I have bought several work vehicles from Wholesale Auto Brokers over the years. They have been my best source of reliable cars. And even though I have bought them “as is”, I have been able to bring them back to deal with obvious problems that they had not discovered. They are reasonable folks who care to keep your business.
A couple of weeks ago I sent out an email blast to my customers. In it, I told them about some people I had used to do some work around my house. I said I was happy with them, and that they would be, too. Later I found out that that paid off for a few people. And I got a lot of nice, positive emails from my customers, telling me what a nice thing it was I had done. I love good PR as much as the next person.
I am posting this video and this story on our local craigslist to find people who are looking for work. I want you to send me video of yourself, what you do, all kinds of details and contact information. And I want some REFERENCES! Email that stuff to me at dmarsh@donaldmarsh.com, and I will share it on my various websites. After all, I got people…
Bill Pinner has been one of my window cleaning customers since my first week in business, back in 1981. They are located in Westgate Regency Shopping Center, at 3411 W. University Ave. They are famous for hard-to-find sizes, and they have been inbusiness for 40 years. I found this YouTube commercial, featuring Duke Pinner, just today!
We had a forecast of severe weather on Wednesday, and at about 8:15 it seemed to be coming true. I was having breakfast at Perkins on Newberry Road when the storm swept through. The wind was whipping the flag so fiercely that the manager feared that it may be damaged, so a couple of employees were dispatched to haul it in
The flag at Perkins must be the biggest one in town, or at least one of them. So it is a bit difficult to handle in good weather, let alone high winds.
Although this is not the way I learned to fold a flag in the Boy Scouts, it’s the best way it cam be done by only two men in inclement weather. The bad weather did not last long, however. The whole storm was pretty much over with in 15 minutes, but it was so ugly out that I was convinced that we were not through with it. But, this is Florida, and this can be the start of a perfectly lovely day, and it was.
I got some before and after pictures that I took just five hours ago. My son and I did this house in Colony park. The cost of this power washing job was $115. It was a single story house with a screen porch. The ceiling in that porch was a bit moldy, too, but we got it all cleaned up.
At first glance, you might think this needs painted. You might, but it’s better to find out for sure. Since you have to clean it before you paint it, anyway, let a good power washing reveal the truth!
It’s also tempting to think that dark stuff under your eaves is dirt, but it’s not. It’s mold! It’s alive, and it’s growing. And it is a form of plant that puts off spores to reproduce. These can also be inhaled and cause health problems.
Mold spores need a damp place to grow, and here in Florida we have that covered in the form of humidity. That means that wet things don’t dry very quickly. So, if you have a sprinkler system that is hitting your house, this is one of the friendliest habitats for these stains.
But enough about mold. Let’s see what we’ve done!
Shazzam! It’s amazing what a little chlorine can do. It kills the mold and removes the stain. Makes stuff look new!
Cleaned, not painted! Think about how much money got saved here. The owner told me that the house had never been power washed before. It had only been repainted. Ouch! No need to paint this time. This paint has been saved from the deteriorating power of mold. And it looks better, too!
Same window as above. Only the mold is missing.
Don’t waste time letting mold make time with your paint! Call Marsh Window Cleaning now: 352-870-8808.
This Saturday I went to the Haile Village Farmers market, in Haile Plantation. Haile Village is the commercial section of the sprawling housing development, near the corner of SW 46th Avenue and SW 91 Street. It is open from 8:30am until noon every Saturday, rain or shine. Vendors have a really sweet deal here. They tell me it is only $10 per week to set up a table here, and it’s an extra $5 to rent a canopy. That means I am applying for a space for my business, Marsh Window Cleaning!
Jewelers, candle makers, and various services may also participate, although edible creations are in the majority. All along one of Haile Village’s interior streets, in front of a conveniently placed cafe, you can find fruits, vegetables, plants, biscotti, sea food, prepared food, and other worthwhile subjects to investigate.
Most things I saw, and tasted, were locally grown, with the exception of the fish that cannot be found this far inland. One man was showing off the biggest shrimp I have ever seen. He boasted that he is there every week, and that there are regular customers who travel from across town to get his meaty catches.
Not all of my pictures came out well, so you will have to come out to see everything. Some of the regular participants include:
With any luck at all, I will get some of these people to write here on the blog, so they can share their expertise with you, and let you know when they are available outside of the Farmers Market.
Thanks to a free Wordpress Plugin called Mippen, you can now get this site in an agreeable format on your iPhone, Blackberry, Palm Device, or other Smartphones and other mobile devices. It’s all a part of my ongoing effort to reach as many people as possible in a manner that is convenient for them.
Don Marsh
Good thing he is behind a fence!
Some enterprising person with a lot of time on his or her hands created this festive holiday monster for the amusement of drivers on Millhopper Road. He can be spotted on the left if you are going west, and past the Interstate. I wonder if this is what those people wanted to “Save Millhopper Road” from?
I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday, and I hope some of you will participate in this blog in the coming New Year. It’s free. People do come here. and more people will come here via Google searches if there are more things to find in different categories. This is a very busy time for me, so I am not able to go about taking pictures of all local businesses and writing about them. I really need them to do it themselves. It’s more convenient for me, more certain for them that they will get some benefit, and it is FREE. These are hard times right now, and the idea that a local business would just blow off this free local venue is hard for me to fathom.
This is how you get started. Register by clicking on the “Register” button. Fill out the fields that are required. Wait until I send you an email letting you know you have Author permissions so that you CAN blog here. (I have set up this cumbersome step to keep out Viagara and fake Rolex spammers, among others.) After that, you come to the site, click on “Login”, use your username and password, and choose to write a Post. When you are done, click “Publish”. That is how it gets on the site.
Good luck!
Don Marsh
I met Tom a few months ago at a meeting of my local Leads Club. I had never heard of Neurofeedback, but I honestly thought of it as one of those squishy sciences somewhere in the realm of hypnosis. But, I do try to be open minded, and I am in this group of local business people who are dedicated to promoting one another. So I felt like I had a duty to learn more about neurofeedback, and a part of that was letting Tom hook me up to his electrodes and tweak my neurons.
I didn’t enter into this lightly. I had gone online to learn more about it, and I had heard Tom give brief presentations about it, but I was still fuzzy about what he actually did. So, I went to his office at his home and talked with him about his work, and let him literally hook me up to a computer that ran a neurofeedback program while another screen showed me a video game in which my brain waves drove the action. Tom told me to relax and let my brain learn new tricks in the background.
Well, it was after lunch, and I was pretty comfortable in that chair, so I found myself fighting drowsiness. I thought it would be unfair to Tom if I conked out and started snoring, perhaps invalidating whatever my brain was learning. But toward the end I suddenly felt very alert and awake and engaged with the video. When we were finished, Tom showed me some graphs on another screen that showed where the various types of brain waves were interacting with the program. He pointed at the graph at the end where it showed that I was suddenly very alert. I hadn’t told him this, so I was intrigued.
Later I also watched a DVD that cleared up some of my other understanding gaps. Neurofeedback therapists can actually exercise different parts of your brain by placing the electrodes on different parts of your head. We know a lot about brain activity now, and where various functions live, so that makes the brain more trainable than we have previously realized.
This seems to be a therapy that is as non-intrusive as regular exercise, but without the sweat. There are no drugs, no effort, and a lot of people have gotten help for a vast array of problems, from ADHD and Autism to Post-traumatic Stress, Pain Management, and Peak Performance for athletes. Below is a video on YouTube that is excerpted from the DVD I saw.
The rest of the videos can be found at this link.
Tom Swisshelm can be reached at 352-327-3689, and he is willing to give you a free evaluation! If you are stressed, depressed, in pain, overwhelmed, or have given up on other therapies, give Tom a call! Or reach him through his website.
Do you need more business referrals? Wish you had others out prospecting for you and bringing you qualified leads? If so, then attend our OPEN HOUSE Monday, 12/8, to meet the Alachua County Professionals Chapter of Lassen’s LEADS Club! We have spots available in our group for people who are looking to grow their business. We invite you to attend & learn more about our opportunity & meet our members. The FL Executive Director will also be visiting ~ for an overview visit www.leadsFL.com.
The open house will be at Pomodoro’s Cafe in the Publix shopping center on 39th Ave. by the Interstate. If you would like to receive an invitiation, just drop me a line at dmarsh@donaldmarsh.com.
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