The Clean Boot Blog
As an electrician, I’ve used neoprene shoe covers as a practical application to my business, to avoid taking my safety boots off when entering a customers home (so that I can maintain my insurance) as well as to keep my customer’s homes clean from water, dirt and debris. It is for this same reason that the CleanBoot sells their neoprene shoe covers to so many people in various contracting businesses. Though I use the CleanBoot neoprene shoe covers at work, I am always happy to see other uses for the CleanBoot.
A very practical application for the CleanBoot neoprene shoe covers is for those moving to a new home. Last weekend, I went over with family to help my younger brother move into his first home. Naturally, he had rented a truck, and had many helpers who were eager to get him moved in. Before I arrived, one of two things was happening. People were either wasting time to take their shoes off. Not only this, they were leaving their shoes in front of the door as a trip hazard for the next person coming in. The other thing that occurred was that some people kept their shoes on. My brother was not happy about this, because the dirt on the bottoms of their shoes both scratched the surface of his new flooring, and made a mess on his clean carpets- he hadn’t even moved in yet!
Naturally, I felt like a super hero of day to day life, when I pulled out some extra pairs of the CleanBoot neoprene shoe covers that I had hanging around my truck. I put the covers at the door so that people would not have to spend the time unlacing and lacing up their shoes and boots every time they brought in something from the moving truck. My brother was also happy that people weren’t walking through his new home in their dirty shoes.
I have professional moving companies order the CleanBoot neoprene boot covers for the same practical applications that I encountered this past weekend. Professional movers know that to make money in a move, you don’t want to waste time untying and tying up your laces, and you want to keep customer satisfaction rates high by not dirtying up a brand new home, so you get repeat business. It only makes sense for professional movers to wear the CleanBoot shoe covers.
Even though it’s blatantly obvious, I hadn’t really thought about how what works well for moving companies as a successful business model, also works fantastically, and for the same practical reasons for the everyday person who is moving to a new home.
The moving process is laborious and stressful enough, why not simplify your move, and save time and the mess by wearing neoprene shoe covers… It just makes sense.
I like to pride myself in doing a great job that leaves my customers happy. Often times, my customers and other guys on the job wonder how I get so much done as efficiently as I do. So here are the main secrets that I use to save time on the job site. I would have made a lot more money if I knew these tips when I was fresh into the trades. Here are the tips in short. If you’d like to read each step in depth, check out my articles page. https://thecleanboot.ca/articles-information
1.) Plan Your Job Efficiently and Effectively –
Take your time quoting every job, take proper measurements, take pictures and jot notes
2.) Get Picky about Your Materials
Make a list, don’t miss any materials, know where to get materials at the best price, order specialty materials well in advance.
3.) Plan Your Route to the Jobsite
Use GPS, avoid high-traffic routes and routes with too many traffic lights, plan all your stops in a circle so you don’t have to backtrack.
4.) Plan Your Clothing
Check the weather report, lay out your clothing the night before
Work Smarter Not Harder
5.) Always Stick to Your Plans
Use your detailed notes, sketches and pictures, you’ll waste time if you deviate from your original intuitive plans
6.) Finish One Thing Before Starting the Next
Don’t allow yourself to get side-tracked, multi-tasking can sometimes be less efficient,
7.) Have Appropriate Tools for the Job Handy
Get off your wallet and buy quality tools, put your name on your tools, don’t borrow other contractors tools (they hate this), keep your tools in a common spot
8.) Communicate with Other Trades and SubTrades
Give notice to other tradespeople on the job, use your list of what has to be done and give people adequate notice
9.) Communicate with your Customer
Make sure your customer fully understands their quote, put everything in writing, touch base with customers everyday on the job, contact your customer after the job is finished so they promote you through word of mouth marketing
10.) Clean As You Go
Use neoprene safety boot covers like the CleanBoot, bring rags, garbage bags, a broom and a vacume with you, tidy your mess at the end of each day
Check out more details about these tips here https://thecleanboot.ca/articles-information
Let me know if you have any tips to add!!!