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Start to get organized. It's the best new year’s resolution for a life of health and happiness. Setting goals will lead you to live your best life, but you start with new habits. Start to get organized with the one thing declutter method Angela Brown will share with you in today's #AskaHouseCleaner. Live the new year in total freedom. Anyone can do it. You can do it. Learn to love your life and start to get organized. It's a new way of living and the key to a life of harmony.

Ever wonder how to remove tarnish and polish silver? In today's #AskaHouseCleaner Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru gives you a Tarn-x product review. Complete with Angela Brown cleaning, an SDS breakdown and Savvy Cleaner Approved polishing tips. It's true, you can remove tarnish and polish silver with CLR Brands Tarn-x. Your clients don't know how to clean silver and if you offer silver polishing at home it's a great upsell.

Angela Brown's Top 10 odor removal machines under $300 will clean or purify your indoor air quality. This top 10 odor removal machines list includes favorite brands like: Airthereal, and Enerzen and Ivation and Plixio (in the ozone generator family.) And Coway, Hamilton Beach, UCheer, Levoit, SilverOnyx Activated carbon and HEPA and Winix. (air filtration arena.) Odor removal machines are popular with Airbnb, VRBO and short-term rentals. Some use an ion air cleaner, and others use an ozone

Why I got fired from house cleaning are the same reasons you and every maid will get fired from #cleaning. House cleaners don't have job security. you don't own clients. Anyone at any time can undercut your price and you get laid off. Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru gives some cleaning advice for every maid service. "Audition for the job at every cleaning. Fight for the job. Do your best work with pride.

Is #Airbnb or VRBO cleaning the right #niche for you? The Airbnb cleaning business is booming as more families jump into the hospitality and home-sharing arena. Is being a vacation rental housekeeper the right cleaning niche for you? If you can clean and restock standard amenities, the answer might be yes. Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru says market your cleaning business as offering turnover service. Short-term rentals aren't going away and everyone needs a caretaker.

"But you love to clean." I hear it all the time, people assume I love to clean. Hi there, I'm Angela Brown and I'm proud to be a house cleaner. I clean my space and I'm good at cleaning. I might even clean with passion. And I clean on purpose, but I don't enjoy cleaning. Yes, I use cleaning motivation when housecleaning so I can get it done and go do something fun. Cleaning fast, cleaning efficiently are techniques I use. Sure.

How to use the house cleaner mulligan to get more referrals is a house cleaning FAQ. Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru says play the mulligan game every week. This is when you exceed customer expectations and go the extra mile in your housecleaning. The customer says clean my space, but they only pay the maid service for so much time. So, when you have a chance to do a #mulligan it's like doing a good deed beyond your housekeeper salary.

Want to create your own line of cleaning products? Angela Brown says it's not as easy as it sounds. If you want to create your own line of cleaning products, you'll need to figure out the "why" and the "how to." You'll need chemical manufacturers with a specialty in cleaning supplies. That will involve consultants, training, chemists, and SDS (Safety Data Sheets.) How to create your own line of cleaning products is different from how to pitch your product to distributors.

Vacation rental - what's under your kitchen sink? Vacation rental cleaning usually involves a turnover service. But if guests want to tidy up? Do they have the cleaning supplies they need under your kitchen sink? Every #VacationRental, AirBnB, VRBO or Short-term rental needs a clean-up kit under your kitchen sink. In today's #AskaHouseCleaner, Angela Brown shows you how to organize under your kitchen sink. Learn staging and restocking tips for guests DIY cleaning.

A smokers tale is the result of a recent cleaning video Angela Brown did on odor removal. And a guy writes in with a smokers tale of house damage and his struggle with odor and tar remediation. His house stinks and DIY odor eliminators don't remove the tar. A smokers tale is a quest for #NicotineRemoval - how to get rid of tar. And what happens to your house when you smoke indoors. Want to know how to clean cigarette smoke from walls?

Can you tell me how to bid a cleaning job when you hate to sell? I'm trying to grow my cleaning company and the #cleaning bid gets me every time. Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru answers "how to bid a cleaning job when you hate selling with a Compass Wave #ProductReview Compass Wave is maid service estimating software that gives instant price quotes for house cleaning and maid service. The cleaning estimates factor in your cleaning times and price.

Here are 3 easy tricks to get kids to clean up. If you've been wondering how to get kids to pick up toys, and clean their bedroom this is for you. Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru has 3 easy tricks to get kids to clean up. A cleaning routine is good and knowing how to motivate kids to clean also helps. Your child wants to feel needed and appreciated. If they do these 3 easy tricks to get kids to clean up will work magic in your family.

Can you call out on a snow day and cancel house cleaning? If you're snowed in and there is a blizzard or an ice storm is it alright to cancel work? Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru says yes, you can call out on a snow day and it doesn't go against customer service. Employee safety is more important than cleaning in bad weather. A savvy cleaner will call out on a snow day for accident avoidance and accident prevention. It's better to be safe than sorry. .

Why Airbnb hosts complain about guests is not a mystery. Any traveler can be an AirBnB guest and stay at a short-term rental or #VRBO. But let's look at why AirBnB hosts complain about guests when they are quiet, polite and leave the #AirBnB damage free. They may not leave it clean. There are host expectations that come with home sharing. Yes, they are in the hospitality industry and many charges a cleaning fee for cleaning and standard amenities.

These 5 easy after the holiday clean-up tips will get your new year off to a clean start. While undecorating after the holidays it's a great time organize your space as you declutter and tidy up your home. If you know these 5 easy after the holiday clean-up tips you can plan for them as put decorations away, and schedule your end of year cleaning. Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru gives DIY cleaning tips for regifting, and appliance cleaning.