I've purchased quite a few vacuum cleaners for my cleaning business over the years. No correct that, I have purchased TONS of vacuums cleaners. If I have learned anything, it's that they are not all created equal. Some of the cheaper ones perform better than the expensive ones, and some of the expensive ones aren't worth the extra money. Needless to say you can blow through a … [Read more...] about The best vacuum for your cleaning business
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How to get small business health insurance
The decision to start your own business will mean that many of you will need to obtain health insurance at some point. Whether it's just for you or your family, it's not something you should be trying to do without. Sadly far too many folks do take that chance and "hope" nothing will happen whenever a gap in insurance occurs. Trying to pull that off in the future will be much … [Read more...] about How to get small business health insurance
List of the supplies you’ll need to get started
UPDATED 10/16/2021: One of the nice things about starting a cleaning business is that you don't need to purchase a lot of supplies to get started. In most cases everything you need can fit in just about any vehicle. This is because the vast majority of jobs you will land in the beginning stages of your business will be of the smaller variety, allowing for a minimal amount of … [Read more...] about List of the supplies you’ll need to get started
The different types of cleaning business ownership
The act of starting a cleaning business involves making some decisions very early on. None of them are terribly hard, but each one requires that you do a little homework nonetheless. One of first decisions you need to make is figuring out what form of business ownership you will be pursuing. The main choices are registering as a Sole Proprietor, as a Limited Liability Company, … [Read more...] about The different types of cleaning business ownership
Employee didn’t show up. What do you do?
You get a phone call first thing in the morning, it's one of your customers. They left a short but sobering message that went something like this... "You didn't clean my office last night". Call me right away!" At this point you are in a bit of shock, you have no idea that your employee did not go to the job. No phone call from them, no text message, nothing at all. What do … [Read more...] about Employee didn’t show up. What do you do?