those catering to Commercial Customers,
where the services involve many visits at regular intervals. Typical candidate are
Janitorial Companies and other who contract their reoccuring services for a contracted
period. Price of this module is $795 for S/U plus $400 per additional user. For a LIMITED
TIME we now offer an INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL of $595 plus $300 per additional user. These
prices are in addition to the ProfitMaster price. This module does require the standard
ProfitMaster.
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