Do You Value Feedback From The “Bad” Customers?

Do You Value Feedback From The “Bad” Customers?

Years ago, when I first started my business, I was hired by a very difficult customer who seemed intent on making the 3 hours of my life in her house as miserable as possible. She was wealthy, very pretentious, and she knew she had me on my heels—the litany of...
3 Tricks To Grow

3 Tricks To Grow

This is the topic that no business wants to ever sit down and talk about, lets go all the way back to the beginning for a second.   “Do you remember when you first had the idea to open your own business?”   I imagine it was something like you sitting at your...
5 Tips To Make More Money

5 Tips To Make More Money

Fall is upon us, and for many of us that means making our last push at piling money in the bank to make it through the winter. With that in mind, now is the time to be thinking about the best way to pile that money up and make the most of it. In this article I’m going...
Why Gutter Cleaning Is Awesome

Why Gutter Cleaning Is Awesome

Ahhhhh the joys of fall, the leaves are falling, it’s not too hot, and it’s not too cold. Just a perfect time to enjoy working outside. Unless you work in the exterior cleaning industry, because if you clean windows or offer soft washing and pressure washing, you...
Automation In Your Company

Automation In Your Company

I think automation is the hardest part of a small business. When you start your business you have this big picture in your head, I don’t think anyone, in the beginning, wants to remain a small company. Usually, when you get the idea to start your own business it’s...
The ABCs of Recruiting

The ABCs of Recruiting

As we are in the midst of what I like to call “the summer lull”, I’ve found it very important to not get lulled to sleep and lose sight of capacity and demand. We know the demand will come in the fall, and at Blue Skies we’ve learned the hard way that if we rest on...