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.
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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
The “To Do List” My Customer Left for Me
UPDATED 10/13/2021: From time to time your customer may ask you do you a task that falls outside of what you have been hired for. Generally it doesn't happen all that much, but it will occasionally. This comes to mind for me because it just happened to me earlier this week. I've been on a bit of a good roll with the business so I guess I had it coming. The account in question … [Read more...] about The “To Do List” My Customer Left for Me
Lack of “planning” gets me in trouble…
We all know that "having a plan" is important. It's drilled into us by our parents when we were young. I can still hear my mother asking me "what's your plan when things don't work out?". Many times growing up I didn't have a good answer - to the dismay of my mother - but over time I became aware of the value of thinking ahead and having a "Plan B" available. Doing so will … [Read more...] about Lack of “planning” gets me in trouble…
Product Review: 3M Easy Trap Duster System
The 3M Easy Trap Duster System is a product designed to make it easier to dust mop just about any floor surface. I stumbled across it at a trade show for the cleaning industry a few months back. After speaking with company representatives they gave me a bunch of samples to try out. We've been testing them ever since. The product reminds me of a dryer sheet, just thicker with … [Read more...] about Product Review: 3M Easy Trap Duster System