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Sales & Marketing

Why You Need House Cleaning Business Cards

The easiest way to attract people to your business is when you’re out and about in your city. There’s no faster way to introduce yourself and build instant trust than with a house cleaning business card.

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Startup

Start a Successful Cleaning Business with No Experience

Even with no experience, you can create advantages that will help you start and run a successful cleaning business. There’s lots of qualities you’ll need that are unrelated to experience, from physical fitness, to mental toughness, to a customer orientation and a drive to work. So let’s dive in and learn more.

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Startup

Types of Business Entities for Your Residential Cleaning Business

There’s many ways to build a residential cleaning business, but the type of business entity you define can protect you or leave you exposed:

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Finance

How to Value Your Cleaning Business When it’s Time to Sell

Deciding the value of your cleaning business when it’s time to sell is what many small business owners want to know. In reality, the fair selling price of a business is what a buyer is willing to pay and what the seller is willing to accept. Sounds easy, but is it really? When selling a […]

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Startup

3 Business Lessons You Should Know Before Starting a Cleaning Business

In this article, I’ll share 3 things you should do before you start a business Before you start a new business, you must know that there are many people who are already doing it successfully. In order to compete with those experienced people, you have to know the rules of the business really well. Take […]

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Operations

A Coach Can Accelerate Your Residential Cleaning Business Growth

The big reason people hire a business coach is to accelerate growth and improve their bottom line. While there are many different aspects of your business that you can work on with your coach, the end goal is always to increase profits and stability – build a business that will provide for you and your […]

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Startup

10 Reasons You Need Business Planning for Your House Cleaning Business

A business plan is a document that should be written before the startup phase of any business idea, but it’s also updated every year. The plan is normally a way for an entrepreneur to attract investors to their business. Most house cleaning business ventures are of the solopreneur variety and don’t usually ask for investors, […]

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Running a Cleaning Business

The Power of “No!” to Grow Your Residential Cleaning Business

Some of the most common questions I get about growing a residential cleaning business ends up really being about the business owner just not knowing when or how to say “No.” How is it possible to say no in your business and still grow your earnings? New business owners work very hard to please their […]

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Startup

How to Succeed in a Startup House Cleaning Business

How to Succeed in Business You have decided to build a house cleaning business to be your own boss, to replace a lost job, to build something for your future, or some other reason that is personal to you.  We all have our own reason that is unique to us when we decide to be […]

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Startup

Selecting a House Cleaning Business Partnership: What You Must Know

You may think starting a house cleaning business with a partner might be a faster road to success. After all, you can get more things done with a partner to rely on…. or can you? When it comes to establishing a business partnership, you don’t want to jump in feet first without taking a few […]

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Operations

Business Systemization: Stop Being a One Man (or Woman) Show in Your House Cleaning Business

Clicking on a link sometimes means I make a small commission if you make a purchase. I only make recommendations on products I have thoroughly reviewed or use myself. Are you still trying to run your house cleaning business as a one man (or woman) show? If so it’s time to stop. Don’t you want […]

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Startup

Why You Should Consider Bootstrapping to Start a Residential Cleaning Business

Are you thinking of starting a house cleaning business, but worry about the investment to get started? This is one business that doesn’t need a pile of cash because there are so many ways to get started. You don’t need a bank loan, you don’t need to mortgage your house, you don’t need a loan […]

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Startup

Defining Your Business Brand (USP): You Must Speak to Your Audience!

One of the most important components in a successful business launch is your business brand. This is done through a USP (unique selling proposition). Without a USP, your service will fade into the shadows, struggle to compete and leave an everlasting impression in the minds of your customer base. U.S.P means your Unique Perceived Benefit […]

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Startup

Steps to Start a Housecleaning Business

Here’s the first question I’m going to ask you…. why do you want to start a housecleaning business? The second question I’m going to ask is… what is your vision for building a housecleaning business? You need to be able to answer these two questions to have even a slight chance of succeeding with your […]

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Startup

Starting up a Housecleaning Business

Don’t make the same mistake many people make by starting a housecleaning business without doing your research first. There are many reasons people want their own business and there are many different types of cleaning that you could do. The very first thing you should consider is how much time you have to work the […]

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Running a Cleaning Business

Business Planning Basics for a Successful New Year

As your business comes to the end of a year of operation, it’s time to start planning your goals for the next year. Your goals for the new year will depend on what type of year your business had. Your goals may be a combination of fixing issues that held you back and how to […]

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Startup

Tips for Starting a Home Cleaning Business

This is one of the tips for starting a home cleaning business I bet you didn’t expect to read (because most people don’t talk about it!): Don’t Give Up! Starting a business takes time…. time to set it up; time to add customers to your schedule; time to make a profit; time to find the […]

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Running a Cleaning Business

Setting Boundaries in Your Cleaning Business

Have you encountered clients that wait too long before seeking professional cleaning help and yet don’t keep up with the cleaning on their own either? How to define your business boundaries will help you manage these types of customers. This is yet another common issue in residential cleaning.  The problem is, they can no longer […]

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Running a Cleaning Business

Are You Sabotaging Your Business?

It’s normal to have doubts when running your own business, but letting those thoughts take over is your road to failure. Letting a little phrase (or similar thoughts) pop into your head every time you have an idea may delay the implementation so long you can’t make any progress. How many times have you had […]

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Sales & Marketing

How to Create a Marketing Calendar for Your Cleaning Business

A Marketing Calendar is used by successful businesses to identify and budget marketing events throughout the year to ensure there are no long lapses between events. This calendar is created to include new and existing customers. The strategy ensures consistency and effectiveness to bring in new prospects and hold on to existing clients. READ MORE […]