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About Walter L. Gibson
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I can assist with starting and growing a successful house cleaning business. Specific questions should relate to: marketing; customer relations; estimating jobs; employee hiring and management; office procedures; equipment and supplies procurement; data management; and scheduling.

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I have run an independent residential cleaning business since 1989, and have experienced all aspects involved with this venture. I have created an owner's manual, daily procedures manuals for both office & cleaning staff, employee handbook, business letters, forms and documents necessary for an indepentent business owner to develop a successful cleaning business. These cleaning business forms, letters and manuals are available at MaidDocs.com

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Managing a Business - vacuum cleaners

Expert: Walter L. Gibson - 9/22/2009

Question
Hi Walter,
I just started overseeing this hotel in NH-USA and we have 50 rooms. The previous person has been running down the hotel for the past 5 years and everything is a mess.
Anyway, our room cleaners have been using these $30 upright vacuum cleaners and apparently they burn them out in a few months and buy another one.
I tried talking to vacuum cleaner companies and I get the feeling like when an insurance salesman is talking to me.
What do you recommend for vacuum cleaners?
Thank you Walter.
Randy

Answer
Randy,

Try ordering from www.vacland.com

We use Royal vacuums - commercial grade. They last forever, are easy to work on and the vacland reps are great! If there is anything I cannot work on myself, I take them to a local repair company (but I can order the parts cheaper myself through vacland.com)

You can also order other housecleaning equipment and supplies from them.

Good luck in your new venture!

Walt

Note: You’ll find professional cleaning business forms and more at http://www.MaidDocs.com/shop - MaidDocs provides a start up cleaning business package which includes a cleaning fee estimate calculator; lists of resources; a full color tri-fold customizable brochure, and over a dozen customizable forms and customer letters. When you are ready to grow your business there is a complete Employee Package which includes a guide to hiring and managing cleaning business employees, an employee handbook and cleaning procedures manual; performance reviews and warnings. There is also a payroll template and customer database template. With MaidDocs you can start a cleaning business without a franchise, and keep it growing.

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