Now that I'm getting back into the swing of things, I want to take a "step back" and highlight some posts from the last few years. The collection I'm sharing today will greatly help those that are new to the business. It will also help those that are just a year or two in as well. I've been meaning to do this for some time, but always got side-tracked for one reason or … [Read more...] about Just starting your cleaning business? Have one but want to grow it faster? Check out these links…
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Not making enough profit? Here are your choices for fixing the issue.
I get a LOT OF MAIL here at Cleaning 4 Profit on a wide range of topics (and I THANK YOU for that). Though I can't answer each individual email in as much detail as I would like to, I do my best to summarize the subject matter. Lately I've received a few emails concerning profit margin. Though I don't get tons of these type emails, they do come in somewhat regularly over the … [Read more...] about Not making enough profit? Here are your choices for fixing the issue.
Are you selling supplies to your cleaning customers?
Today I wanted to write a quick post that deals with selling supplies to your customers. When I was in business I made a point to sell them paper goods, trash liners and whatever else I could. I did that for several reasons. First, I wanted to ADD VALUE to my service. After all, the more valuable I was to the client the more likely they were to want to keep me around. At the … [Read more...] about Are you selling supplies to your cleaning customers?
How to make more money off your mailing list
The cleaning business is EXACTLY LIKE just about all other businesses. The goal is to create recurring revenue each month by convincing enough people to do business with you. It sounds simplistic, but it really is THAT SIMPLE. People however tend to complicate things (I sure did a lot of that when I was new). In particular many beginners I work with who aren’t making the … [Read more...] about How to make more money off your mailing list
Being CREATIVE when it comes to WHO to target as a potential customer
Over the years my company has cleaned just about every type of account you could imagine. Some of those jobs came about by accident, as we have gotten tons of referrers over the years. But some of these cleaning gigs we were hired for were no accident at all. They were the result of us thinking JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. Some may call that "thinking outside the box". At … [Read more...] about Being CREATIVE when it comes to WHO to target as a potential customer