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November 9, 2023 by Doug Rucker Doug Rucker

Pressure Wash Training Cocoa Florida

Doug Rucker is hitting the road again and he’s heading to Cocoa, Fl along with Jeffrey Blackman of Mr. Shine Power Wash and Striping. This training will consist of 2 days of hands on parking lot striping and pressure washing training and a 1 day Difference Makers Conference. You can sign up for all three sessions or choose al a carte the training sessions you want to attend. This Pressure Wash Training Cocoa Florida event will be held at the Kings Street Baptist Church located at 1040 W Kings Street, Cocoa, Fl 32922 February 22-24, 2024.

Hands On Pressure Washing and Soft Washing Training

Day 1 – Thursday, February 22 – Hands on Training as I show you how to clean a roof, building, and concrete areas of the church. The building is rather large so we will have certain areas that we will clean, but you will get a full of understanding of both soft washing and pressure washing, cleaning roofs, building washing, concrete cleaning, and how to protect the property.

Difference Makers Conference

Day 2 – Friday, February 23-Difference Makers Conference

This conference will focus on the business side of your business. This conference is focused on those that are new to the business and or have been in business for 3 years or less, but anyone is welcome to attend. Here are just a few of the topics we will cover.

Building a Residual Based Income Business – Every business should be built on clients that have a need to continue using your services. We will discuss and show you ways to build a residual based business.

Creating & Building Relationships with Clients – The success of your small business will be based on your ability to build relationships with your clients. Learn from our years of experience in working both residential and commercial clients on how to create and build relationships.

High End Residential Sales – I call it Mancho Selling. I’ll use my experience of how to work with higher end clients, big mansions, and build trust so you can sell value over price.

Commercial Sales – One of the reasons we teach on Creating & Building Relationships with Clients, is because that’s so important in commercial property sales and working with Property Managers. We’ll share proven techniques and strategies on how to get more commercial clients and build residual income.

Pricing – Never ask someone else “how much should I charge”. We will teach you and show you how to confidently price any job based on YOUR business. In fact, everyone attending will actually participate in establishing your pricing.

Hands On Parking Lot Striping Course

Day 3 – Saturday, February 23rd – Parking Lot Striping

This is a one day course covering classroom instruction as well as hands on training. You will actually get the opportunity to use the striping equipment, stencils, paint and other tools used for striping, as we stripe the church parking lot.

Jeffrey will also be teaching you strategies to help you start and operate your striping business.

Marketing Strategies
Job safety
How to use a striping machine
ADA Laws and regulations
Hands on Training
How to keep your records and finances and much more…

Get registered today. You can choose individual trainings, or register for all 3 at a discounted rate with the All Access Pass.

September 17, 2023 by Dean Dean

DIFFERENCE MAKERS CONFERENCE

The next DIFFERENCE MAKERS CONFERENCE in Humble, Texas is coming up November 2-3,2023. The conference is for those who own and operate a small business in the home service sector. We especially invite those who have been in business for 3 years or less. But any and all are welcome to be part of this dynamic, motivational experience. In those conference, we focus on best practices for those who own and operate a small business. In addition to Doug Rucker, we welcome back once again guest speakers Jeffery Blackman and Von Cross. In addition, Kelsey Elliot will speak about financial matters, and Nick Terry will speak from the perspective of a commercial property manager.

SPEAKER TOPICS

Here are some of the topics you can expect to hear about from our DIFFERENCE MAKERS CONFERENCE speakers.

Commercial Sales – Working with and gaining new commercial clients. What is it that commercial and HOA property managers are looking for when choosing vendors?

High End Residential Sales – Lessons on getting and keeping large residential clients.

Money Matters- (with guest CPA speaker Kelsey Elliott) Taxes, Budgeting, Profit and Loss, Balance Statements, and much more

Pricing- A comprehensive session on how to price your services so you never have to ask “How do I price this?”

DIFFERENCE MAKERS CONFERENCE LOCATION

The conference will be held at the Country Inn and Suites located in Humble TX with room rates at $79.00 per night. For reservations call 281-446-4977 and ask for the Doug Rucker School rate. The hotel also offers a shuttle to pick you up at the Bush Intercontinental (IAH) airport and bring you to the hotel, as well as transportation to local, (within a 5 mile radius), places around the hotel. There are plenty of restaurants and even a mall very close to the hotel.

WIVES ATTEND FREE OF CHARGE

We encourage you to bring your wives as in most cases, they play a critical role in small business owner’s success. You’ll hear a special speaker also address the role of wives. Wives can attend free but you need to register them as an additional attendee.

To register for the DIFFERENCE MAKERS CONFERENCE, please click here.

August 22, 2023 by Doug Rucker Doug Rucker

Difference Makers Conference

Our next Difference Makers Conference will be held November 2nd &3rd, right here in Humble, Tx. This conference will focus on the business side of your business. This conference is for those that are new to business and or have been in business for 3 years or less, but anyone can attend.

Price for the conference is $249.00 per person. Wives can attend free but you need to register them as an additional attendee.

Jeffery Blackman of Mr. Shine Power Wash and Striping and Von Cross of Ultimate Choice Pressure Washing and Striping, will be joining me as instructors.

We will also have Nick Terry, a local Commercial Property Manager joining us for his insights on procuring and keeping commercial property clients. Kelsey Elliot a local CPA will be discussing Money Matters and how they affect your small business.

Here are just a few of the other topics we will cover:

Commercial Sales – Working with and gaining commercial clients. What is it that commercial and HOA property managers are looking for when choosing vendors?

High End Residential Sales – Lessons on getting and keeping large residential clients