Product Description
by Laura Jorstad (Author), Melinda Morse (Author)
This comprehensive guide provides all the necessary tools and strategies one needs to successfully launch and grow a business cleaning homes. The authors combine personal experience with expert advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based housecleaning business. In addition to the essentials common to the series, this volume also includes information on franchising, selecting cleaning products and treating stains, and much more. Special features include:
- a sample service manual - room-by-room home-cleaning plans - a sample invoice - a service and payment record - a checklist of start-up requirementsThis new edition will also address the benefits of cleaning with "green" ecofriendly chemicals-both from an environmental and a marketing perspective.
Back Jacket
Everything you need to know to run a successful housecleaning business from your home Have you ever thought about starting your own home-based house-cleaning business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your business. Laura Jorstad and Melinda Morse combine personal experience with expert advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based housecleaning business. They explain how to get started, develop a service manual, screen clients, serve customers, select cleaning products, learn from the competition, and set up a home office, as well as how to use the Internet to grow your business. This new edition also addresses the benefits of cleaning with "green," ecofriendly chemicals--both from an environmental and a marketing perspective. Use these special features and workbook pages: Sample service manualRoom-by-room home-cleaning plansSample invoiceService and payment record Checklist of start-up requirements
Author Biography
Laura Jorstad is a freelance writer and editor.
Melinda Morse started a successful housecleaning business in 1994 to help pay for graduate school. She has since earned a Ph.D., expanded her business, and launched a writing career.
