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Start a Side Hustle: House Cleaning in Your Community

If you want to earn extra money and don’t mind physical labor – then a cleaning side hustle is for you. Indeed, it won’t take up all your time, and it can earn you some decent cash. So, if you want to start cleaning houses for money, then you’re in the right place – let’s dive in.

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Insurance Running a Cleaning Business

Insurance for Your House Cleaning Business

House cleaning insurance plays a crucial role in protecting your cleaning businesses from unexpected financial risks and legal liabilities.

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What to Charge for Cleaning Houses

  What Should You Charge for House Cleaning? New business owners routinely ask how much they should charge to clean a house. That’s a very hard question to answer because someone in Arkansas can’t charge the same price a business in California charges, simply due to location. Your rate is also dependent on your business […]

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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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Is Your Small Business Struggling? 10 Issues to Fix NOW – Before You Fail

Chances are you’ve heard the statistics many times before. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, only seven out of ten “new employer” firms survive at least two years, and only half will last five years. And these numbers refer only to businesses that have hired employees – if you consider one-person work at home […]

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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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Why Your House Cleaning Business Needs Business Systems

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. Documenting your procedures is one of the best ways to systemize your residential cleaning business. These documents should be as detailed as possible, with no steps […]

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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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Misconceptions People Have about Starting a Small House Cleaning Business

People have many different reasons to start a small business. Sometimes they just want to earn a little extra money, others see house cleaning as a way to get out of a dead-end job or away from a boss they don’t like.

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4 Secrets to Build a Residential Cleaning Business and Not Just Another Job

Many people dream of working for themselves, being their own boss, and having the freedom to only take on clients and projects they love. What they don’t realize, though, is that there is a huge difference between building a business and being self-employed. Business owners scale their income. Self-employed people trade dollars for hours. Business […]

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Running a Cleaning Business

House Cleaning Business Planning Guidelines: Mistakes to Avoid

I don’t know anyone who actually likes business planning, including me! The little fact most people don’t realize is that business owners who actually take the time to plan their business reach success faster than those who don’t plan… and they earn more! It really isn’t as difficult as you might think once you know […]

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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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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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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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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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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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Social Proof and Why Your Cleaning Business Needs It

“Social Proof” is one of the many strategies and techniques that businesses rely on to win you over and convince you that their product or service is worth your hard-earned cash. It taps into a basic human characteristic – the need to be like others. In our desire to conform, we often succumb and buy […]

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Easy Ways to Build Your LinkedIn Network for Your House Cleaning Business

Building connections is essential for making LinkedIn work for you. It’s not just about what you know but who you know. Your connections are the people you know directly. They’re the ones who either you’ve invited into your network or who have invited you. Either way, they don’t become an official connection until the invitations […]

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How to Plan for Success in a House Cleaning Business

Why do so many new cleaning businesses fail? For some reason, many people think they can create a house cleaning business out of nothing and that no real planning is involved. Yes, you can start by doing the cleaning yourself with your clients as your boss, but there may come a time when you want […]

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Free Publicity for Your Residential Cleaning Business

Are you getting any publicity for your business? You probably have wondered how businesses get their name in the newspaper, local newsletters, etc. No – they don’t pay for it, they plan for it. In your local city, it’s important to understand that it’s about who knows you. The more networking you do, the more […]