QUESTION: I’m having a few staffing issues that I’d like to deal with before my busy season hits in September. What can I do to get my business running smoothly before I have no time to deal with it? ANSWER: You are a genius, did you know that? Thinking ahead and making changes to your b
Question: What can I do to get more customers this summer? My typical summer slump is killing me this year! Answer: This all too common problem has an easy answer and a hard one. The easy answer is to stop worrying about the slump and take advantage of this slow period to make much needed updates an
QUESTION: I’m frustrated with how little my per job profit is. How do I increase my profits without alienating my current clients? What should I do? ANSWER: That is a great question, one that I hear all of the time. It frustrated me when I owned my cleaning business. Then I realized that there
Remember when you first started your business and you got that first big contract or hired your first employee? The excitement that you felt was so energetic. I know that when I was on a successful roll at the beginning of my cleaning business, I could work all day and all night on my big plans with
“I Want to Buy Your Business For $500K Cash”. Are you waiting for an offer like this for your business? Is it realistic? Do people really sell their service businesses and can they make very much money when they do? Yes, you absolutely can sell your business for big bucks, with a lot of
Year’s ago a business mentor of mine gave me some good advice. She said “If you want to be a successful small business, then you can best help yourself by finding other successful businesses, and behave as they do.” Now years later I have to agree that there are definitely similari
Why is it that sometimes it seems like you are working like crazy, but when all is said and done, you are dog tired, but still broke? Well, the answer may be surprisingly more simple then you may expect. Let’s look at a few questions about your business. Ask yourself: Do you make a healthy pro
“It is Friday night at 6:00pm, and I am exhausted. I just got home from cleaning 2 enormous houses because one of my staff of four house cleaners is sick today, and we had some jobs that just had to get done. Before I can call it quits for the day, I check the phone messages, and find that the
Profitability is important to all of us. To improve your profit you have two options … increase sales or decrease costs. Of course, there are hundreds of ways to improve a company’s profits , but this article contains ten quick ideas. Know your Vision. When you have a clear idea of what
