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Hard Floor Care
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Management, Supervion and Marketing
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Carpet,Upholstery and Drapery
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Inspections and Claims
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Self Employment and Small Business Management
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Household Cleaning and Maid Services
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How to Sell & Price Contract Cleaning See details
How to Sell & Price Contract Cleaning
This 900 page reference manual is packed full of sound business advice to help you put together a winning proposal and a competitive bid for cleaning services. This book includes bid estimate sheets, time and production standards, supply usage charts, blank forms, job specifications, legal contracts, and markup tables for labor, products and supplies. This nuts and bolts guide is ideal for building owners, property managers and contract cleaners dealing with all types and sizes of properties.
900 pages
Binding: Paper
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Everything You Need to Know to Start a House Cleaning Service See details
Everything You Need to Know to Start a House Cleaning Service

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A house cleaning or maid service is an ideal full or part time business for students, single parents, the retired and others wanting a flexible schedule and an income of $15 to $35 per hour. Author Mary Johnson began her business, Dial-A-Mop, with a thirty-five dollar investment and built it into an operation generating over $170,000 a year and employing twelve people. Johnson shares the secrets of her success as she explains how to avoid unnecessary hassles and setbacks on the road to profit and professional service. Included are sample forms for recording financial and employee data, estimates, schedules and bids. Important tips are given on advertising, bidding, accounting, insurance, competitors, vacations, safety, products, supplies, equipment and employees.
232 pages
Binding: Paper
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From the Other Side of the Bed See details
From the Other Side of the Bed
This book is written by, for, and about women in family owned businesses. The author, Kathy Danco is the wife of Leon A. Danco, Ph.D, one of the nation's leading authorities on family business. She has drawn on conversations with hundreds of women over the past 25 years to provide a realistic view of this previously unexplored "other half" of business ownership and success. Answering questions from how can they help their spouses, even when they refuse to talk about their problems, to defining their relationship with the business so they actually feel it is theirs as much as their spouses. For a family business to achieve its potential, it cannot be in conflict with the family.
180 pages
Binding: Hardback
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Frequently Asked Questions in the Cleaning Industry See details
Frequently Asked Questions in the Cleaning Industry
This user-friendly reference book is written for all people employed in the professional cleaning industry. The focus is on management of organizations, both European and non-European, but the answers are important for anyone in the cleaning industry. The handbook summarizes one hundred of the most Frequently Asked Questions, covering: Workers Health & Safety Regulations: Environment & waste: Certification: HACCP: Production standards: Contracts based on Results and Marketing of Facilities: and more
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Food Store Sanitation See details
Food Store Sanitation
Today's food store has grown considerably from the neighborhood grocery store of the 1960s: with innovations in food marketing and food processing, the supermarket has also taken on the role of caterer, fast-food restaurant, food processor, and Euro-style gourmet food marketer. These innovations have brought about new food-safety problems and concerns.
This book is meant to address the new food store and to present up-to-date methods for assuring the quality, integrity, and safety of all food products sold in the supermarket.
281 Pages
Binding: Hardcover
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Food Service: Health, Sanitation and Safety See details
Food Service: Health, Sanitation and Safety
Sanitation and proper cleaning are necessary for the health of customers and ultimately the profitability of all food service establishments. The authors present, in detail, all aspects of cleaning and maintaining food service operations. This book contains chapters on bacteria and infection control, equipment and chemicals, cleaning techniques, kitchen equipment, management procedures, and safety guidelines. Using the information in this book will enable you to meet or exceed all cleaning related health department standards effectively, smoothly, and within budget. This book provides detailed and illustrated cleaning procedures for all equipment and surfaces found in commercial kitchens, restaurants and food preparation facilities. 315 pagesɂinding 3 ring.
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Floorcovering Dictionary See details
Floorcovering Dictionary
A 300 page terminology reference manual. Ideal for cleaners, manufacturers, supervisors, inspectors, and installers. This well researched and documented guide should be in every cleaning professional's reference library.
300 pages
Binding: Paperback
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Floor Covering: The Only Complete Installation Guide See details
Floor Covering: The Only Complete Installation Guide
Knowing how to install and repair a variety of floor coverings are invaluable skills to have when performing cleaning, inspections or the restoration of flooring surfaces. Formerly to acquire this information, you had to study from a number of different manuals, one for carpet installation, one for hardwood and one for resilient flooring. Now this information is available in one easy to use reference manual.
Chapters deal with installation of carpeting, sheet goods, resilient tile, cove base, plus stairwork, floor preparation, repairs, and pre-finished hardwoods. This book offers practical how-to procedures and methods with clear illustrations and is written in an easy to understand style.
Over 150 pages
Binding: Comb
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Fire's Out! Now What? Disaster Restoration See details
Fire's Out! Now What? Disaster Restoration
This two-volume set of nearly 300 pages covers everything you need to know about disaster restoration organization, management, marketing, and sales. For the professional cleaner who wants to diversify or as a manual for the fire, water, and smoke damage restoration cleaner, this covers everything from hiring employees to the equipment and chemicals needed to do the work. Includes many examples of actual business documents, reports, forms and bills. 300 pageɂinding Comb .
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Fire Restoration and Insurance Work See details
Fire Restoration and Insurance Work
Designed for business owners who operate or are considering starting their own damage restoration business and need to know the basics. Targeted for commercial, industrial, institutional and residential restoration work. Features include: A background on insurance work, an outline of the steps to take after a loss occurs, and how to reach the insurance market. Includes cleaning techniques for content restoration on all types of walls, floors, and furnishings found in commercial and residential buildings. 52 pagesɂinding Paperback.
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Fire and Smoke Damage Repair Guidelines See details
Fire and Smoke Damage Repair Guidelines
Examines restoration from the initial damage inspection through project completion and billing. Developed over two years by the National Institute of Disaster Restoration, it addresses contracts, water damage, toxicity, deodorization, antique restoration, encapsulation, and much more. With an extensive Glossary of terms. 107 Pages ɂinding Paperback.
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Everything You Need to Know to Start a House Cleaning Service See details
Everything You Need to Know to Start a House Cleaning Service

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A house cleaning or maid service is an ideal full or part time business for students, single parents, the retired and others wanting a flexible schedule and an income of $15 to $35 per hour. Author Mary Johnson began her business, Dial-A-Mop, with a thirty-five dollar investment and built it into an operation generating over $170,000 a year and employing twelve people. Johnson shares the secrets of her success as she explains how to avoid unnecessary hassles and setbacks on the road to profit and professional service. Included are sample forms for recording financial and employee data, estimates, schedules and bids. Important tips are given on advertising, bidding, accounting, insurance, competitors, vacations, safety, products, supplies, equipment and employees.
232 pages
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