A lesson for maid services in the woes of a new handyman business How many of you have thought that if you could just pay your workers more than your competitors that your problems would magically go away? Not so fast! Watch this video to find out the challenges I faced in just one [...]
Achieving work-life balance can be tricky. For those of you who know Derek Christian—happily married and father of two—it would shock you to learn that he had been unfaithful to his wife Becky. Fortunately you're not going to learn any such thing. He's as faithful as a hound dog. In this video, though, he [...]
For a company to be truly successful in this business, or probably any business, there needs to be a series of systems in place for all of the keys tasks. In am fortunate in that, due to all of my consulting, I get to see how many different cleaning businesses work. At this very moment [...]
Here are the first 2 of 24 tips that can propel spring growth in 2017. When it comes to marketing the game seems to have shifted almost exclusively online. However even with the best website ranking naturally is going to take some time. Buying clicks, whether it is Adwords, Facebook, or Yelp, gets expensive [...]
FREE Webinar: Everything you always wanted to know about FoundationsYou have probably seen all of the buzz about Foundations Jump Start in Charleston from March 11 to March 18? Maybe you saw when Paul Fried of Maid in Hoboken said "What Tom, Derek and Liz provide to cleaning business owners is a ‘Harvard level’ of [...]
A quick tool for measuring your company's strength and weaknesses In concept, running a cleaning company seems like it should be so simple. But as you grow you quickly discover this business is a lot more complex than it appears at first. A successful cleaning company needs to have a long list of services and processes. Just [...]
A week in a beachfront mansion can jumpstart your business for 2017.Over 70 cleaning business owners have transformed their companies through Foundations of Success, the most comprehensive program of its kind. Now we are announcing our 8th Foundations class and it's coming up fast! Click the video below to learn more. What's included? The CBB Foundations [...]
The systems and processes Roman uses to expand his maid service without sacrificing friends, family, or time Every maid service owner dreams of a cleaning business that runs itself. A company with employees that literally don’t miss a beat if the owner doesn’t come in until afternoon. Hell, how amazing would it be if [...]
The big secret to eliminating no-shows to interviews Okay, so now we have a list of people who have passed the first line of screening, the online form. Now we want to get them to an interview. At this point we send them an email congratulating them on qualifying for an interview, and telling them [...]
Keep this stage of the recruiting process quick and easy for both the applicant and the employer.OK so you took my advice in the last two columns and you made it easy to apply, used all the strategies from the last two weeks, and now you are drowning in applicants, many that do not qualify. [...]
