When meeting face to face with your cleaning business prospects, you have to prepare and make a list of probing questions to get you prospect talking about their concerns and for you to show your expert problem-solving skills.
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Insurance coverage is one of the most overlooked items in one’s business. The policy is to cover instances that may occur in the future, such as lost items, negligence in the use of chemicals, theft, damage to equipment and the like. The right coverage would be able to keep one’s risk and thus one’s premiums to a manageable level.
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In any service business, the right pricing may be hard to achieve at first because there are no products to speak off. In fact, you are pricing the cost of your labor and this is a precious commodity. However, simple research can actually be a big help in this task. Designating a fee for your services need not be perfect, an educated guess would suffice. You will have time to correct it later on when you start calling for cleaning service bids.
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Studies on the current demographics of the American society show that over 50% of American households have both parents working, and for couples who have finished high school or earned degrees, the number even increases. To top this off, the growing number of divorces has led a lot of single parents to holding two or more jobs.
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If you’re considering joining the lucrative and profitable world of the cleaning industry, it might be tempting to own a cleaning franchise instead of starting your business from the ground up. After all, buying into a cleaning franchise gives you a template that you can easily follow and can be a sure investment. Or is it?
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