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Welcome to the Planet Laundry Podcast!

This message is brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.

In this episode you will hear our editor Bob Nieman interview Peter Stern, managing director of Clean Ventures, a newly formed venture capital fund create to attract and invest in growth-stage laundry companies.

You can read the entire story, “Venturing in the Future” in the January 2020 edition of the magazine: https://www.planetlaundry.com/subscribe

Welcome to the Planet Laundry Podcast!

This message is brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.

In this episode you will hear our editor Bob Nieman interview Tim McNichols of LIG Solutions, the newest healthcare insurance program added to CLA Business Solutions. You can read the entire story, “Here’s To Your Health” in the December 2020 edition of the magazine: www.planetlaundry.com/subscribe

In this episode, the conversation between PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman and Brian Wallace, President/CEO of the Coin Laundry Association, continues in this "How's Business?" segment where questions about the coin shortage and other COVID-19 related issues are discussed.

In this episode, PlanetLaundry editor Bob Nieman interviews CLA's President/CEO about the latest information pertaining to the LaundryCares Foundation, the Coin Laundry Association's 501(c)3 charity, and LaundryCare's mission to foster literacy through everyday spaces such as laundromats.

In this episode you will hear our editor Bob Nieman interview CLA’s President and CEO Brian Wallace in the first installment of a segment we’re calling, “How’s Business,” a laundry industry information update about a variety of important topics pertaining to the vended laundry business.

In this episode you will hear from PlanetLaundry columnist Stephen Bean in his series of articles “The Business Mind”.

You can read the full story entitled “Knowing Your Audience is the Key to a Strong Advertising Message” in the October 2020 edition of the magazine.

In this episode you will hear from Dennis Diaz, a digital marketing columnist for PlanetLaundry and owner of SPYNR, a digital marketing agency specializing in laundromats.

You can read the full story entitled “Looking Forward by Looking Back” in the October 2020 edition of the magazine.

In this episode we will hear PlanetLaundry columnist Stephen Bean place advertising in the context of applied psychology to demonstrate how our messaging can influence the human mind to deliver exceptional results.

You can read the full column entitled “The Formula for Powerful Advertising: Don’t Overlook the Impact of Human Psychology on the Success of Your Promotional Campaigns” in the September 2020 edition of the magazine.

In this episode laundromat owner Daniel Sofranko, who operates Perfect Wash Express Laundry Center in Huntington Beach, Calif., discusses how he has leveraged the booming tourism industry of his beachfront marketplace to create a successful and profitable niche for his laundry business.

Sofranko details the advantages and disadvantages of his operation’s pickup and delivery service, which focuses of vacation rental laundry. In this episode, he touches on what it’s like to handle vacation guests’ personal garments, as well as describing his strategies for processing the money-making sheet, towel and linen accounts for vacation rental property owners – which he refers to as the “holy grail of commercial laundry.” If you’ve ever considered getting into the “business of vacation,” this podcast is surely not to be missed!

You can read the full story entitled “The Business of Vacation: Could Vacation Rental Laundry Be a Profitable Niche for Your Operation?” in the September 2020 edition of the magazine.

This message is brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.

In this episode we will hear PlanetLaundry editor Bob Nieman interview laundromat owner Stephen Gramaglia, a professional in the laundry industry who has become a first-time store owner.

You can read the full column entitled “The Next Chapter: Laundry Industry Veteran Stephen Gramaglia Discusses His New Life as a First-Time Store Owner” in the August 2020 edition of the magazine.