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    Start Your Cleaning Business the Right Way
    Start Your Cleaning Business the Right Way
    Start Your Cleaning Business the Right Way
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    Start Your Cleaning Business the Right Way

    By Lori Abraham

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    Starting a Cleaning Business? want the facts? want a good chance at succeeding?

    I was in the cleaning business for over 35 years. I have watched countless individuals and couples start, fail and work themselves to the bone and for not much of anything.

    The business setup steps in this book will get you started on the right track from day one.

    You will find practical advice steps to take and in the proper order to get legal,get licensed,get insured,set up a basic office and learn ways to protect yourself and your new business.

    What license do you need.

    Understanding insurance.

    Paying yourself and your employees if you decide to hire.

    How much can you charge.

    How much to charge for extras and what extras are.

    Information gathering for potential new customers.

    Help in obtaining new customers.

    Your at their home, now what!

    How to handle customers that try to get extras thrown in for free.

    Problem customers.

    Customers that cancel and how to handle them.

    Scopes of work for general cleans.

    Should you supply cleaning chemicals or not and how to decide.

    What cleaning chemicals should you keep on hand.

    And so much more.

    This book is a must read if you want the opportunity to succeed in the cleaning business.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9780988960602
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      Start Your Cleaning Business the Right Way - Lori Abraham

      Start Your Cleaning Business

      The Right Way

      By Lori Abraham

      Publisher: Lori Abraham

      P.O. Box 2415

      Naples Florida 34106

      Copyright © 2013 by Lori Abraham.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written consent from the author and publisher.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: First Things First

      Chapter 2: License(s)

      Chapter 3: Banking

      Chapter 4: Insurance

      Chapter 5: Payroll Service

      Chapter 6: Company Technology

      Chapter 7: Printed Goodies

      Chapter 8: Advertising Ideas

      Chapter 9: Meeting New Customers

      Chapter 10: Sticky Situations

      Chapter 11: Recap

      Chapter 12: Residential Cleaning

      Chapter 13: Moneymakers

      Chapter 14: Pets

      Chapter 15: Supplying Tools

      Chapter 16: Supplying Chemicals

      Chapter 17: Green Cleaning Thoughts

      Chapter 18: Basic Office Needs

      Chapter 19: Put on Your Business Face

      Chapter 1: First Things First

      Taking Care of Business Before Getting into Business

      Before you get started, obtain a notebook dedicated to your new business. Your notebook will become your best friend when it comes to keeping track of information, pricing, thoughts, and for general note taking. Keep your new pal handy.

      If you choose to incorporate, you can do it yourself online for between two and three hundred dollars. If you decide to do it yourself, visit a CPA (certified public accountant) and get their advice or help with the process. Google search for accountants in your neighborhood and make sure you are talking to a qualified CPA— not just a bookkeeper. Bookkeepers keep books, but they may not be required to follow the same legal standards as CPAs.

      You will also need a federal ID number, which can be handled at the same time as the incorporating process online. There is a small fee for this service. Until you get a federal ID number, you will have to use your social security number in this dealing. I chose a Subchapter S corporation, and for me this was an excellent choice, but you may decide to go with an LLC. Subchapter S-tax status and LLC corporations are in my opinion a much better way for you to begin your new business. There are tax benefits and legal protections that you will receive by choosing either one of these. One of the most obvious benefits is that you will not pay self- employment tax on your gross revenues which is at present $13.30 per hundred dollars of your business bank deposits. Speaking to a certified public accountant will give you a solid understanding of the benefits and protections that either the S-corp or the LLC provide. Since I am not a CPA or an attorney I cannot advise you, and it is definitely more complex than I have described here – yet another reason that you need help in making an informed, educated decision.

      A DBA is an individual 'doing business

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