EPISODE · Apr 4, 2020 · 30 MIN
Episode #31 - Are You Making These Mistakes in Your Cleaning Business? - Steve Hanson
from The ZenMaid Podcast · host ZenMaid
Are you making these common mistakes expanding into commercial cleaning? Steve Hanson tells you the most common mistakes that cleaning business owners make when moving into commercial cleaning market and what you can do to avoid them. You will learn: - the key differences between how residential and commercial cleaning businesses are run - why it's a big mistake to sell your services on price - why offering discounts is killing your biz - why you are likely bidding too high for the commercial contracts - what exactly you should be training your commercial cleaning teams on (hint: it's not all cleaning related!) Steve Hanson, C.P.T. - I.C.E., is President of TheJanitorialStore.com and MyHouseCleaningBiz.com, which helps cleaning business owners start, grow and scale their Maid Services. Steve has 32 years of experience in the cleaning industry. His first company, Hanson Building Maintenance, Inc. was in Boise, Idaho. Read the blog post at: www.zenmaid.com/magazine/commercial-vs-residential-cleaning-business/ This awesome talk was just one of 44 expert talks shown in the Maid Summit - the first & online virtual conference for Maid Services. Watch the other talks here: https://maidsummit.com
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Are you making these common mistakes expanding into commercial cleaning? Steve Hanson tells you the most common mistakes that cleaning business owners make when moving into commercial cleaning market and what you can do to avoid them. You will learn:- the key differences between how residential and commercial cleaning businesses are run- why it's a big mistake to sell your services on price- why offering discounts is killing your biz- why you are likely bidding too high for the commercial contracts- what exactly you should be training your commercial cleaning teams on (hint: it's not all cleaning related!) Steve Hanson, C.P.T. - I.C.E., is President of TheJanitorialStore.com and MyHouseCleaningBiz.com, which helps cleaning business owners start, grow and scale their Maid Services. Steve has 32 years of experience in the cleaning industry. His first company, Hanson Building Maintenance, Inc. was in Boise, Idaho. Read the blog post at: www.zenmaid.com/magazine/commercial-vs-residential-cleaning-business/ This awesome talk was just one of 44 expert talks shown in the Maid Summit - the first & online virtual conference for Maid Services. Watch the other talks here: https://maidsummit.com
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