When you decide to start your own business it's easy to have boatloads of enthusiasm in the beginning. You have so much to do and keeping busy checking each item off your to-do list eats up a lot of your time. You don't have much time to get discouraged. But once you get to the point where you are ready to get that first account, the reality of the task hits you in the face. … [Read more...] about Getting the first cleaning account will be the hardest. Each one after that will come easier.
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How one man built a BUSINESS EMPIRE based upon the simple concept of TRUST
I hardly ever watch T.V. The only time I do is when a show comes on that I can learn from. So the other day I stumbled across a show about Ted Turner. In case you didn't know, Ted Turner was the person who founded CNN, the cable news network over thirty years ago. The show was really all about how this one individual made such a huge difference in the world. In particular he … [Read more...] about How one man built a BUSINESS EMPIRE based upon the simple concept of TRUST
When hiring people, make your training FIRST CLASS and PROFESSIONAL
Before being a business owner, I was an employee in someone else's business more than a few times. So I've taken my fair share of training classes as a new employee of an organization. Training ranged from horrible to awesome, but most fell somewhere in-between. Some jobs just throw you into the fire with little to no training. Others give you the bare minimum … [Read more...] about When hiring people, make your training FIRST CLASS and PROFESSIONAL
If you are not getting sales, then one part of the “magic formula” is missing
We have all heard the equation E=Mc2. That's Albert Einstein's most popular mathematical equation. While that one has a meaning far above what most of us can comprehend, there are other equations that are much simpler to grasp. One in particular comes from the business world and it basically tells you the formula for making money in whatever business you are involved in. The … [Read more...] about If you are not getting sales, then one part of the “magic formula” is missing
Why you need to OBSESS over every single client that hires you
The value of a customer can be deceiving. Many people ONLY look at the bottom line of that one job, and see nothing else. For instance a one-time window cleaning job that brings in $175.00 would be viewed as simply a customer WORTH ONLY $175.00. But that is FAR FROM THE TRUTH. The fact is that one-time customer is probably worth many times more if you play your cards … [Read more...] about Why you need to OBSESS over every single client that hires you