Start & Run a Home Cleaning Business (Start & Run a)
* Target your market and assess competition
* Start small and grow your business
* Deliver WOW! customer service
* Find your niche in the home cleaning business Home cleaning is one of the fastest-growing service businesses in North America. Today’s demanding careers and lifestyles mean that people have less time to devote to domestic duties, and often more money to pay to have them done. And with the increase in our aging population, this service is fast becoming a necessity. A home cleaning service might start out small, but it has the potential to grow to be a multi-million dollar business with branch offices and franchises, to the point where you need to lease office space, hire staff, purchase a fleet of vehicles, and develop your own products and customized services. Or you may want to go solo and remain small. Whatever your goals are, this book you can help get your business up and running, and help you survive that essential first year
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Review by M. Johnson for Start & Run a Home Cleaning Business (Start & Run a)
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This book is very well written and an excellent guide if the reader is looking to build a successful, profitable home cleaning business. Susan Bewsey does a good job of outlining the steps you need to take to get this business off the ground, and to maintain the business. She also gives a good general idea of what all the business involves. As far as holding your hand to go get the license, bonding and insurance…no, she doesn’t do that. But she does tell you what you need, and where and who to check with to obtain them, and to get more information on them. After all, different country’s, states, and even city’s requirements differ. If you’re going to make it in a business of your own, you need to be able to do some things for yourself.
Review by A. Combs for Start & Run a Home Cleaning Business (Start & Run a)
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The book is so basic – no details. For example, you would think it would go into the details of insurance – what the difference is between bonding and liability insurance and advise you as to which you need, and where to go for this, and how much to expect it to cost. Instead the book only says, “This Insurance is important protection” and will “offset the costs of major damages”. Same with Licenses. It tells you that you need one – offers no advice as to how to go about getting one, if there are fees, etc. – zero details at all. I was very disappointed in this book.
Review by Elayne for Start & Run a Home Cleaning Business (Start & Run a)
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I’ve read and re-read Bewsey’s book, Start and Run a Home Cleaning Business and she’s done a fabulous job. There are lots of ideas for people generally in business for themselves working out of their homes. She has great goal-setting questions and really tries to focus the reader on thinking, not just about cleaning homes, but providing a service that clients will call upon again and again. Bewsey has wonderful customer service ideas, marketing and pricing your service. She’s done a great job and this book has already become a very usable resource.
Review by J. Montgomery for Start & Run a Home Cleaning Business (Start & Run a)
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This book got me started and is wonderful! For even more information check out the global cleaning association site and housecleaning pro site also google Suze and Ev. I’ve read it all and these are the best I’ve found!
Review by E Miles Land for Start & Run a Home Cleaning Business (Start & Run a)
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This is a good book, not too original or with the times though, times are changing fast. I would recommend augmenting it with the Suze and Ev method for starting a cleaning business, which is available online. Google it!