From Problems to Profits: The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming Businesses [Paperback]

Madeline Bright, Ph.D. Ogle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997

Since first published in 1989, and then again in a revised and updated 1997 edition, From Problems to Profits - The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming Businesses (1997) continues to be the world's best selling grooming business book. It's not a how-to book for the art of grooming, but instead, the most complete how-to book for starting and managing a new grooming business or expanding an existing one. Every managerial topic in grooming is covered from personnel, client relations, safety and supervision, marketing and advertising, bookkeeping, financial planning. Better yet over 100 illustrations provide you with dozens of business form layouts for your personal use. From Problems to Profits is more than a story about the author, Madeline B. Ogle, PhD. Instead she offers you the knowledge and tools she used to build one of the largest and most respected grooming businesses in the world. Now anyone can establish a more stable, profitable grooming business and! grow it as large as they desire, from a stable, busy year round one person business to a major pet care center. The definitive grooming business book that you will use for as long as you own your business. In fact, The Madson Management System has been proven to build the net worth of grooming businesses, and thereby allowing their owners more comfortable retirements when they sell their businesses. The art of grooming is important to every grooming business, but it is grooming management that creates stable, profitable grooming businesses that operate with far fewer problems. Managing a grooming business doesn't have to be stressful, but instead one of the joys of your life forever.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From Problems to Profits heralds a long-awaited evolution of the pet grooming industry...eliminates the stereotypical image of a grooming business. -- Belton Mouras, Secretary-General, United Animal Nations

Please accept my sincere appreciation...using your system we earned 50% more net profit...our dream of a strong, healthy business is becoming a reality. -- Richard Cleveland, Owner Safari Pet Resort, Murfreesboro, TN

The #1 Top Product of the Year -- Groom & Board Magazine, 1995

What a fascinating and powerful blueprint on a unique profession that is certain to to profit many in the years ahead. -- Og Mandino, Author/Speaker

You have written a masterpiece! -- John W. Brees, DVM

From the Author

I wrote From Problems to Profits - The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming Businesses to leave a legacy of success for all pet grooming business owners today and in the future. Our industry is rightly very concerned with the art of grooming, but our success, and thereby the welfare of pet owner clients and their precious pets, is dependent upon the members of the grooming industry to establish and maintain well-managed and prosperous grooming businesses. I am pleased that thousands have purchased From Problems to Profits around the world since it was first published, and they often write with their success stories. New groomers tell us they saved years of trial and error opening their first business, and long-time owners say they wish the book was around when they first opened their grooming business. Some have gone so far as to earn six-figure annual incomes from their businesses (before taxes). Others say The Madson Management System eliminated all of the! common problems of managing any grooming business, and they have "fallen in love again with their business." Parents have shared with us that the book gave their children a better opportunity to enter the pet grooming industry and find prosperity, especially when their children were unable to to veterinary college, or perhaps they were not interested in a college career yet require a vocation. I encourage all grooming career seekers and today's groomers to read this book, and match their art of grooming with new management expertise and become a prosperous, less-stressed business person that grooms.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: The Madson Group; Revised edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878795252
• ISBN-13: 978-1878795250
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I love this book., July 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: From Problems to Profits: The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming Businesses (Paperback)

We couldn't find a book telling us how to run a pet grooming business until we came across this one, and we are so glad to own a copy. There are several how-to groom books but in our opinion this is the one to learn how to manage a grooming shop. Our only little bit of let down is you can use the book for a mobile grooming van business, but I wish it had even more about mobile. But, can't complain because there are NO books on mobile grooming anyway. Get this book if you want to run a professional grooming business. It's worked great for us in Nevada.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book about opening a pet grooming business!, August 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: From Problems to Profits: The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming Businesses (Paperback)

At first we thought this book might just be the author's story opening a famous grooming salon. To our surprise there is just a little about her experience, but all of her trade secrets in an easy-to-use business plan format. We have never seen a business book so well organized. Just the forms alone in the book make it worth the price. It really is a masterpiece of organizing so much information about a facsinating industry. I can see why it has won awards. Highly recommended for anyone thinking of opening a dog grooming business.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Improved the net profit of our grooming business by 50%., January 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: From Problems to Profits: The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming Businesses (Paperback)

I purchased From Problems to Profits in August of 1996, and by November begain implementing the plan in the book, The Madson Management System. In 8 months we had streamlined our staff, completely reworked our appointment scheduling, and not only adjusted our prices, but totally restructured our pricing methods. By the end of 1997 my accountant reported an improvement in our net profit of 50%. My wife and I are seeing our dream of a strong, healthy and growing business becoming a reality.