Napan starts mobile screen repair business
Timmy D’Antonio can fix a broken window screen — and in a pinch, a whole lot more. D’Antonio recently opened Screenmobile of Napa, a mobile screen repair and replacement business. With his truck and supplies, D’Antonio arrives at a customer’s home with the tools of his trade ready to make repairs large or small.
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Screenmobile opens for business in Canton
Scott Raridon is the operator of the new Canton franchise of Screenmobile Corporation, a mobile screen repair and replacement company.
The franchise will provide services in Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton and Walton counties.
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Screenmobile: Service to your door - and window
Editor's note: If you have a screen door or window that needs repair or upgrading, Bill and Lori Rech will travel.
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Shady Solutions
The home shading movement is certainly expanding. The company Screenmobile offers custom shading products for homes and businesses from more than 100 franchise locations nationwide. As the name suggests, these are mobile franchises that come right to customers’ doors to discuss and install products for windows, doors and patios.
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Peak season for screen repair at Boulder's ScreenMobile
Company gets busy with University Hill rentals
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Screenmobile celebrates five years
Steve and Dot Landis, owners of Screenmobile of Harnett County, are celebrating five years in business this month.
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Business News: Week of May 24
Screenmobile, a mobile screen repair and replacement service, will serve Napa, Yolo and Solano counties. The franchise owner Timothy D’Antonio is the third member of his family to own a Screenmobile franchise.
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Business News: Week of May 24
Screenmobile, a mobile screen repair and replacement service, will serve Napa, Yolo and Solano counties. The franchise owner Timothy D’Antonio is the third member of his family to own a Screenmobile franchise.
http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/21562/business-news-week-of-may-24/
Q&A: SCREEN INSTALLER OFFERS TIMELY, QUALITY SERVICE
Dave Hohn centers the base of his Screenmobile
operation out of Mustang. He’s operated the service for
11 years.
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Screenmobile service helps homeowners in need
Mario Julian and Screenmobile have been servicing the Inland Empire for more than 10 years.
Traveling from city to city, Julian installs doors, fixes windows and installs anything that has to do with screens to customers at their very own homes.
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Plenty of work for this screen business...
Jack Kelly never thought he would find himself in the screening business. The 30-year veteran of IBM had already retired from a long career in the computer industry, and he and his wife were living a quiet existence in Sarasota.
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Service: Resisting recession with a business on wheels
ESCONDIDO ---- Owning a business on wheels is proving a practical way to ride out this recession for Dwight Stratton, the longtime Escondido owner of a Screenmobile Corp. franchise.
"We refer to our truck and trailer as our mobile billboard," said Dwight Stratton while he stood outside the San Marcos home of a client in need of custom window screens on a recent weekday morning.
His trailer ---- a store and workshop on wheels ---- is decorated with the business name, telephone number and an oversize signs with the words, "America's Neighborhood Screen Stores."
Resisting recession with a business on wheels
Sen. Hutchinson and Rep. Gohmert Praise Longview Business
By Wilton Johnson
The race toward energy efficiency brought Donnie Wilson to a new business.
"We're a mobile window screening company, we custom build solar screens," Wilson explained.
Business is good as more and more homeowners look for ways to save money on cooling their homes.
"Solar screens block 80 percent of the sun's UV rays," he continued. "We've had people tell us they saved 10 to 30 percent on electricity bill."
Sen. Hutchison and Rep. Gohmert Praise Longview Business
Mother-son team purchase Screenmobile franchise, work together
Kathy Slavin and her son, Blane Giles, purchased a Screenmobile franchise that serves Aztec, Bloomfield, Farmington, Cortez, Colo., Durango, Colo., and Pagosa Springs, Colo.
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Screenmobile finding window of opportunity is still open
Open virtually any newspaper or turn on the TV and you're bound to hear gloom and doom about the nation's economy. Fuel costs have skyrocketed, homes are in foreclosure, banks are in jeopardy and food prices keep rising. But Jason Oldham's business appears to be doing just fine.
Oldham owns a San Gabriel Valley "screenmobile" franchise of Screenmobile, a Palm Desert based company that offers mobile service to rescreen doors, windows and other products for home and commercial use.
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THE COOL FACTOR: Good SPF for the home
Jim and Barbara Red have a different slant on solar screens with Screenmobile, an independently owned and operated mobile screening service that comes to your home.
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Window efficiency.
Windows can account for half of the unwanted heat that enters homes during summer, according to ScreenMobile.
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New business is offering mobile repair service
Screenmobile of Essex, a new business that opened this month, offers same-day measuring and installation services, of residential screens and shades said company spokesman Loren Faye.
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Screenmobile franchisees Phil and Joan Wren Profiled
The DeSoto Appeal profiles Screenmobile franchisees Phil and Joan Wren who were the top producers in the nation for 2007. The Wrens' Screenmobile provides service to homes and businesses in DeSoto County and Shelby and Fayette counties in Tennessee. The Wrens became Screenmobile franchisees in 1996 and have consistently been top performers for the chain.
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Small Firms Are Taking On Second Jobs: Franchises
The Wall Street Journal reports on the national trend of independent businesses “adding on” franchises to fill gaps during off-peak season and expand services and clientele base. One of the successful examples profiled is Screenmobile franchisee Jason Oldham who “added on” a Screenmobile franchise to his home remodeling business and now his revenue is up 50% from a year ago before he became a Screenmobile franchisee.
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A National Legacy
The Desert Sun calls Screenmobile "a national legacy" and profiles the company that "has grown to be a leader in the field."
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Screen-Repair Services Bank on Convenience
TheStreet.com lists Screenmobile as one of "Five Great Franchises for 2008," citing Screenmobile's screen repair business as a home owner solution where "convenience is king." Reporter Suzanne Barlyn discusses Screenmobile's history and current growth strategy with a product that gives consumers their leisure time back.
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Mobile Businesses Bring the Store to You
The Christian Science Monitor writes about the latest trend in business: entrepreneurs bringing premium products to the customers’ doors. Screenmobile President Scott Walker explained mobile franchising is all about bringing convenience and premium services to the customer.
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Screen-Repair Service On a Roll
San Gabriel Valley Tribune profiles local Screenmobile franchisee Jason Oldham and details why he wanted to invest in Screenmobile.
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Open for Business
Springfield Business Journal announces opening of franchisee Eric Shryer's screen repair center and showroom.
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Local Screen Company Has a Solution for Homeowners Who Live On Golf Course
The Desert Sun reports that Screenmobile founders Monty and Scott Walker's golf ball-deflecting window screens are a product whose time has come, and details some of the increased business activity the brand has experienced since its front page coverage in the New York Times.
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A Fairway View, but the Window Is Often Broken
The New York Times reports on the front page of its recent Sunday Edition about the national problem of errant golf balls crashing through window. The reporter noted that two of the people profiled in the article "turned to Screenmobile, a company that specializes in heavy-duty screens for doors and windows. Screenmobile said it received more than 400 calls from homeowners last year. Ms. Smith said the screens helped considerably."
This article was picked up by at least five other daily newspapers across the nation including the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Los Angeles Daily News, The Ledger (Lakeland, Florida), The Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina), and the Gadsden Times (Alabama)
The Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina)
The Gadsden Times (Alabama)
The Ledger (Lakeland, Florida)
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Experts Warn: Beware of Trendy Retail Concepts, Strong Franchise System, Support Still Key to Return
IndUS Business Journal reporter Martin Desmarais interviews Scott D. Walker, president and CEO of Screenmobile, who talks about how he is leading the company into a period of adjustment that is taking a more "Customer Centric" ideology for the future of Screenmobile. Martin also speaks with Richard Rennick, founder of a 360-unit franchise chain, American Leak Detection, founder and president of consulting firm TEAM Rennick and a former chairman of the International Franchise Association, who talks about how to avoid potential pitfalls when making the decision to invest in a franchise.
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Franchises Creating Opportunities for Veterans
Franchising World writes about the International Franchise Association’s VetFran program, where participating franchise brands offer discounted rates to veterans. Screenmobile offers veterans a 10% discount off of their franchise fee of $25,000.
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Screenmobile
Brattleboro Reformer talks with our Screenmobile of Southeastern Vermont about their services for all seasons.
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Retractable Screen Sales Continue to Gain Momentum
Window & Door Magazine writes about Retractable Screen Door Sales in the United States. One of the people profiled in this article, "Retractable Screen Sales Continue to Gain Momentum", is Scott D. Walker, President & CEO of The Screenmobile Corporation. Scott shares his experience with retractable screen door sales and their history with the Screenmobile.
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Nesting at Home, Fixed-Up Home
Franchise Times examines the residential remodeling industry, which is “thriving because of Baby Boomers' busy lifestyles,” and uses Screenmobile as a “case in point.”
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Are You Looking for Child Care?
Modesto Bee reporter Dennis Roberts writes a humorous account of how he tried to install a screen himself, injuring his hand, disturbing a cat and breaking a kitchen light along the way. He then discovers the services of Screenmobile and has great praise for the work of franchisee Roger Ramey.
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How Layoffs Affect Workers
The San Francisco Chronicle writes about downsizing and where corporate refugees find new careers. One of the people profiled is Screenmobile franchisee David Hansen who notes that he used to get migraines all the time when working for Corporate America and now that he owns a Screenmobile franchise he can’t remember the last time he had a migraine!
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Computer-Design Process Puts Stained Glass Within Reach
Albuquerque Tribune profiles Screenmobile franchisee James Gonzales, describes the value of the sun protection screens and provides his phone number for potential clients.
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Fast Fix-Ups; These Companies Make House Calls
Columbus Dispatch profiles Screenmobile franchisees Marilyn and Jim Kulp, and details how the husband-and-wife team can make any screen to fit any door or window—quickly, and to the customer’s satisfaction.
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The Screenmobile Grannies
Fox 2 News calls Screenmobile “a truly cool career” that has given franchisee Sondra Costa a whole new outlook on life.
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