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    • New technology gives more payment options to our customers: Intuit GoPayment Rocks!

     

    Intuit GoPayment, Mophie marketplace, iPhone 3GS, Window Cleaning, Beckon Call

    Beckon Call is utilizing some very cool technology as a solution for better payment options. The solution is not from just one company though, but three: Inuit, Apple and Mophie.

    Beckon Call is a service company that provides window cleaning, gutter cleaning and pressure washing to residential and commercial customers. With most of our payment transactions happening at our customer’s locations, we needed a solution that was convenient, secure and fast. We wanted a true point-of-sale transaction with more options than just cash and checks.

    GoPayment is exactly what we were looking for. With GoPayment we can accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express with a quick swipe of the card on our iPhone.

    GoPayment is a three pronged solution: Intuit provides the software that drives it, iPhone is the platform it is used on and Mophie’s marketplace is the hardware. It is very cool.

    Many of our customers wanted more options beyond cash or check. We wanted more options too, but did not like what was available. Accepting Visa, MasterCard and American Express was not convenient, and the options available were not ideal.

    With GoPayment we are now able to easily and securely accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express. Our customers appreciate the convenience!

    Now, when a customer wants to pay with Visa, MasterCard or American Express we can handle it. It’s as simple as opening an App, swiping their card, entering the amount and having them sign on the iPhone screen. The receipt can be emailed or sent as a text message to the customer’s phone.

    The Mophie marketplace card swiper is sleek and adds about 1″ to the base of the iPhone. The only issue I have is this: there is no case made that fits the iPhone with the Mophie marketplace attached. What’s up with that? If you know of a case that works, let me know!

    If you’re interested in pricing of the Intuit GoPayment service you can find it here or for the Mophie marketplace find it here. Best price I found was on Amazon, find it here.

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    Posted by admin on December 13th, 2010 in Commercial, Residential, Retail | 4 Comments »

    Climbing the Ladder Should Stop at Retirement

    You have spent your time “climbing the ladder” to success and now you are retired. It’s time to retire the ladder, too. That’s just simple risk management.

    I have many customers who tell me they just don’t get on a ladder anymore, it’s just too risky. And, with the cost of a hip replacement pushing upwards of $45,000 it could be costly as well.

    Not too long ago I was on a roof cleaning a skylight and a passer-by shouted up to me, “I’m glad it is you on the roof, nobody with grey hair should ever be on a ladder or on a roof.”

    I don’t think grey hair has anything to do with it, but there is a point in life when the body just doesn’t respond to accidents like it did in earlier years.

    I know as time passes I am not willing to do some things I did as a younger man.

    Being cautious and following all the tips for ladder safety does not guarantee an accident will not happen. Accidents do happen.

    Waking up in the hospital and trying to locate the answer to “What were you thinking?” is not the ideal situation.

    From a risk avoidance perspective, getting someone else or hiring a professional to tackle the riskier jobs is a good idea. Finding someone to help can be as easy as asking a neighbor or someone from church. You can still be part of the job if you choose, but with your feet on firm ground instead of above it.

    Hiring a professional to accomplish risking jobs like window cleaning or gutter cleaning is not a signal to the world that you are not capable of the job. It’s a signal that you know how to manage your risk and delegate when the situation calls for it.

    If you would like an estimate for window cleaning or gutter cleaning give us a call, our contact information is here.

    If you want some ideas on how to safely approach a job we can help with that too, just give us a call or post a comment below.

    Stay safe!

    

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    Hiring A Professional Window Cleaner Gives Parents More Sanity.
    


    

    Professional window cleaning provides more sanity for parents | window cleaning corvallis orHow much extra time do you have after working all week, taking care of kids (and spouses), shopping and so on?  It’s hard to dedicate the time needed to take care of everything in a busy house and have any sanity left over, isn’t it?
    

    I have talked with many prospective clients that tell me that they clean their own windows, or clean out their own gutters.  I think that is awesome!  I also know accomplishing these tasks is a major time commitment.
    

    Quite a few times I have worked in houses cleaning windows, gutters or pressure washing and while I was working the parents took that time to play and interact with their children.  That is 3 – 5 hours of additional time spent with their children.  How cool is that?
    

    I’m sure these parents weighed their alternatives and decided to hire a professional.
    

    One alternative could have been to hire a babysitter.  Another might have been to have the children self-entertain.  Or, the work could be done while they were at school.
    

    There are always alternatives.  Which works best for you?  Which helps you gain more sanity and feel like there are fewer than a million things that need to be done?
    

    There are so many different tasks that a professional could help with:  landscape maintenance, house cleaning, pool maintenance, and so on.
    

    My expertise though is with window cleaning, gutter cleaning, pressure washing and similar types of work.  I know these tasks take a considerable chunk of time to accomplish and there is a level of risk associated with each task.
    

    Cleaning windows or cleaning gutters takes focus and attention to personal safety, something that is not always easy to do when your little one needs a cookie or is trying to catch a fish with the spaghetti spatula.  When your mind cannot focus completely on the task at hand your chance of an accident increases.  The quality of the work suffers too!
    

    I know from experience.  Many times I have been focused on the job at hand and it seems my boys knew it.  They realized there would be some time to really do something fun under-the-radar.  Oh the stories I could post!
    

    My point is this: Hiring a professional to accomplish items on your “to do” list does not mean that you are not a capable person.  Hiring a professional is a great way to maximize your time and have a little more time to do the things you really like to do or maybe just to be able to get to the things that still need to be done…done.
    

    If you’re interested in getting some items off your “to do” list and get some more quality time, give us a call.  Estimates are always free and painless, and we take the time to answer any questions you might have.
    

    Here’s to more free time!  Cheers!
    

    

    


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     Posted by admin on December 6th, 2010 in Families |   2 Comments »