Tom Stewart
How will the new DOL overtime rule affect your business?
White House increases overtime eligibility by millionsThe US Department of Labor has approved new regulations governing overtime pay for salaried workers. Effective December 1, 2016 salaried workers making less than $47,476/year ($913/week) will be entitled to time-and-a-half for work that […]
8 Things You Can’t Miss at the Cleaning Convention
Schedules are already filling up; make sure you get time with the experts you need. Since the founding of ARCSI and, in particular, the year I served as its President, I’ve never missed a convention, and I’m pretty sure neither […]
US Department of Labor Issues Guidelines for Classifying Independent Contractors vs Employees
DOL document gives specific examples of when a cleaning company should classify its workers as employees.Yesterday the United States Department of Labor took its strongest position to date on what is an employee vs. an independent contractor. It published a […]
Summer Can Be the Best Time to Work on Your Business
Now might be the best time to get some important work done.The summer months have started. For teachers or anyone with school age kids this means that normal life is on hold until school starts again in the fall. In […]
Cleaning Business Today: March 2015
The March issue of CBT focuses on leadership.Merriam-Webster defines leadership as “the power or ability to lead other people.” I find this definition less than useful, but I’ll take it as an affirmation that leadership is an abstract concept that […]
How to Measure Marketing Success
If you’ve been wondering if your marketing is really working, start by measuring what you’re doing now – and make better choices for your next marketing campaign.Cleaning business owners invest in their companies in many different ways; from equipment to […]
How to Market Your Cleaning Business: Extreme Marketing Makeover
Find out how to fight smarter, not harder for the prospects and leads good for your cleaning business.
Train ‘Em If Ya Got ‘Em
83.3% of all house cleaners are either independent contractors or work for an individual. Your strongest weapon for claiming their market space is your quality control through integrated staff training. I’m going to talk about training, but probably from a […]
How Big Can My Business Be? The Flatline Effect
Growing your client base to keep your flatline effect in check. Clients come and clients go. It’s just part of the game in running a residential cleaning company. While it’s not too difficult to know how many clients you have […]
KPI: Employee Turnover Graph
Creating a Line Graph in Excel that Reflects Your Employee Turnover RateIn his last KPI tip, Tom Stewart of Cleaning Business Today showed how to create an Excel spreadsheet that reflects your turnover rate. In this tip, Tom demonstrates how […]
