Your company culture may be exposing your company to disruption and making you vulnerable.It's what good market competition does - it disrupts your success by giving consumers alternatives they didn't know they wanted. In the words of business strategist Adolph Holston, "Disruptive innovation is all the rage in today's business environment. Many are addressing how [...]
Bad leaders won't bother with this quiz, but good leaders will because they know it'll only help them be even better.Take Katy Imhoff's 10-question Bad Leader Quiz. Here's what you'll be asked to consider about yourself: Are you open to new ideas or are you a total know-it-all? Are you prone to rationalizing unethical behavior [...]
The more your grow, the more important your planning time and process are to keeping you on the right path.It's easy to get caught up in the "doing" of business under the assumption that "doing" is the path the growth, but without short and long-range planning - and specifically action steps to guide your "doing" [...]
If you're worried about price and discount shoppers, make sure you're not doing one these tricks they know to check for.Major retailers have been applying these pricing hacks for decades, and price shoppers - and especially discount shoppers - know how to spot them. Charm Pricing = listing the price as 1-5 cents low to [...]
Early investments in employee development and engagement lead to 48 weeks “out of the office” a year. CBT: Tell us about when and why you started Maid to Clean. CB: With a name like mine – Cinderella – it’s no surprise that I own my own cleaning company. I started Maid to Clean in 1996. [...]
With so many options in eMarketing, it’s hard to know where to start. Check out these great tips for gearing up.What is it? Internet marketing geared toward attracting new business, retaining current business and developing brand identity. Any message that you’re trying to get out about your company by way of the internet is eMarketing. [...]
Home services company raises another $1.5 Million in investment capital.For home services professionals using HouseCall, 50% of their income comes through consumers using and booking directly through their mobile app. HousCall has recently gained $1.5M for continuing development and expansion into new markets. Read more.
Concern for health and desire for time leads to winning growth formula for community-oriented cleaning company. CBT: Tell us about when and why you started Absolutely Clean. SN: I had dabbled in Nursing school, had been a stay-at-home-mom for 12 years and had taught pre-school. For a few years, I was the director of a facility [...]
Airbnb expands into residential cleaningAirbnb – an app that lets you find and book lodging in a private home – has expanded its home cleaning services to include its hosts in Los Angeles. The home cleaning services are already available in New York City and San Francisco. Read more.
Benchmark when you’re likely to need to upgrade your job scheduling process and system. Scheduling is one of those tasks that is very easy when we start our companies. It doesn’t seem as though it will ever really be much of a problem. This is at least partially because there are so many options for [...]
