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Best Books for House Cleaners

House Cleaner Training / By Angela Brown

Best books for house cleaners are books that promote your maid services. Or make you a better housekeeper. Reading every day is great schooling for house cleaners and soon you’ll have your own list of best books. The House Cleaning Guru, Angela Brown shares her tip of the day. Among her best books are excellent material for weekly meetings.

Here you’ll find a great education for maids.

Change the way you think and talk and it will change the way you interact with the customers. Learn, teach and create a collection of your own great reference books.

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I Should Have Said No – Weirdest Cleaning Requests

Observations / By Angela Brown

I should have said no to the weirdest cleaning requests.

As a house cleaner or maid, we aim for customer service and customer satisfaction. But the day will come when you’ll have a cleaning mistake that will leave you saying “I should have said no.”

Today on Ask a House Cleaner tips include a house cleaning waiver and knowing when to walk away.

Housework Twilight Zone style will leave you with regret, lessons learned and saying “I should have said no.”

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No Money – How to Start a Cleaning Business When You’re Broke

No money? Lots of house cleaners start a cleaning business with no money. They have student loans, are in debt and need a job.

Today on Ask a House Cleaner we look at business growth and development that starts with no money plus action. Relying on business strategy, business marketing and paying your dues you can build an empire.

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Percentage of Clean vs. Messy Houses

Business Ownership, House Cleaner Training / By Angela Brown

Percentage of clean vs messy houses is a question that came up from one house cleaner. It’s a fair question so she can plan enough time to clean a filthy mess. Not all homes will be spotless and need a quick wipe down.

Is there a way to gauge the percentage of tidy homes against the number of cluttered homes in any area?

Today on Ask a House Cleaner we look at the percentage question along with questions to ask your prospects so everybody is playing on the same page. This will give you enough time to do a great job every time. On time.

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Cleaning Lady? I’m a Cleaning Specialist!

Ask a House Cleaner, Marketing for House Cleaners / By Angela Brown

Cleaning specialist or Housecleaner? Call me anything, but don’t call me the “cleaning lady.” LOL

Today on Ask a House Cleaner we look at titles. How do you want people to refer to you? Are you hired help? A Cleaning pro? A Cleaning Authority? Housekeeper? Cleaning Connoisseur? A cleaning technician or just a good old-fashioned maid?

Does it matter?
Actually – it does for marketing purposes so customers can find you.

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