The cost of supplies is more than the sticker price; consider the image of you they create for your customers and employees. One of the things that makes our industry very attractive to so many people is the very low cost of entry, or the amount of money it takes to get your business up [...]
Houston, TX-based cleaning company founded on nature’s best cleaning and disinfecting power branches into product development as an extension of customer service.CBT: Tell us about when and why you started Naturalcare Cleaning Service. KW: I started Naturalcare in August of 2008. Having been a stay-at-home mom for many years, I was ready to go back [...]
If you're selling your services on "homemade" cleaning products, make sure you're doing it legally and with tested scientific information.Making the decision to branch out of purchasing available and regulation-approved cleaning products for your business may seem simple, but can be more complicated than it's worth, if you intend to comply with current regulation of [...]
Making the best supply and equipment choices for your business and service is about more than just what others say “works best.”It’s probably the very first decision you ever made for your cleaning business. The products and equipment you use to achieve those elusive “perfect clean” results form the very core of your service. You [...]
CBT celebrates its first year of delivering the best news and business information to cleaning business owners.[EasyDNNnewsToken:Left Justify Embed 300 x 250]As we release the thirteenth issue of Cleaning Business Today, we reflect on the wonders of our first year of bringing you breaking news, unique insights, hidden issues, videos and downloads of business tools, [...]
Gamify your company goals, have fun at work and watch your staff engage and succeed. [EasyDNNnewsToken:Left Justify Embed 300 x 250]It’s so easy to get caught up in the seriousness of your new business. There’s so much to be serious about! Everything is a struggle, from getting new clients to creating the systems required to [...]
Businesses grow when owners invest in their leadership education. Budget, schedule, and plan for growth.As the leader of your company, you have a great many things – important things – vying for your time. From the daily needs of running a business to the additional yearly needs of ongoing education, personal development, conferences, conventions, etc., [...]
Youngest cleaning business owner launched his company at age 15 and hit his first million dollar revenue year at age 21. CBT: Tell us about when and why you started Real World Services Company. KW: I started Real World Services Company Inc. when I was 15 years old. I started out delivering newspapers for [...]
Every business owner leaves the helm, passes the baton, or just plain retires. So how do you plan for that event?At least once a month on one of the major cleaning industry discussion groups, there's a post about how to sell your cleaning business. Selling your business is usually a simple, cut-ties way of transferring [...]
As a new company, you may be tempted to take every single job that comes along, but there are a lot of good reasons to choose the “right” customers rather than just saying yes to everyone who comes along.As a new company, you may be tempted to take every single job that comes along – [...]
