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Whichever one I am spending most time and attention on. Currently that is Facebook. I have also had great results from Google+. I am in the process of finding the balance and chooseing my main 3 on whihc to focus.

When you start a domestic cleaning business, it's likely you'll do much of the cleaning work yourself, with the opportunity to hire experienced and skilled cleaners and take a step-back later on. Having the state-fo art cleaning equipment is the best way for you to gather some new, repeat customers. You can always count on your friends aand relatives to suggest your cleaning to business to their colleagues at work, and, suddenly, you have a lot more jobs to do. 

Clive, I have found that most domestic cleaning business I know are flat out trying to keep up with the work load. Why? Because of the referrals they accumulate from providing a brilliant job and 'wow'ing their clients.

Please don't misunderstand me, I am not saying you don't do a good job, instead I am asking .... What are three things you could do to categorically 'blow your customer out of the water'?

I know our cleaner goes above and beyond and our referrals alone have caused him to put on a new employee. He is not inexpensive either - however, the value he provides is totally worth it.

For example, when he cleans a toilet he folds the toilet paper up into a triangle like you see in the hotels and places a smiley face stamp on it. The silly thing is it makes no difference to the cleanliness - it does however make us smile and think he's doing a better job.

He is always able to find something 'extra' to do (and hence raise his rate) weather it be skirting, windows or a mark on the carpet.... he sees things we don't - and communicates it to us. We therefore have the perception that he is valuable.

He leaves a checklist behind of all that he has done - this tells us that he is a professional, has a system and takes pride in what he does.... he is not just 'cleaning'

The house always smells great when he has finished too.

I guess the take away here is that he has a fantastic attitude towards his business and this rubs off on us, the client.

I hope this helps.

LinkedIn is an excellent networking tool and opportunity to connect with potential clients or others in your field. 

We have found from clients that LI has not provided the success with advertising as other forums, such as Facebook and personally I have never clicked on an ad. 

LI has become one of my favourite forums but it is really about forming meaningful relationships where you are helping people,  sharing your knowledge and taking part in meaningful discussions. 

This is a trend I have noticed of more influencers moving from other social media forums across to LI to make their mark. We will have to wait and see how this turns out in the long term.

One strategy I am liking on LI at the moment is a trend of people providing a short story (up to 1300 characters) around a key message or theme. 

I use LI as a tool to locate potential people who I consider appropriate to network with and form business relationships with.

For me, advertising on there doesn't do that, simply because I see it as a networking site rather one of "selling". As with Steven, I have never clicked.on an ad.

Every new customer I have got from LinkedIn has been through contact, discussion, imparting knowledge etc. All things that consisted of personal time and effort, rather than placing an ad.

And, although I am including my experiences only, I have found that the more time and effort the better the reward. As soon as I slacken off, so does any result, sometimes significantly.

Hi, I was wondering how much money it would be to have a 30 second add in australia at 7 o clock, channel 7 

Katy do you still have this avilable, I'm trying to find out if this is a recent post or not like 2019?

I personally haven't employed any. However, web design and front-end development are both skills I have. I've also partnered with more technical people in the past. What type of information are you looking for? Or what would you find helpful to know?

I am not an tax expert however I don't believe that the history of the previous owner would have any impact on your friend. Your friend will be lodging returns under her company / sole trader ACN or ABN. My wife has a hairdressing salon and she was audited by the ATO last year. My understanding is that they target specific industries on a cyclical basis, which may mean you will not be targeted for a while. The ATO run a range of fairly sophisticated tools to assess cash v credit sales, wages per employee, wages per sales volume etc...., however every salon is unique so it is difficult to generalise. In the end if you are upfront with what you declare, then as we were, you don't have an issue - my tip is to ensure your friend retains adequate comprehensive records in addition to bank statements, till receipts or appointment books were helpful for us.

Hi,I personally think the decision would be very subjective. I am hoping my pointers below will help,1. Creating a new site is a hardwork from SEO perspective, it does help by having the site is a sister site.On the other hand, a 'sister' site with reference to the other successful website shows the business is growing and as we all know, people like to be involve with successful business.From SEO site, tho it is hardwork, it will be paid off, where having more than 1 strong websites is very advantages as they can support each other.2. Pointing a new domain to a existing cart, I'd say a faster to boost the new 'domain' and getting the new products off the ground since they will be in your existing successful website.From SEO perspective, I think you won't gain as much as another new site.From customer perspective, they may see another product in the shop instead of new business.Hope that helps,AdityaWeb Design Melbourne

I'd say some "non-number" scorecard at a glance. What's coming in, what's set to go out, and a graph to track it all.