Ask a House Cleaner

The ISSA Tradeshow and Convention is the world's largest cleaning conference. It's a cleaning tradeshow with exhibitors, booths, educational sessions, and parties. Check out HousecallPro.com/Angela to streamline your cleaning jobs, scheduling, invoices, and appointments. Come network with attendees or hang out at the round table discussions at Bally's. Marlo Kanipe Owner of Deserved Comfort House...

Wanna know the ugly truth about move-in move-out cleans? Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru joins us on #AskaHouseCleaner to tell us today. Many new house cleaners think working with realtors will give them leverage when bidding a cleaning job. They assume since the homeowner is moving, they HAVE to have a cleaning service. The challenge with move-in move-out cleaning is determining who pays. A...

Should you do charity cleaning when starting a cleaning biz? Charity cleaning is a noble cause any domestic cleaning service can be proud of. Let https://HousecallPro.com/Angela do your repetitive scheduling and CRM tasks. Cleaning for a reason like cancer patients, surgery patients, disabled veterans or the elderly is saintlike. But Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru will tell you that your bi...

The hardest thing about being a cleaning boss is trying to do everything by yourself. Carrie Knight, owner of The Cleaning Boss University drops by #AskaHouseCleaner to share some advice. Delegate your admin tasks to Housecall Pro. The #1 service app for residential cleaning service owners. https://housecallpro.com/Angela If you run a domestic cleaning service you have client and employee challeng...

How do I know if I did a good job cleaning without customer approval? If you're a cleaning technician asking this question this #AskaHouseCleaner is for you. #AngelaBrown The House Cleaning Guru says you don't need client approval. If you run a domestic cleaning service use a worksheet. Inspect your work after #cleaning and give yourself a thumbs up. The cleaning checklist will keep you on task an...

Cleanerpreneur systems will save your domestic cleaning service. Danny Partida founder of Cleanerpreneur and host of The House Cleaning Podcast is here to share tips. As cleaning business owners, you can streamline your business by having the right business tools and techniques. Don't just be a cleaner. Be a #Cleanerpreneur. Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsors are Savvy Cleaner Training for house c...

The ISSA Show North America is the largest cleaning conference in the world. And it' s happening in Las Vegas 2019. One of the presenters is Karina Neff of MaxiMaids Inc. She shares with us tips in today's #AskaHouseCleaner on how to maximize the #CleaningConference Download the app for the ISSA Show North America. Look at the educational sessions, check out the floor plan and mark the booths you...

Cleaning proposals can be a challenge but they don't have to be. The Clean Guru, Dan Liebrecht in today's #AskaHouseCleaner explains cleaning proposals the easy way. The house cleaning and janitorial bidding software remove the guesswork. Cleaning proposals have several parts that include rules and policies, price and dub as your cleaning contract. Today's sponsors are Savvy Cleaner Training for h...

Do you need tips to keep floating when your business is sinking? Liz Trotter, COO, and Partner at Castle Keepers is here to the rescue. Failure as a cleaning business owner is a common feeling among house cleaners and maids. We all get in a business slump when house cleaning every day. Sometimes you feel like your business is falling apart or you just get burned out on house cleaning. On today's #...

Pet peeves that drive Airbnb cleaners nuts are on tap for today's Ask a House Cleaner. Heidi Miget, Owner of Fully Booked Consulting works with Airbnb hosts to make sure they stay fully booked. The pet peeves that drive Airbnb cleaners nuts are common to both the hosts and house cleaners who do the turnover service. As a guest, a host or a domestic cleaning service knowing the pet peeves that driv...

Are you one of those house cleaners afraid to sell? You hate selling or you're just no good at it? At least you don't have to worry about collecting the money and processing payments. It's automated with https://HousecallPro.com/Angela Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru says if you hate to sell you can take a selling 101 class. As a cleaning service, you MUST learn how to sell. You need to be a...

ADHD and the clutter connection are important to understand. And Lisa Woodruff, is the host of Organize365, and author of The Mindset of Organization and How ADHD Affects Home Organization. She joins us on Ask a House Cleaner to help us understand ADHD and the clutter connection.  You don't have to practice minimalism but you don't want hoarding either. And if you can find a clutter free balance i...

Fully Booked Consulting is a program by Heidi Miget to help #Airbnb and #VRBO hosts stay fully booked. The name of the game in the Airbnb business is more bookings, listings that produce a profit, and being fully booked. House Cleaners and maids, of course, do the turnover service, but the bookings come from high ratings and reviews. Airbnb hosts and the domestic cleaning service partners now work...

Bar Keepers Friend is a favorite among professional house cleaners. And today we talk with Chrissy Roark, from SerVaas Laboratories about Bar Keepers Friend. BKF is great for every cleaning caddy because of its many uses. You can use it for #cleaning pots and pans, stainless steel, aluminum, chrome, copper, porcelain and fiberglass. Other powder cleansers like Ajax, Bon Ami, and Comet while great...

How to clean hardwood floors in 3 easy steps with RJ Patel, Vice President of PCT Clean, will change your hardwoods. Automate your house cleaning customer and job details, upsells, invoices and payment with https://HousecallPro.com/Angela The pH cleaner for hardwood floors is an obvious step but DIY cleaning is even better with this method. Whether you're a domestic cleaning service or a homeowner...

Vanessa Higgins shares with us how to create an inspiring home office. If you are a house cleaner, you clean all day. Then you have paperwork to do when you get home. A clean home office is more than ergonomics. Automate your customer details (declutter your home office) with https://HousecallPro.com/Angela Vanessa Higgins, CEO of Clean Tu Casa, says a tidy office removes mental clutter. And every...

Liz trotter explains the doomaloop and how knocking your competition can ruin your maid service. As COO and partner of Castle Keepers, and trainer at Castle Keepers Institute Liz Trotter warns against gossip. The doomaloop is bad mouthing your boss, or talking smack about your competition. Gossiping destroys trust and reputation management is expensive. So, avoid the doomaloop and bad mouthing you...

The hosting journey has amazing cleaning and amazing house cleaners. Superhost Evelyn Badia, the celebrity of The Hosting Journey podcast joins us today to talk about turnover service. Every #VRBO or Airbnb host will tell you cleaning is crucial to the home sharing and guest experience. Whether you're a professional maid service or cleaning solo the quick turn is part of Airbnb cleaning. Make your...

A homeschooling Dad tackles cleaning in today's #AskaHouseCleaner. Ken Carfagno, President of Carfagno Cleaning is a Dadpreneur who does house cleaning at home, and for a job. He believes kids cleaning and doing family cleaning projects strengthen family values. He also coaches those cleaning solo as well as those homeschooling. His message promotes single dad cleaning, single mom cleaning and kid...

RevuKangaroo helps get automatic ratings and reviews for house cleaners. Erika Feinberg, President of RevuKangaroo drops by #AskaHouseCleaner today to talk about surveying clients. Control your reputation by controlling ratings and reviews. The good reviews get moved to marketing automation and pushed out to social media. The bad reviews along with reporting go to customer service. Now you can fix...

We've got Google hacks galore for you. Listen up house cleaners. Royce Ard, Co-owner of My Amazing Maid shares Google hacks galore for maid service SEO. Automate your admin tasks with https://HousecallPro.com/Angela Then spend your free time learning Google hacks galore and doing #cleaningmarketing Boost the visibility of your domestic cleaning service through search engine optimization (a.k.a. SE...

Where do you find good cleaning employees? Jean Hanson, co-founder of MyHouseCleaningBiz.com gives us tips. If you want to hire the best you have to create a company culture people want to be part of. If you wonder where to find employees or how to keep good employees you have to know how to hire the best. Jean Hanson also co-founder of The Janitorial Store and in the cleaning business for 32 year...

Rentalpreneur secrets with Rachel Prince cover a range from what Airbnb guests expect on a short stay. If you are in the hospitality business rentalpreneur secrets will help you improve your VRBO or STR rating. Airbnb cleaning is key for all vacation rentals but it goes beyond the turnover services. It's about being the best Airbnb host or cleaning partner you can be. Today's #AskaHouseCleaner spo...

If you've ever been too embarrassed to ask for help to clean this show is for you. Jessica Litman, The Organized Mama takes a new approach to decluttering. In the past, you would hire a professional organizer to come help you tidy up or offer storage strategies or even help with hoarding. Those too embarrassed to ask for help in person can do it through online coaching. It's a minimalist approach...

How about some wisdom from The Cleaning Coach, Ilze Whiteman? Maid services wonder "how do I grow my cleaning company and manage cleaning staff at the same time?" Automate the repetitive tasks by using https://housecallpro.com/Angela The Cleaning Coach has loads of advice to run your domestic cleaning service. And tips and strategies for marketing your #cleaning business. Today's #AskaHouseCleaner...