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Technical and How To
Technical and How To
46 products
Hard Floor Care
Hard Floor Care
11 products
Management, Supervion and Marketing
Management, Supervion and Marketing
12 products
Carpet,Upholstery and Drapery
Carpet,Upholstery and Drapery
22 products
Inspections and Claims
Inspections and Claims
11 products
Self Employment and Small Business Management
Self Employment and Small Business Management
13 products
Household Cleaning and Maid Services
Household Cleaning and Maid Services
8 products
Bidding and Estimating
Bidding and Estimating
10 products
Other Books of Interest
Other Books of Interest
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Housekeeping Handbook for Institutions, Business and Industry
Valuable for housekeeping managers and supervisors in any type of facility! The author's vast experience ranges from industrial and chemical engineering to managing the maintenance of several facilities. He has written many books and more than 100 articles related to cleaning and maintenance. In this book, Feldman discusses the operation and management of housekeeping services, employee training, supervision, and ways to get the job done quicker, better and safer. Several chapters are devoted to custodial facilities, equipment and chemicals. The appendix has sections for special cleaning problems and industry examples to compare with your own business environment. Excellent for training supervisors and managers. This is an industry classic, written by an expert in the field, truly one of the finest books available on professional cleaning management. 423 pages, Published (1978) ...Binding/Hardcover.
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How to Buy a Small Business or Sell One: A Procedures Manual
This book presents a comprehensive eleven step, detailed procedure for buying or selling a service business. Purchasers learn how to identify legitimate, profit-making enterprises with potential and how to avoid being duped by an unscrupulous operator's tactics and tricks. Sellers are shown how to present their business in the best possible light and sell for the maximum value and return on their investment of time and money.
56 pages
Binding: Comb
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How to Clean Windows Like The Pros
The first-book-of-its-kind book is filled with practical bidding advice and pieces of information that most window cleaners and janitorial companies may take for granted. Highlights of the book include the following: A list of questions one should ask when bidding, a breakdown of the different methods of bidding each type of window cleaning, and a look at the bidding philosophies that create profitable companies or send them into ruin
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How to Earn $15 to $50 an Hour with a Pick-Up Truck or Van
If you own a truck or van, you can be earning money within a few days. Essential reading for the unemployed or the under employed who seek a fascinating and surprisingly profitable alternative method of earning a living. This book explains the steps necessary for setting up a business with no additional capital investment or experience. Included are rate charts, sample ads, practical tips, and much sound workable advice.
128 pages
Binding: Paper
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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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How to Start a Corporation Without a Lawyer, for Under $75
This book shows you how you can start your own corporation in any state, without expensive legal fees or leaving your home. Included are important step by step instructions plus all the forms needed to set up and keep the business legal.
108 pages
Binding: Paper
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How to Start a Window Cleaning Business

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A great one person business that's easy to start, in demand everywhere and highly profitable as supply and equipment costs are minimal. Judy Suval provides complete information on licenses, taxes, advertising, bookkeeping, and step by step procedures for cleaning windows profitably on a full or part time basis. Suval compares servicing commercial and residential accounts and details how to price your work for profit. Illustrations, diagrams, and sample forms are included, along with a short chapter on bartering, bidding and finding customers.
100 pages
Binding: Paper
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How to Start and Operate a Successful Cleaning Business

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A guide for new or diversifying businesses and a valuable reference tool for managers and owners of established operations. The author gives facts, examples, and current information on how small service businesses can be started and operated in a profitable manner. Over twenty different cleaning related services are reviewed. All can be started with a minimum investment. Examples range from office, home, and industrial cleaning to high-pressure washing and carpet cleaning. This book is packed full of practical advice and information on such management subjects as marketing, supervision, employee training and bidding. It is the official training manual for the Association of Cleaning Technicians (ACT) and the Professional Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners Association (PCUCA).
278 pages
Binding: Paper

 

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How-To Handbook of Carpets
This book provides authoritative information on the installation of all types of carpeting. Chapters provide facts on construction, identification, measuring, estimating, and installation. Learn the hows and whys of hundreds of recommended procedures written in a clear step by step procedural format. A valuable resource for carpet installers, retailers, buyers, architects, cleaning crews and inspectors. An industry classic, limited supply available.
386 pages
Binding: 3 ring
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How-to Start a Construction Cleanup Service
In How-to Start a Construction Cleanup Service, you’ll find everything you need to plan, open, and get to work in the field of post-construction cleaning. In this comprehensive guidebook that’s the first of its kind released to the public, author, President, and CEO, Mitchell Hardin, Jr. shares all of the information, resources, and industry secrets he’s gleaned from decades of running his own lucrative business, Hi-Lite Enterprises, Inc. DBA Hi-Lite Janitorial.
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