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How To Start A Window Cleaning Business

by Judy Suval

One of our most popular books, now more useful than ever. 100 pages packed with tips and techniques, solutions to difficult cleaning problems, and a review of tools and equipment. Includes an in-depth Appendix with updated resources, software, web-sites, and a 1997 price list of equipment and chemicals. Has all you need to know about advertising, licenses, taxes, financing, bookkeeping, pricing and more.

Product Code: WCB Price: $25.00

Everything You Need To Know To Start A House Cleaning Service. Mary Pat Johnson

Complete information that relates directly to running a house cleaning service, based on her experience of owning and operating "Dial A-Mop."

How To Start and Operate A Successful Service Business

by Wm R. Griffin 278 pages

An official manual for the Association of Cleaning Technicians (ACT) and the Professional Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners Association (PCUCA). Packed full of practical advice on beginning a business, marketing, supervision, employee training and bidding.

Earn $50,000 A Year. Start Your Own Cleaning Business!

by Gary Clipperton

Book and 5 audio cassettes in a three-ring binder.

Discusses getting started, prospecting, time management, pricing guidelines, quality control, and cleaning techniques. Written and produced by a successful cleaning contractor.

Profitable Bookkeeping For Cleaning Businesses

by Frank Kovach

A simple, effective system for maintaining your financial records. Introduces the small business person to terminology and tax laws.

How To Sell and Price Contract Cleaning

by Wm R. Griffin and John Davis 900 pages

Full of information to help you put together a winning proposal and competitive bid for cleaning service contracts. Includes bid estimate sheets, time and production standards, supply usage charts, legal contracts, and much more.

Drapery Cleaning On-Site

by Barry Hacken

A possible add-on service for the residential window cleaner, this book tells you all you need to get started. Covers equipment, chemicals, and procedures.

PROFESSIONAL CLEANING REPORTS (available for $10.00 each)

PC #10 Subcontracting, One Way To Increase Profits

PC #15 Window Washing: Residential and Commercial Accounts

PC #16 Insurance and Bonding, Facts For Self-Employed Cleaners

PC #19 Awning Cleaning, An Opportunity For Profit

PC #33 Ten Tips For Better Bidding

PC #52 Government Bid Sources and Documents

VIDEO:

Super-Speed Window Cleaning an instructional video by Joel Andrews. Teaches efficiency and effectiveness through the combination of proper tools and good techniques. Length: 40 min.

Product Code: VWC Price: $65.00

AVAILABLE FROM YOUR BOOKSELLER:

Honest Business: A Superior Strategy for Starting and Managing Your Own Business, by Michael Phillips and Salli Rasberry (Shambhala Publications, 1996). 177 pages. This book looks particularly at personal ethics.

Small-Time Operator: How To Start Your Own Small Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble, by Bernard Kamorof, CPA (Bell Springs Press, 22 edition, 1997). 200 pages. The straightforward, easy to understand information in this book is invaluable. The chapters on Bookkeeping and Taxes are particularly helpful.

The Womanís Guide To Starting A Business, by Claudia Jessup and Genie Chipps (Henry Holt Publishers, 3rd edition, 1991). 414 pages. This book contains how-to information and also many specific ideas for small businesses.

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Donít Work and What To Do About It, by Michael E. Gerber. (revised version of the 1985 best seller) 268 pages. Harperbusiness publications, 1995