Use these best practices to implement your first price adjustment or across-the-board price increase. Everything’s been going along just fine, but maybe there are a few things nibbling at your subconscious. Is your net profit from each job shrinking somehow? Have you heard that “the other company in town charges $XX per hour” – more [...]
Father and son navigate the life-long process of succession planning. When Dave Povlitz filed his business corporation paperwork in 1989, he was already thinking about who would take over the company when he was ready to retire. Though that day was 30 or so years in the future, he knew that it mattered even then [...]
The person keeping you in the field might be you. Use this 6-step process to turn the cleaning over to your technicians. Good for you, you’re ready to get out of the field and turn the cleaning over to your technicians! But what about your clients? They only want you. Nobody cleans as well as [...]
Just 5 tips and 5 minutes spent updating your business email signature can make all the difference in making an impression on a new lead and creating a sense of comfort and connection with a long-time client.Use these five tips to revise and polish your email signature - so that it works FOR your branding [...]
Maximizing your convention experience and expense is simple if you follow this 3-step process.You’ve made the decision to go to the annual cleaning convention this year. It’s a big decision. Not only will you be away from your business for as much as a week, there are a lot of expenses and personal considerations too. [...]
Join more than 16,000 cleaning industry professionals, all determined to improve the industry as well as their individual businesses.“I love to see all the big things and the small things that come to market that make things easier or allow us to work faster,” says Ed Selkow, president of Janitorial Growth Solutions and an ISSA/INTERCLEAN [...]
Knowing the basic carpet cleaning methods and expectations can save you time and money.As more building service contractors and in-house cleaning professionals get involved with facility carpet cleaning, this is a perfect time to go over some of the fine details as to what types of carpet cleaning systems are available, what may work best [...]
ISSA, ARCSI, BSCAI, CETA, IEHA and IWCA gear up for conventions in Orlando.As summer draws to a close, cleaning business owners and managers are making plans to attend the year's biggest events this November in Orlando. From the impact of the Affordable Care Act to technological innovations, industry trade associations and thought leaders offer a [...]
CBT is conducting a survey for professional-grade vacuums recommended for residential cleaning services; deadline is September 15th.For our upcoming Making Changes issue in October, CBT is conducting its first survey of professional vacuums for use in residential cleaning. CBT invites manufacturers of professional vacuum equipment to submit basic and enhanced information about select products using [...]
Scheduling your social media checks and posts around high activity points can improve your lead generation rates.Knowing WHEN to post on each different social media and networking site is just as important as WHAT you post. Here's a quick guide based on research from SendSocialMedia that will help you schedule your live social activity time [...]
