Table of contents for Start your own cleaning service / by Entrepreneur Press and Jacquelyn Lynn.

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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . vii
Chapter 1
An Introduction To Cleaning Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1
The Driving Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . 1.2
Chapter 2
Startup And Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
What Are The Qualifications? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . 2.2
Predictable? Yes And No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . 2.2
Franchise Or Independent Operation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 2.4
Buying An Existing Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . 2.5
Chapter 3
Maid Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3.1
WHO ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 3.2
Beyond Individual Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . 3.3
WHO ARE YOUR COMPETITORS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 3.4
EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . . 3.4
SUPPLIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . . . . 3.6
STANDARD OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . 3.6
What Will You Clean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . 3.7
How Will You Clean?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . 3.7
Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . 3.9
What Does A Typical Day Include? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 3.9
FROM THAT FIRST PHONE CALL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 3.10
Maintaining Customer Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 3.12
PITFALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . . . 3.13
Oops! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . . 3.15
Chapter 4
Janitorial Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
4.1
WHO ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 4.2
WHO ARE YOUR COMPETITORS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 4.2
EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . . 4.4
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Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Building cleaning industry -- Management.
House cleaning -- Management.
New business enterprises -- Management.