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Topic: Career/Training

Anyone Heard Of This Dry Cleaner Training Source?

Posted by Anonymous on 2/3/2006 at 2:52 PM ET 125 Points
I am currently in training to start a dry cleaning delivery business. Recently I found a book title, "Experts Guide to Building a Profitable Pick-up & Delivery Service" published by the Golomb Group. I wanted to know if anyone has heard of the book title or the Golomb Group. If so, any feedback would be appreciated as I do not want to invest in the $199 purchase if it is not worth it. Also if anyone has any other book titles or literature sources they can recommend to a person in training like myself. Thanks! Cleaner in NYC
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  • Posted by darcy.moen on 2/3/2006 at 6:06 PM Accepted
    Hello Cleaner in NYC. My name is Darcy Moen, columnist for Fabricare Canada (www.fabricarecanada.com), featured speaker for the I.F.I (www.ifi.org) at the Clean06 Cleanshow, as well as contributor to a few other drycleaning trade magazines.

    When I was a drycleaner, I was member of the Golomb Group. I was a student and friend of the founder of the Golomb Group, Stan. Anyhow, the book IS a good book. Worth the money. Buy it. Tell Dennis he owes me a commission (giggle).

    Another resource I'd like to turn you onto is Rex Carrigan. I met Rex while I was doing a presentation for the Tuchman Training group. Rex is, without a doubt, the best trainer for route sales I've ever met. I've sent many of my own clients to Rex when they were learning how to build routes, and each one has been most pleased with the education and results Rex delivers.

    One of the best resources in the world is right in your back yard. Go to www.nca-i.com and take out a membership. Tell Nora that Darcy sent you (she doesn't know I'm one of the Marketing Profs, so it will be fun to hear her reaction).

    Anyhow, my fingers are sore already and I have a ton more of resources to share with you. I've been in the business as an owner for 16 years, and have been travelling the world as a consultant to drycleaners. Please look up my profile here on Marketing Profs and get in touch. I promise I'll email you links to all kinds of resources.

    Welcome to one of the most interesting business opportunities.

    Darcy Moen
    www.customerloyaltynetwork.com
  • Posted by darcy.moen on 2/3/2006 at 6:13 PM Accepted
    Furthermore:

    https://www.nca-i.com/2005webinar.htm

    NCA-I has Rex Carrigan booked to do a webinar (online seminar via web), so you won't even have to leave your desktop to meet Rex.

    Darcy Moen
    www.customerloyaltynetwork.com

  • Posted on 2/4/2006 at 12:53 PM Author
    Hi Darcy,
    Thank you very much for your response. It is extremely helpful and I look forward to following up with you regarding the resource links.

    I think I will move forward with the purchase. Thanks for the advice! Cleaner in NYC
  • Posted on 2/5/2006 at 10:02 PM Member
    "Cleaner in NYC" -- it would seem like you've already made a commitment to this business...at least on this forum! After doing a quick web search, I found this link, which would seem to yield a whole plethora of educational resources for dry cleaners: https://www.cleanupfund.org/continuing_education_courses_2005.html

    The course that was offered was for marketing, which says to me that it would be most helpful for someone already in the business, as opposed to just starting out. However, Darcy seems to have an insider's viewpoint, which is always the best source. This site also featured a "Council Approved Continuing Education Self Study Courses" https://www.cleanupfund.org/continuing_education_self_study_video_courses.h... that said, this is also a site more about the environmental response in Illinois and may not be fully applicabe to NY state, let alone the City. Based on that info, I also found the NYC site for this, https://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/dryclean.html
    (including a downloadable PDF on the subject). They have an office in Queens...perhaps you could visit them?

    This may be a way to go, be a "green" dry cleaner...there's a website (I have no vested interest in other than being a friend of the environment)...
    https://cleaningconcepts.com and an article from last year in Entrepreneur magazine, https://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DTI/is_10_33/ai_n15631527

    There was several franchise and business opportunities on the web, as well, such as www.drycleanconcepts.com/ and www.revolutioncleaners.com

    Hope that helps, good luck!
    Debi Brady
    Writing and Marketing Consultant
  • Posted by darcy.moen on 2/6/2006 at 12:44 AM Accepted
    Most of the resources Debi points out are for drycleaners that will be doing their own cleaning and pressing on premise. Completely different than beginning a route pick up and delivery service.

    Green cleaning is fine. I'm a fan of C02 cleaning, and I like the GreenEarth cleaning process too. Some of the Hydrocarbons are good as well. The environmental slant has moved some. Nothing wrong with good old Perc when used responsibly either. Most homes have more environmental damaging chemicals under the kitchen sink than a drycleaner has, and the typical home washing machine dumps more environmental waste down a sewer than one dry cleaner produces in a year. Just adding this as I'm more for promoting good drycleaning habits and balanced information in the media.

    Darcy Moen
    www.fabricarecanada.com
    www.customerloyaltynetwork.com

    IFI counters negative un misleading press about drycleaning:

    https://www.ifi.org/industry/industrynews.html

    https://www.greenearthcleaning.com/

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