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The Nine Most Common "Accounts" You Should Know About

Contract cleaners are often pretty good at what they do, getting new clients, and building their businesses. But all too often they stumble when it comes to taking care of the "accounts." West Chicago, IL - Contract cleaners are often pretty good at what they do, getting new clients, and building their businesses. But all [...]

By |2015-05-08T19:10:13-05:00May 8th, 2015|Finance, Measuring Success / KPIs, Operations|
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Free Funding for Business Growth

One Oregon company uses state and charitable funding to hire and train workers, add a sales position and upgrade their company cars.One of the biggest stigmas in the cleaning industry surrounds hiring injured workers. No business likes to hire previously injured workers because of the risk of workers compensation insurance rates going up.  What if [...]

By |2015-04-28T12:41:46-05:00April 28th, 2015|Finance, Leadership, Sales and Marketing, Staff Management, Start Your Cleaning Business|
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Look Who's Talking Cleaning in the Last Year

CBT new contributors among the best and brightest in the industryNew Contributors In the past 12 months, we hav added 21 new contributors to our ever-growing list. We reach out every day to new experts in all aspects of both cleaning and business to ensure that you are getting the best information possible – all [...]

By |2015-04-20T21:56:48-05:00April 20th, 2015|Cleaning Science, Finance, Green Cleaning, Leadership, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Staff Management, Start Your Cleaning Business, Technology, Trends in Residential Cleaning|
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On-demand Service Opportunities Increasing Exponentially

It seems to be happening all at once - an explosion of new and bigger on-demand platforms by Amazon and Google disrupting innovators like Homejoy and Uber. In late March, Amazon officially launched Amazon Home Services, its new platform enabling the search, comparison, and convenient online booking of various home services, including cleaning and maid [...]

By |2015-04-08T20:28:59-05:00April 8th, 2015|Finance, Leadership, News, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Start Your Cleaning Business, Technology, Trends in Residential Cleaning|
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Top 10 Stories from Our 2nd Year

From Success Profiles to Infographics to Breaking News, find out what caught the most eyes and spawned the most comments in the past year!1. Success Stories: Kyle Walker, Real World Services Youngest cleaning business owner launched his company at age 15 and hit his first million dollar revenue year at age. UPDATE: Since we last spoke with [...]

By |2015-04-08T20:00:26-05:00April 8th, 2015|Downloads, Finance, Leadership, News, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Staff Management, Start Your Cleaning Business, Technology, Trends in Residential Cleaning|
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Billion Dollar Bully Documentary on Yelp

Kickstarter campaign has raised over $70,000 to make a documentary about lawsuits against Yelp.CBT has previously reported on the journey one carpet cleaner took to force Yelp to clean up its practices by making Yelp reveal the identity of posters so that business owners could identify fraudulent reviews and have them removed. And while Hadeed [...]

By |2015-04-03T19:16:41-05:00April 3rd, 2015|Carpet Cleaning, Customer Service, Finance, News, Technology|
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Moving Past Basic Training

Skip the leadership self-help routine and get personal, real-time help becoming a leader and training leaders for your company. The cleaning industry is no different than any other when it comes to the need for training and education.  Some might even argue that more is needed because of the lack of understanding regarding the necessity. [...]

By |2015-02-25T17:40:28-05:00February 25th, 2015|Employee Training, Motivation, Promotion, Finance, Leadership, Measuring Success / KPIs, Millennial Workers, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Staff Management, Start Your Cleaning Business, Technology|
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Gut Check: Navigating Changes in Your Business

Improving your business is not a once-and-done thing, but requires constant progress checks and re-adjustments.In Part 1 of our series, we analyzed the profitability challenge my business was facing at the start of 2014. In Part 2, we looked at the structural and cultural changes implemented to address the challenge and make our business financially [...]

By |2015-01-27T21:35:25-05:00January 27th, 2015|Business Strategy, Finance, Leadership, Measuring Success / KPIs, Operations, Sales and Marketing, Staff Management|
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What is the New Standard Mileage Rate?

As of January 1, 2015, new IRS standard in effectBeginning January 1, 2015, the new standard mileage rate for business miles increased to 57.5 cents ($0.575) per mile. Business miles include travel to and from jobs when an employee uses his/her personal vehicle. Read more on irs.gov.

By |2015-01-19T19:42:59-05:00January 19th, 2015|Finance, News, Staff Management|
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