How Much Should I Charge for my Services? 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 […]
Start a Side Hustle: House Cleaning in Your Community
Need to earn some extra money? That’s what a side hustle is for – it won’t take up all your time, but it can earn you some decent cash when you structure your service for your target market. Now this is where most hustlers get it wrong – they don’t know how to target a […]
Residential Cleaning Quotes: 6 Reasons to Perform a Walkthrough
One issue in residential cleaning that brings out the boxing gloves in business discussions is pricing jobs and providing quotes. It used to be standard procedure to perform in-home estimates, but today many business owners say that it takes up too much of their time and it’s not cost effective. As with anything in life, […]
8 Steps to Transition From a Solo House Cleaner and Hire Your First Worker
Once you have started your business doing the work yourself, it’s a daunting task to consider bringing in workers. You’re used to working alone and your clients are used to you and how you provide the service. You have invested everything you have in nurturing your clients and nobody wants that to be impacted. In […]
How to Terminate an Employee in Your Residential Cleaning Business
In this post you’ll learn: The legal aspects of terminating an employee What you need to have before hiring employees How a review process is used to validate the termination How to reduce the emotional impact for the employee Making the decision to terminate an employee is hard, but actually sitting down and telling the […]