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3 Most Important Things to Look for in a Janitorial Cleaning Bid
Not all commercial cleaning bids are the same. This post will help you separate the pros from the amateurs. You should look for three things in a janitorial commercial cleaning or day porter bid. It’s incredibly important to understand them clearly in order to properly evaluate a proposal effectively. The first item in a commercial… -
3 Keys to Running a Successful Commercial Cleaning Company
Hiring the best people isn’t enough to guarantee success. Discover two additional ingredients that will take you over the top. If someone were to ask me, “Hey, what are the ingredients to running a successful commercial cleaning company?”, I would reply with the following three things. In fact, these three things are key to running… -
The Dentist and the Janitor
Few things are more important than living and working in a healthy space Scottsdale, Arizona is home to one of the most world-renowned dental aesthetic clinics in the entire world. Founded in 2007 by Dr. Frank Spear, the clinic offers dentists the opportunity for continuing education centered on the patient-dentist relationship and the effectiveness of… -
The #1 Reason A Janitorial Cleaning Company Succeeds or Fails
Not all janitorial companies are created equal and there’s one thing that separates the leaders from the pack. When you spend over twenty-two years in the janitorial cleaning service industry like we have one of the things you learn is that the best companies have the best people. But that might lead you to ask,… -
[CASE STUDY] Be Careful About What Janitorial Cleaning Service Provider You Hire
Don’t look at the companies you speak with as a number on a spreadsheet. Get to know what makes them tick. Get to know how their procedures work. Understand why they have a long (or short) history of delivering on their services. In the last half of 2022, we lost a client we had been… -
Is Your Service-Based Staff Recession-Proof?
Why you’re going to see many janitorial companies go out of business over the next 12 to 18 months. That’s a bold statement, so let me explain. The first reason I want to share is that we’ve entered into a new economic cycle. After many years of solid growth, the United States is now experiencing… -
Why Your Floors Lack Luster
Do you find yourself scratching your head looking at your floors wondering why they don’t look clean. Your janitorial cleaning provider swears they vacuum and mop them nightly -
Education Over Sales and The Bottom Dollar
One of the biggest gaps in janitorial pricing in janitorial sales is between the prospective client and the janitorial service provider. -
Low Performance and High Turnover
There are many reasons why the janitorial industry has a high turnover rate. But one reason rises above them all. What comes to mind and what I think about great leadership is the quote by Steve Jobs, that says you can’t connect the dots looking forward, you have to connect the dots looking backward. I… -
Staff Turnover in the Janitorial Industry
It might come as a surprise to some but the turnover of employee personnel is between 400 to 500% per year in the janitorial industry. One of the reasons that the MJ company and Phoenix janitorial have been so successful is based on our ability to maintain lower turnover. In fact, we have experienced a… -
Building Automation Impacts Janitorial Services
With the latest in technology sweeping across the nation for building construction more and more buildings are being built and retro-fitted with “smart technology”.With the latest in technology sweeping across the nation for building construction more and more buildings are being built and retro-fitted with “smart technology”. These buildings are being called “smart buildings”. Their… -
Scope of Services and Requests for Proposal in Janitorial
The following is a guest blog written by noted nationally recognized expert Ron Segura Scope of Services and Requests for Proposal When a new management company took over the controls of a mini high-rise condominium building in Chicago, one of the first things the new manager did was review the current agreements the building had…
