An awesome question came in this past week and I wanted to go over it real quickly with everyone out there. It dealt with cleaning on holidays, specifically if you should charge for a cleaning even though it fell on a holiday and you skipped the clean. While I can't say what's best for others, I can share with you WHAT I DID when I ran my cleaning business. And my approach … [Read more...] about If I skip a cleaning due to it falling on a holiday, should I change the price for that month’s invoice?
Archives for June 2017
The Mailbag Volume 6: Answering some common questions about the cleaning business…
I've been peppered with questions lately so I thought it would be a good idea for another edition of 'The Mailbag". This is the sixth time I've done this format (Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4 and Vol 5) over the last few years, and each time I briefly address some questions I get via email. Let's get started. Common Questions about the Cleaning Business I'm about to hire my first … [Read more...] about The Mailbag Volume 6: Answering some common questions about the cleaning business…
Not making enough profit? Here are your choices for fixing the issue.
I get a LOT OF MAIL here at Cleaning 4 Profit on a wide range of topics (and I THANK YOU for that). Though I can't answer each individual email in as much detail as I would like to, I do my best to summarize the subject matter. Lately I've received a few emails concerning profit margin. Though I don't get tons of these type emails, they do come in somewhat regularly over the … [Read more...] about Not making enough profit? Here are your choices for fixing the issue.
Are you selling supplies to your cleaning customers?
Today I wanted to write a quick post that deals with selling supplies to your customers. When I was in business I made a point to sell them paper goods, trash liners and whatever else I could. I did that for several reasons. First, I wanted to ADD VALUE to my service. After all, the more valuable I was to the client the more likely they were to want to keep me around. At the … [Read more...] about Are you selling supplies to your cleaning customers?