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 model […]
Residential Cleaning Quotes: 6 Reasons to Perform a Walkthrough
How to Give a House Cleaning Quote 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 […]
8 Steps to Transition From a Solo House Cleaner and Hire Your First Worker
How to Hire Employees for Your Small Business 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 […]
Legal Tips for Using Customer Testimonials in Your Residential Cleaning Business
In the age of social media, I think we can all agree that customer testimonials are crucial to the success of our business. On social media platforms, people are looking for “social proof.” This is a new way of saying, “If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me.” Social proof, a term […]
Developing Training Manuals for Your Residential Cleaning Business
Creating training manuals for your house cleaning business is one of the best decisions you can make if you have made the decision to hire workers. This creates a system new hires can follow to perform the work to your standards. These manuals don’t have to be huge at all, but they do need to […]
