CHIMNEY SWEEPS ARE REALLY CLEANING UP

In most European countries you must have your chimney swept -- it's the law. In fact, you can't get home insurance without proof that the chimney sweep has done his job. And instead of setting up an appointment, the customer waits until the sweep contacts him.

Americans don't face this situation, but back in 1973, when the Arab oil embargo dramatically increased the use of wood to supplement home heating, the need for the skills and services of chimney sweeps reemerged.

A young entrepreneur, seeing the need, revived a business that supposedly had died 50 years before. He brought new technology to this service in the shape of a revolutionary machine, a high-powered, high volume, dust collector he named The SootSweeperTM.

The SootSweepetTM was specially designed to be a unique tool for chimney sweeps. The development of this high-technology system brought chimney sweeping into the 20th century, making the job easier and more efficient so easy and efficient that our young entrepreneur could clean most chimneys in under an hour and earn $40 an hour in 1976. This type of income quickly attracted a number of other people who could see the potential opportunity in the chimney cleaning and maintenance business.

August West Systems was born based on the idea of helping other young entrepreneurs become their own bosses, earn fantastic incomes, and schedule their own work hours.

That same idea is the basis for business operations today. A low investment of $3,995 gets you started and it's so easy to learn that most sweeps have recouped that original investment within a few short months of starting. It's also the type of service business that can be started part time, while earning up to a national average of $65 per hour or more (today's rate).

Since this is not a franchise, with all the franchise fees and royalties, you keep all the cash you earn.

With more than 100 million chimneys across the United States, demand for chimney sweeps far out distances the number of professionals in service. Not only do chimneys connected to wood burning stoves and fireplaces need cleaning, but so do flues connected to oil and gas burners as well. Marketing for this business can be as simple as word-of-mouth or an ad in the Yellow Pages. One sweep even had jobs lined up before he got his system. The more marketing ingenuity, of course, the faster the business grows.

August West, drawing on 19 years of field experience, has even prepared a Personal Marketing Program that arms a new sweep with a zip code analysis Of his or her territory, and the promotion and selling advice of veteran sweeps.

Besides earning a great income and arranging their work schedule to suit themselves, chimney sweeps offer a vital life-saving service to the communities they work in. More than 43,000 chimney fires annually take lives and destroy millions of dollars in property. Chimney cleaning and maintenance by a professional sweep is the first line of defense against these disasters.

Chimney sweeps using the August West system come from all walks of life: teachers, firemen, computer programmers, masons, salesmen, truck drivers and more. Today, there are thousands of success stories similar to that of the founder of August West Systems that are highlighted quarterly in our Sootsayer Newsletter

If you're looking for a business opportunity with low investment, high income potential and flexible hours, then you should investigate chimney sweeping with the August West System. A simple phone call to our toll-free number 1-800-225-4016, will get you a free information kit.

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