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Computer and Internet
No matter how big or how small your cleaning company is, you are no doubt keeping most of your records on a computer and using the internet to research new products, procedures and other topics. It's tough to keep on top of everything computer related! The computer and internet articles will help get you on the right track when working with:
- Word documents
- Pdf files
- Company website helps
- Software choices
- and more!
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INTERVIEW: John Schwery of Maid Easy Software
This is an audio interview with John Schwery of Maid Easy Software. Listen as John talks about how he got into the residential cleaning business and how the need for management systems paved the way for creating his own customized software solution for his cleaning business. John's software has been in use by maid services all over the country since 1996. . . .
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How to Clean-Up with Facebook
Jean Hanson
By now, most of us are at least somewhat familiar with what Facebook is. What started out as a social networking website on the Harvard campus has evolved into the fifth most visited website worldwide, and the fifteenth most visited here in the United States. With numbers like that, it is clear Facebook isn't just a place where your teenagers spend hours a day visiting with their friends. In the past year, the number of users over the age of 35 has grown by about 50%. Does that sound like the target market age of your prospective clients? It is a powerful tool that is being used more and more to market businesses around the world. Why not yours? . . .
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WEBINAR ON CD: How to Use Twitter to Market Your Cleaning Business
Twitter is the hottest thing to hit the internet in a very long time. It is the most used social media website in the world right now. Are you there? To get a better grasp on Twitter, watch this pre-recorded webinar, where you'll learn how to master the art of using Twitter to build relationships and market your cleaning business! The cleaning industry is starting to get on board with Twitter and you don't want to be left out while your competitors are "tweeting" with your customers or potential customers. . . .
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How to Market your Residential Cleaning Services on the World Wide Web
Jean Hanson
Although it is difficult to get accurate statistics, it is estimated there are over 500 million people out there surfing the web, and half of those regularly. Studies also reveal that three out of four Internet users are in North America. With that many people out there searching, no business should be without a website. However, a search for cleaning services on Google brings up over 13 million entries. So can your cleaning company profit from being on the World Wide Web? Sure it can! But you need to be strategic about how to get visitors to your web site. . . .
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How to Use Keywords to Drive Traffic to Your House Cleaning Business Website
Jean Hanson
If you want your prospective clients to find your website, then you need to show up on the top 1 or 2 pages. It's not likely that potential customers will find you if you are using generic keywords such as "cleaning company" or "house cleaning service". To get your website on the first page or two, you need to build your page around local keyword phrases. . . .
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Make the Home Page of Your Residential Cleaning Business Website a Sales Tool
Jean Hanson
Every day, millions of consumers and businesses either buy products online or use the Internet to find out more information about the products and services they need. Homeowners are looking at company websites and may even give priority treatment to those companies with professional websites that clearly make them stand out in their field. However, most people will only stay on your home page for 10 to 15 seconds. So there is a tremendous burden on that first page of your website to not only clearly spell out the cleaning services you provide, but to also let your visitors know why they should partner with you instead of your competition. . . .
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E-mail Etiquette for Cleaning Companies
Jean Hanson
In the past few years the use of e-mail has exploded. We're using e-mail more than all other methods of communication. The exact number of e-mails sent daily is unknown - estimates vary from 2 billion to 170 billion - and that's each day! What do all these e-mails going back and forth mean for your cleaning business? . . .
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5 Critical Questions To Ask BEFORE You Hire a Web Designer
by Donna Gunter, The Online Biz Resource Queen (TM
Whether you're building a website or a blogsite, the investment in a designer can be fairly significant. It's at this point that many service business owners decide to cut costs and have their 16-year old nephew design their site. This works out well until something breaks (with technology, it's never a question of IF it will break, only WHEN) and your nephew is out of touch because he just started his first year of college and can't be bothered. What are you going to do? . . .
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Tips for Dominating Local Searches on the Internet
Jean Hanson
Do you have a web site for your cleaning business? If so, what are you doing to make sure potential customers can find you? Too many people work on getting their web site done but don't know how to get people in their area to visit the site. They think that if they put it up it will automatically start showing up in the search engine results. . . .
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Putting Your Residential Cleaning Business Website on the World Wide Web
Jean Hanson
Is your residential cleaning company on the World Wide Web? If not, you could be missing out on potential customers. Don't even know where to begin? You can hire a professional website designer, a student or even do it yourself. But before you begin you need to sit down and plan what will go on your cleaning business' website. . . .
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Back UP Your Cleaning Company's Computer Data or Risk Losing it Forever
Jean Hanson
There is an old construction saying, "measure twice, cut once". Now with so many of our business records stored on computers, that saying should be "save once, backup twice". Why backup your files? There are lots of ways computer can lose information and if you don't have a backup system in place, that information might be gone forever! . . .
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10 Reasons Your Cleaning Company Needs a Website
Donna Evans
Do you have a website? Bet you've heard this question before. What's the big deal? Why does a local cleaning service need a website? Isn't that for companies who do business all over the country? Sure, it is, but if you haven't joined the millions of businesses who have a presence in the Internet, then you're missing a huge marketing opportunity. Here are a few reasons your cleaning company needs a website: . . .
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