When you start your cleaning business, what do most of you think of first? Getting customers! So far so good, you're on the right track. After all, you won't last very long if you don't find some cleaning accounts real quick. The next part of the process is where some people get tripped up though. This is because many people think they are only selling cleaning services to … [Read more...] about 5 Tips For Making A Great First Impression
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If You Believe You Can Do It, Then You Can Do It!
For those who are considering starting a cleaning business, belief can play an important role in your success. Belief is defined in the dictionary as “any cognitive content held as true”. It may be possible to succeed without having belief, but I doubt it. For me, I find it hard to see how you could ever convince others to do business with you if you didn't think (deep down) … [Read more...] about If You Believe You Can Do It, Then You Can Do It!
Repetition, the secret marketing ingredient for your cleaning business.
Repetition is defined as an "act that repeats". This "repetition" is the key to your success in the cleaning business. What this means is that you need to be consistently "seen" by your potential customers. How often your "seen" in regards to your business directly effects your bottom line. Now this will apply to each of you differently, as each cleaning company has it's own … [Read more...] about Repetition, the secret marketing ingredient for your cleaning business.
Lack of respect and courtesy cost business owner cold hard cash
A while back I was in a sandwich shop ordering lunch. The shop was busy with patrons both ordering and picking up their meals. This business employs many teenage kids, most probably working their first job ever. I must say however it was running rather smoothly until I heard someone yelling a few feet away. It was the owner of the place screaming at one of the kids who was on … [Read more...] about Lack of respect and courtesy cost business owner cold hard cash
More Tidbits About How “Perception” Affects Your Cleaning Business
In a past blog Tom talked about the power of perception (the importance of how you look, act and other random issues with appearance). In this blog I want to expand on that a bit because perception is just so important. To put this is perspective for you, if people "perceive" you are neat and clean, they see you as someone who does a good job. But if they "perceive" you as … [Read more...] about More Tidbits About How “Perception” Affects Your Cleaning Business