Getting social on Google+ supports your SEO better than anything you can do on Facebook.The biggest benefit of Google+ is that it's part of Google and, therefore, everything that you do on Google+ helps with your website's Google search rankings - in a way Facebook is never going to do. And while few still believe [...]
A look back at the career of a trail-blazing entrepreneur with a heart as big as his accomplishmentsOn May 19, 2015, cleaning industry pioneer Gary Goranson passed away after dedicating more than 50 years of his life to achieving success in many different areas of cleaning, including sales and distribution, mobile cleaning, house cleaning, and [...]
Two business systems sail into the winner’s circle with landslides! CBT is proud to announce the winners of the 2015 Best of Awards for Business Technology. Two programs split the field: QUICKBOOKS Best Accounting Package Best Payroll Service JOBBER Best Job Scheduling and Management System Best Mileage Tracking System Best Time Tracking System Earning an [...]
There’s only one “perfect” time to make a commitment to your business, and that’s NOW!As cleaning business owners, Derek Christian, Tom Stewart, Liz Trotter, and Joe Walsh have spent years worrying over filling their technicians’ schedules with clients so that they could grow as big as they dreamed. But as cleaning business consultants and [...]
For a first foray into technology-supported automation, these common processes in a cleaning business are a great place to start.Technology is an amazing tool which any business can use to begin improving efficiency, but only if the basis processes, procedures, and policies have been created to govern the decision-making that drives the systems. For a [...]
Getting and keeping the big accounts is more about your attitude and management than your actual cleaning quality.As cleaning industry professionals, we are always looking for a larger and more sustainable client base. This is just the nature of commercial cleaning. In Washington D.C., we have been able to capitalize on contracts with larger entities, [...]
Find their pain and fix it. Rinse and Repeat. As most cleaning contractors know, there is invariably something that happens or something that is not happening that triggers a client to take bids and consider hiring a new cleaning contractor. Sometimes it’s a rate increase. When this happens, many managers are required to take bids [...]
New CLR® Study Finds Americans Are Most Often Motivated to Clean When Friends VisitSKOKIE, Ill., April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you only inspired to clean when you know that friends or family are on their way over? Do you find your cleaning habits are vastly different than those you live with? Turns out you are not alone. [...]
Don’t clean around the clutter; add professional organizing to your list of services. Research shows that 80% of what we keep we never use, but knowing we don’t use something, and being willing to get rid of it, are often miles – or years – apart! The problem is growing exponentially as the children of [...]
Designer of Unique Housework Management app MoppedUp Comes Clean About his Mid-Life Crisis SolutionLONDON, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Londoner facing mid-life, creates unique cleaning app to connect homeowners with their cleaners to organise the home. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150421/740191-a ) For many people, reaching 40 is a time to splurge on a sports car or a motorbike. However for Malcolm [...]
