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Do you know how to how to niche down in your cleaning business? We're talking with Liz Trotter from Castle Keepers about finding your niche in the cleaning industry. You can streamline your customer details with https://HousecallPro.com/Angela Grow your small business by inventing a cleaning niche, like icky bathtubs, new moms, or garage cleaning. Today we cover specialty cleaning and ways to upsell and get customer referrals.

We never planned to move in! If you've ever cared for an elderly parent and bam, you are living at their house, it can be tough. Professional organizer, Janet M. Taylor shares ways to streamline both households. You can also streamline your customer updates, and invoicing for your cleaning clients with https://HousecallPro.com/Angela Need two sets of everything? No. Downsizing your stuff is all about donating, tossing and decluttering.

Everybody likes accounting but if you're a cleaning business owner, you need to love it. Today, Meaghan Likes shows us how easy it is to automate your expenses with QuickBooks. Go to HousecallPro.com/Angela to automate the scheduling, tracking and invoicing tasks of your cleaning business. Cleaning expenses can make accounting a nightmare when you don't track of profit and loss. If you're a house cleaner or own a maid service, the time you save is money in your pocket.

Booking software - is the price firm or is that an estimate? Homeowners price shop cleaning services and fear bait and switch pricing. Simplify all your pricing by automating your invoicing and collections with https://HousecallPro.com House cleaners and maids use booking software to give ballpark pricing before doing a walkthrough.

Do you know what to do before cleaning a house? If you're a new house cleaner, there's a lot going on when you enter a client's home for the first time. Taking on cleaning jobs with changing expectations will become confusing fast! That's why professional house cleaning starts with job bidding and house cleaning walkthroughs. If you're not sure how to give job estimates for your cleaning services, look no further, we're here to help.

Cleaning myths are hard to kick. Bruce Vance, a cleaning expert, shines a light on common cleaning mistakes housekeepers make. Do you know what cleaning products to use or how to clean and disinfect your home? Do you swear by time-proven cleaning hacks? It's time to expose the persistent house cleaning myths getting in the way of having a cleaner house. Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsors are Savvy Cleaner Training for house cleaners and maids.

MaidThis. Neel Parekh is launching an exciting turnover service referral agency in California for VRBOs. Guests expect a clean house, and if you're an Airbnb host, the last thing you want to worry about is cleaning. This year, they'll make it easy for house cleaners and maids to connect with new clients. Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsors are Savvy Cleaner (Maid service and hospitality training.) And Turnover Cleaning Tips (with resources for the caretaker or home-sharing live-in host.)

How to get your cleaning mojo back and stay motivated at work can be difficult for a house cleaner. Do you ask yourself how to reclaim your confidence after losing motivation at work? Are you struggling to find your cleaning motivation? Save time on your CRM Admin tasks so you can stay focused on doing what you love. Check out at https://HousecallPro.com/Angela

Advertising for your house cleaning business can be expensive if you haven't done your marketing. #Advertising costs money, marketing costs time. #AngelaBrown says before you run ads for cleaning service you need social proof. Join Facebook groups and hone your networking skills for referrals. Only then are you ready for advertising for your house cleaning business. You'll get more business if you build your cleaning brand and marketing first.

Lead by example with Alonzo Adams a residential cleaning pro. How to be a better leader and professional house cleaner are good questions to ask for your cleaning business. Leadership skills are the foundation of your professional cleaning service. Adams, a natural-born leader and 27-year veteran of Busy Bee Cleaning Company is a founding member of ARCSI. (Association of Residential Cleaning Services International).

Coronavirus and what house cleaners don't want you to know is on the mind of maids and housekeepers. News of the Coronavirus outbreak is everywhere. But what steps to prevent the Coronavirus illness should you take? If you're a homeowner you may be asking yourself, "Should I cancel my house cleaner?" Angela Brown, the house cleaning guru says that there has never been a better time to hire a professional house cleaner to disinfect your home.

When a client refuses a reclean, you may feel like you have a high maintenance customer. As a house cleaner, it is important to clarify expectations with your cleaning client. When a client refuses a reclean it doesn't mean you have difficult cleaning clients. How to talk to cleaning clients is an art every house cleaner can learn. A frustrated client is bad for business and costs money on your customer satisfaction policy.

The Juno Summit is a fundraiser for Juno Smith who has B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Katie Lambert joins us with details about one of the largest events on tap for the house cleaning industry. April 23-25, 2020 in Fort Collins, Co. Building a support system for your small business is an important lifeline to have. Don't miss this one of a kind event.

Do logo colors for your cleaning business matter? Did you know that logo colors trigger emotions like trust, reliability and caring? It's true, there is a best color for a house cleaning logo. Picking brand colors for your residential cleaning company should be well thought out and part of your brand strategy. #AngelaBrown says the emotions of color can be the difference in winning or losing a client.

Damage control to save your reputation keeps a house cleaning business afloat. Wondering how to create good rapport? Or how to fix a bad reputation for your professional house cleaning business? We have the answers. We also have a way to save you time on your CRM Admin tasks. Check it out at https://HousecallPro.com/Angela House cleaners can make mistakes. Knowing how to handle a bad situation can make or break your credibility as a small business.