Cleaning for Profit: A business education for starting and growing a cleaning company

Cleaning for Profit covers all aspects of starting and growing a professional cleaning company. Learn to be a cleaning technician by discovering the exact science of cleaning, straight from the author who holds multiple professional certifications in the industry. Cleaning for Profit provides a business education one might expect from a MBA program but specifically tailored to a 40 billion dollar annual US industry. The book reveals many secrets for instance did you know that no single player has yet developed a monopoly in the cleaning industry?. This is the kind of material one would expect to receive if he or she were to shell out thousands of dollars for a franchise. Tables, worksheets and examples from the author's repeated success are provided to facilitate the actual planning and roll out for a new company or a company wanting to grow..Cleaning for Profit is sure to help even established companies seeking an edge in the marketplace. Included within the pages are tips from over twenty years of experience winning and maintaining cleaning contracts for both residential and commercial contracting. If someone were to gift an inexperienced individual an actual going business complete with assets, a client list and the rest of it, the hard truth is that the brand itself would most likely be lost. Peter Drucker said it best: "The most important factor of production is and always has been Knowledge". For the cleaning industry this is that book. From general office cleaning to nineteen other niche areas covered within Cleaning for Profit. Bound to become a groundbreaking compilation of reference material for all cleaning professionals. In addition to the secret specialties presented within its pages a thorough presentation is provided to assist readers at starting a maid service, janitorial service, or a window cleaning service. All in a single volume!
Chapters include:
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 - Seeing Yourself as a Businessman Who Cleans (Becoming that person)
Chapter 3 – Specialization, Finding the Cheese (covering several types of cleaning opportunities that are tried and true yet often go unnoticed)
Chapter 4 – Viewing Your Horizon Literally & Figuratively (critically important planning often neglected until it is too late including, exit strategy, valuation and so on)
Chapter 5 - Establishing Your Business Identity
Chapter 6 - Choosing Your Business Structure (the legal mambo jumbo, and Insurance needs)
Chapter 7 - Means to Clean (Your Tools)
Chapter 8 - Estimating Your Time and Income (what really works)
Chapter 9 – Proposals and Negotiations (the know how to getting your estimates approved)
Chapter 10 - Using Numbers for Your Business (accounting, controls and finance)
Chapter 11 - Restoring the Clientele’s View
Chapter 12 – The Hats That You Wear
Chapter 13 - Employer-Employee Relationship (staffing the outfit)
Chapter 14 - Situational Management Techniques
Chapter 15 - Workplace Safety (critical for loss prevention)
Chapter 16 - Types of Windows
Chapter 17 - Cleaning Different Types of Windows
Chapter 18 - Window Cleaning in Different Places
Chapter 19 - Marketing (the secret sauce)
Chapter 20 - Customer Service (actual examples from real life)
Chapter 21 - Loss Prevention (the stuff that protects your investment)
Chapter 22 - Handling Money (It's what you keep that counts)
Chapter 23 – Conclusion: Window Pains and Joys
Glossary of Terms
Window Terms You Should Know
Links to Your State
Compliance Resources
And a workbook area with plenty of exercises, glossary of terms and much more.