Helen Harrison
Helen, 32 years old and a graduate in Food and Consumer Sciences, was, until very recently, the Consumer Researcher at The Good Housekeeping Institute. Here she tells in her own words why she quit her top job in the publishing world and invested in a franchise with The Mattress Doctor.

“Working as a Researcher for the Good Housekeeping Institute, a large part of my role was answering readers’ queries about hygiene and household cleaning. We received so many questions on bedding, dust mites and allergy control that when I came across the Mattress Doctor system, I was keen to try it out for myself."

"In addition, a contamination test on my own mattress for a feature we were then doing on beds revealed it to have a high level of dust mite allergens, so I also had a personal reason for hoping the service would work! When it did, I was delighted and not only felt a lot more comfortable sleeping in my own bed, but also that I had an effective treatment I could recommend to readers. However, it didn’t stop there.

My work at Good Housekeeping had shown me that people were very concerned about bedding hygiene, but that there were very few companies offering comprehensive dust mite treatments, and I felt certain there was a huge and virtually untapped market out there ready to use the Mattress Doctor service. I just couldn’t stop thinking about what a fantastic business opportunity it was and wishing I had come up with the idea myself! That’s why I decided to give up a great job in publishing and become a Mattress Doctor Franchisee.

After only 6 weeks, during which time I had taken things fairly easily and taken advantage of not being a full-time employee any more, I earned over $2,500, which is great. And I only worked about 25 hours! Certainly beats working for someone else.”

Paul Bolland
"After 12 years working as a logistics manager I, along with 245 other employees of my firm, was made redundant. Possibly it was the amount of time I took off playing Hockey for England or competing at the Olympics that tipped the balance against me but none the less I was unemployed.

I decided I wanted to be in control of my own future. I studied, qualified and started in practice as a Hypnotherapist. However it soon became apparent that I needed a second income stream and I started surfing the web to look for opportunities.

I came across The Mattress Doctor in a magazine and then visited their website which gave me more than enough to decide to take matters further. The opportunity looked very interesting. What really interested me was the fact that the system and process had a proven track record in a number of other countries but no one else was operating in the United Kingdom. What also helped decide to take on a Mattress Doctor franchise was the low entry cost coupled with the high earning potential, plus the promised level of head office support, which has met all expectations.

A few months on and I have given up my Hypnotherapy studio and I’m now seriously considering hiring my first assistant. Undoubtedly the support I have received from Head Office has been contributing factor as have the marketing ideas they have helped me develop."