I have two great looking websites I get compliments on all the time, a working store that makes me money, both websites are ranked well on Google and I’ve paid right around or less than 3 grand.  I know a good deal, and that is one of the best I’ve had in my entire life, especially given the already GREAT return on my investment.

For business owners who want to be agressive towards growth, look and feel great on the web, and use their website for sales and lead generation, I recommend Northwest eSource!  Thanks Charles!

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Thanks again to everyone for another great year. We could not have done it without you and your support. It is true friends and loyalty, such as yours, that keep us doing what we love - taking care of your needs. It is our greatest pleasure to service you. 

As we continue to grow and extend our service area, we appreciate your continued support and recommendations to your friends, family and co-workers of our services. It is our promise to you to serve you and your referrals with the utmost of professionalism.

We are looking forward to servicing all of your cleaning and restoration needs for 2009 and many more years to come. Thanks again and we hope to see you soon!

**Don’t forget to visit our website at www.CheckmateCarpetCleaning.com for a complete list of our current specials.

***Gold Members…Remember to book your next appointment soon to take advantage of the additional 5% off savings.

It all began for me in the 80’s.  Life was great until my mom and dad started Checkmate Janitorial, “the company that defeats all others“. That is when my life became a living nightmare. When I was fifteen, my parents woke me up at 5:00am each morning, before school, so I could clean toilets and mop floors. Not only that but I also I had to work after school and often times in the middle of the night. So much for having a life! Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse my mom came home with a big blue box. She informed me that this wonderful machine was for carpet cleaning. After paying $500 for this hunk of junk she was very motivated to schedule me for even more work. I wanted to change places with anyone in the world at that moment. My nightmare lasted five years. When we left southern California to move to Oregon, we left Checkmate Janitorial behind forever… or so I thought.

Thirteen years later, I came home from work as a Stock Broker Recruiter (I loved that title; it sounds so cool and important). As I came through the door, my wife couldn’t wait to tell me all about our new neighbor who has a carpet cleaning business and makes a lot of money. She was talking to him about starting a business in the service industry and they thought a blind cleaning business might be just the ticket. Thank God – I thought she was going to try to talk to me about carpet cleaning. “Let’s meet John at the cleaning supply company tomorrow and we can get some more information,” she said, and I reluctantly agreed.  At the meeting John talked about blind cleaning and I listened, but then the conversation took a 360 turn towards a truck mounted carpet cleaning system. By the end of the conversation he somehow managed to make carpet cleaning look like it could possibly be a good business for us.

Next thing I knew I had a truck mounted carpet cleaning van in my driveway and NO customers. Two weeks later l lost my job. I took it as a sign that God must want me to start moving forward on building a carpet cleaning business. Against my will, my wife dragged me to a free seminar we got with our truck mount. I soon took every IICRC course that was available. I became a carpet cleaning information addict.

Eight years later we have three thousand residential customers, four Prochem truck mounted vans, one estimating vehicle, a corporate office, three Checkmate locations (Vancouver, Washington & Beaverton and Clackamas, Oregon) and we have a sister company CarpetCleaningTradeSecrets.  We are recommended by over 40 carpet stores, real estate agents, interior designers, builders, Street of Dreams & Parade of Homes. I have been invited to be on over twelve TV shows at no charge, four radio shows.