Plato is usually credited with the proverb: “Necessity is the Mother of Invention”. COVID-19 has certainly spawned necessity and served as the catalyst for invention and innovation in 2020. A Psychology Today article identified: “7 Great Innovations Responding to the Coronavirus”. They included: a bag ventilator built from a windshield wiper motor; a thermal imaging […]...More
Quality Costs Money
By Rolly Mechler, Sales & Marketing Manager A colleague recently sent through the above Mona Lisa cartoon. While it made me laugh, it also caused me to exclaim: “preach it”! I have been involved in professional business-to-business (B2B) sales for over 30 years now (yup, I’m getting old) and I would have been tempted to […]...More
Cleaning and Disinfecting Elevators: Recommendations & How To Advice
We don’t need to share the COVID-19 pandemic stats – I’m sure your newsfeed is full of them. We felt it was prudent, however, to share some tips on disinfecting your elevators during this critical time. Elevators are critical transportation mediums during this time, often servicing those in greatest need and jeopardy. The obvious issue, […]...More
Coronavirus and Covid-19 – Elevator Services
We know that the impact of the Covid-19 virus is top of everyone’s mind, and we want you our customers to know that we are taking the situation very seriously. The health and welfare of all our staff members and customers is our top priority and we wish you nothing but the best during these […]...More
Avoid Chargeable Calls – Clean those Door Tracks!
By Rolly Mechler, Sales & Marketing Manager at Elevator One Elevator owners recognize that chargeable service calls can be very costly. As summer winds down and we move into the fall, with winter not far behind (sorry to bring it up), we find that one particular service call increases significantly – shutdowns due to door […]...More
Writing an Effective RFP
A follower of this blog suggested that a useful topic would be the creation of effective Request for Proposals (RFPs). Seeing that we have also had multiple requests this past year for direction in preparing RFPs, I thought we would address it. At a high level, there is an extremely useful online program that can […]...More