How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service: With Companion CD – ROM
A lot of people believe that they can set up and operate a cleaning business that will reap big profits with a few dollars and some cleaning supplies. The reality is most of these startups fail in a couple of months. As with any business, it takes hard work and time to develop a profitable cleaning business. However, armed with the detailed information in this new book, you can have your recession-proof cleaning business up and running quickly. You will learn how to build your client list quickly, properly bid on jobs, organize your schedule, and maximize your time and profits. You will learn everything you need to know BEFORE starting your cleaning business. A cleaning service can be run part or full-time and can easily be started in your own home. As such, these businesses are one of the fastest growing segments in the service economy. This new book will teach you all you need to know about starting your own cleaning business in the minimum amount of time. Here is the manual you need
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Review by Edward B. Smith for How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service: With Companion CD – ROM
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The low up-front cost of starting a cleaning service (other than elbow grease) makes this an attractive option for many people thinking about starting their own business. Many would-be entrepreneurs have found out the hard way that it’s easier to start a business than to make one profitable. They could have saved themselves a lot of time, money and handwringing, and developed a profitable business, if they had read Beth Morrow’s How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service beforehand.
Morrow describes step-by-step the process you should go through before opening your own cleaning service, including asking the critical questions you need to answer to know if this is the right business for you. She covers the entire spectrum of cleaning service options from consumer/residential to heavy-duty commercial and industrial specialized services. Morrow also covers many back-office functions that many proprietors overlook, such as obtaining financing, picking the right lawyer and accountant, and developing a marketing plan. The book comes with a companion CD-ROM which contains the forms you’ll need as well as a pre-written business plan in Microsoft Word format that you can customize for your business.
Morrow goes beyond getting you started and wishing you good luck. She assumes that you’re going to make a go of your business and want it to grow and expand. With that in mind, she offers insightful information on how to recruit and keep good workers and paying clients. Equally valuable, she offers wise advice on how to recognize toxic clients and how to learn how to say “No.” If you think there’s a cleaning service in your future, you won`t go wrong making this book your bible.
Review by Gary Eaton for How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service: With Companion CD – ROM
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I have been in the house cleaning business for many years, and just last year I decided to go out on my own. I wish I had read this book first!
Although I made it through the first year, it was a real struggle. Reading How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service was an eye opener for me. This book has so much information on all aspects of running a cleaning business, many of which I had never thought of.
Thanks to this book, I have learned valuable lessons that could have helped me avoid some major mistakes I made early on and will help me avoid many costly mistakes in the future. It has also given me fantastic knowledge on how to better run, and most importantly, market and grow my business. Thanks to this book my business is growing steadily and I am confident it will continue to prosper. This is a must read for any prospective cleaning service entrepreneur.
Review by Christine Richardson for How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service: With Companion CD – ROM
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A good book on cleaning and well laid out – makes it easy to follow. Good for those new to America too – as it lays out many things that those from far away would not know (as those born here would).
I mean, cleaning is a sort of basic business, its not that its hard, its that no one wants to do it – that is the success principle of the cleaning business.
I can really recommend the following book on the subject, its VERY good and anyone fighting the recession will win big if they follow this one book:
Mopping Up Millions!: Making A Killing In Cleaning -
Get busy and make some money! Both books are good, and cover different ground, get both!
Review by K. Manieri for How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service: With Companion CD – ROM
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How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service is the most thorough and comprehensive guide of its kind on the market thus far. With an analysis of everything from startup costs and taxes to setting fees and billing, this book gives its reader absolutely everything he/she needs to get their business started quickly and effectively and set-up for long-term success.
Perhaps one of the best components of this excellent guide is Chapter One which gives a clear picture of what cleaning business owners can expect and asks would-be entrepreneurs to seriously consider whether the cleaning business is right for them. This `look before you leap’ approach will prove to be helpful to many readers. I also loved the numerous case studies written throughout which help drive the book’s points home with real-life examples.
Any new business owner quickly learns that unless the public knows about their business, the phone isn’t going to be ringing. Author Beth Marrow methodically addresses this issue in Chapter Eight (Growing Your Business Through Marketing) and provides a comprehensive strategy for effectively spending advertising dollars. Lastly, the 20+ worksheets and checklists the author provides in the appendix are invaluable and will save cleaning business owners hours of their time.
Review by Mama Scrappy for How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Cleaning Service: With Companion CD – ROM
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This book is very thorough & addresses 99% of issues you’re going to encounter when opening your business. While many of it is common sense to most people, it’s perfectly condensed & worth the price.
I would recommend this book for anyone serious about opening their own cleaning business. The bonus CD is pretty valuable, also.