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Welcome to Ask a House Cleaner a daily show of tips and strategies to improve your house cleaning and grow your cleaning business. Answering your questions is The House Cleaning Guru, Angela Brown.

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Oct 13, 2021

Whoa! Didn't see that coming did ya? House cleaner does a job for a customer - gives it their best and gets screwed big time. What you need to know to manage customer expectations and end up winning the business game. Some customers are sneaky - but this bad behavior can be prevented.

Align your marketing strategy to meet and exceed your customer's expectations without getting ripped off.

Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsor is #SavvyCleaner training and certification for house cleaners and maids. (https://savvycleaner.com/join) And your host today is #AngelaBrown

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*** HOUSE CLEANER GETS RIPPED OFF CHAPTERS ***
0:00 - Did you ever get ripped off by a customer?
0:10 - Meet Angela Brown the House Cleaning Guru
0:20 - A client wants to add on work but refuses to pay
1:28 - Who was authorized to approve the work?
2:25 - Be clear about the service you provide for the price paid
2:46 - How Customers take advantage of an hourly rate
3:20 - Offer packages that include popular upsell jobs
4:14 - Get pricing agreements from customers upfront
4:59 - Create new business rules now to manage client expectations
5:49 - Don't allow employees to change job agreements without approval

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*** VIDEO CREDITS ***
VIDEO/AUDIO EDITING: Kristin O https://savvycleaner.com/reviews/kristin-o
HOST: Angela Brown https://savvycleaner.com/reviews/angela-brown
PRODUCER: Savvy Cleaner https://savvycleaner.com