Member Profile: Tannis Harrison

Your Name: Tannis Harrison

Name of your business: Maid By Me

When did you open your business? 2006

What services do you offer? Residential cleaning and venturing into boat cleaning.

Why did you start the business? Recession.

How many people are in your company? 3

What has been the biggest surprise, good or bad, since you started? Continuous turnover.

What is the toughest part of running your business? Continuous turnover, hiring, training.

What is the best part of running your business? ...looking forward to that day (RUNNING my business).

Is there anything that you would have done differently? Just one...everything.

What is the most important thing you will be adding, doing, changing in the next year for your business? Training myself and building to sell a portion of the business.

Where do you see your business in 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years? No clue! 

What advice could you give others and please don't hold back! Seek out and listen and act on what successful cleanng companies have done and are saying. Pay whatever it takes to learn the process before hiring.

How do you use MyHouseCleaningBiz.com to help you with your business? Just starting.

School - high school, college, technical school: In Canada.

What are some of your prior jobs or businesses? 5 star hotels (not cleaning), modeling, 4-5 star restaurant server.

Is there a specific person or event in your life that made you decide to go into business for yourself? No, but Tony Robbins keeps me going even if by a thread some days.

Web Site: http://www.maidbyme.org

Email Address: [email protected]