Ask a house Cleaner, Employee to Employer, Savvy Cleaner

Employee to Employer – Maid Starts Her Own Cleaning Company

Employee to employer – Are you a Maid going on your own to start a cleaning business? The House Cleaning Guru, Angela Brown covers some tips to avoid a lawsuit. Learn ways to prevent competing with your current employer. Avoid breaking a non-compete clause, or employee theft, and leave with your previous employer’s blessing.
It’s easy to want to appropriate clients who know you and treat you like family but the support from your current employer is worth far more if you’ll follow these strategies.

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Ask a House Cleaner, Price Cleaning Services, Savvy Cleaner

Price By The Hour or Job for House Cleaning?

Price by the hour or by the job? Every maid who runs a maid service and every house cleaner asks this question. What is a fair price? How much should I charge to clean a house? If you bid by the job you have to do an in-home estimate to determine how much work is involved. If you price your cleaning services by the hour – you simply quote a price and schedule a number of hours.

Today on Ask a House Cleaner we look at pricing your cleaning services and ways for a new cleaning company to skyrocket their business out of the shoot and generate the most profit.

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Ask a House Cleaner, Bidding Jobs, Savvy Cleaner

Bidding Residential Cleaning Jobs – Secrets and Tips (2017)

Bidding residential cleaning jobs is not a mystery. Today on Ask a House Cleaner we cover some secrets and tips to prepare you for your initial walkthrough. Learn about the cleaning proposal, cleaning contract, and questions homeowners will have.

Arrive with confidence when you deliver your free in-home estimate, and become a Savvy Cleaner because you’ve landed the deal. Cleaning bids have never been easier.

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Ask a House Cleaner, Don't Feel Safe, Savvy Cleaner

Safe? Don’t Feel Safe – Should House Cleaners & Maids Follow Their Gut?

Don’t feel safe? Should house cleaners and maids follow their gut? It’s a concern for new house cleaners entering a client’s home. Today on Ask a House Cleaner we discuss common sense solutions for dealing with fear. What is intuition and how does it work? What do you do when the fight or flight response kicks in? Do you stay or do you go?

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Ask a House Cleaner, Too Comfortable, Savvy Cleaner

Too Comfortable? Cleaning Customer is Taking Advantage of Me

Too Comfortable? When house cleaning clients have known you for a long time, it’s easy for them to push boundaries and expect too much. This leads to them taking advantage of you. As a house cleaner or maid, you still have a finite amount of time to clean their house.

Today on Ask a House Cleaner we look at setting boundaries to keep your customers’ expectations and your customer service in check.

It’s great to be friendly with your clients. But when they become too friendly, or too comfortable, it becomes unprofitable.

BONUS: The House Cleaning Guru, Angela Brown shares her secret on renewable contracts. (This is part of her paid house cleaner training.)

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