As you grow your business you'll need to start buying supplies at a faster and faster rate. Buying supplies once per month turns into once per week, then twice per week! You'll need trash bags in several sizes, different types of toilet tissue and paper goods like c-fold towels to name just a few. Keeping the different products in stock can be an adventure. When I was new I … [Read more...] about Ordering your supplies through Staples Advantage…
Archives for October 2014
Good customer service will always be profitable…
In just about every book you'll ever read about being a business owner, it will always stress the need to provide the best customer service humanly possible. While I know that's not necessarily news to you, I thought that by adding a recent example it would help drive home how it's not just good for business, but highly profitable as well if you do so on a consistent … [Read more...] about Good customer service will always be profitable…
You don’t always get fired in the cleaning business. Sometimes your customer goes out of business.
The businesses you clean for will have their good times and their bad times. When times are good they spend freely, hire new workers and expand operations. When good times turn bad they do the opposite. They restrict spending, layoff people and go back to focusing on their core products or services. I've seen it happen over and over again to many different companies. The … [Read more...] about You don’t always get fired in the cleaning business. Sometimes your customer goes out of business.
Seven Tips That Will Help You Grow Your Business
The initial act of starting a business is just the first step in a long journey of business ownership. Once you get the basics out of the way the actual work comes in. Now you need to get the business to grow and prosper. To do so you'll need a combination of skill sets to help you reach your goals, whatever they may be. To help you along with this I'm going to share my … [Read more...] about Seven Tips That Will Help You Grow Your Business