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For Best Business Technology – And the Winner Is…
CBT is proud to announce the winners of the 2015 Best of Awards for Business Technology. Two programs split the field: QUICKBOOKS Best Accounting Package Best Payroll Service JOBBER Best Job Scheduling...
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Top 3 Reasons We're Not Seeing You at the Beach in June
As cleaning business owners, Derek Christian, Tom Stewart, Liz Trotter, and Joe Walsh have spent years worrying over filling their technicians’ schedules with clients so that they could grow as big as...
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From Hiring to Rewards? Vote in Our Employee Management Survey!
With literally hundreds of companies, services, and even mobile apps vying for your employee management dollars, we are excited to launch the third round of CBT’s “Best of” Awards focused on the...
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The Remarkable Impact of Gary Goranson
On May 19, 2015, cleaning industry pioneer Gary Goranson passed away after dedicating more than 50 years of his life to achieving success in many different areas of cleaning, including sales and...
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Are You Meeting Your 2015 Tax Deadlines?
Once that universal personal tax deadline of April 15 passes, many small businesses let themselves get caught up in running their business and forget that there are business tax deadlines all year...
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Blockbuster Taxes
Memorial Day came early this year, and that means we get more time with our summer whites! (Of course, summer doesn't "officially" start until June 21, but who's counting?) For millions of Americans,...
View ArticleSummer Can Be the Best Time to Work on Your Business
The summer months have started. For teachers or anyone with school age kids this means that normal life is on hold until school starts again in the fall. In the house cleaning industry, this often...
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Growing with Technology: From Ledger Books to Online Bookkeeping
Growing up, my family – which includes my mom’s parents and her sister’s family – took a month-long “vacation” from Sunday dinner from March 15 – April 15 every year. Why? Because my grandfather, a...
View ArticleNIOSH and ISSA Collaborate to Advance Worker Health
As part of the association’s ongoing efforts to advance the safety, health, and well-being of employees both at the workplace and beyond, ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, is pleased...
View ArticlePICS Partners with EHS Today to Release eBook on Workplace Safety Management
PICS Auditing, LLC, the global leader in supply chain risk management solutions, in partnership with EHS Today recently published their latest eBook collaboration, “Workplace Safety Management: How to...
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6 Books for Getting More Done in Less Time
Inc. 500 entrepreneur and best-selling author Kevin Daum reviews and recommends these 6 books to help you get more done in less time - resulting in more business and more profit for your business:
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Forecast Flooding: Safety Tips for Cleaning Professionals
According to the University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center, certain areas of the country can expect severe flooding this year. Specifically, the Center points to the Pacific...
View ArticleNew Scholarship Program for Cleaning Technician Certifications
How would you like to receive financial assistance for continuing education? Here’s your chance! The International Inspection Cleaning & Restoration Council of Associations (IICRCA) is sponsoring a...
View Article6 Processes Your Cleaning Business Should Automate This Summer
Technology is an amazing tool which any business can use to begin improving efficiency, but only if the basis processes, procedures, and policies have been created to govern the decision-making that...
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What’s Included in Your Regular Weekly Cleaning List?
From “standard” tasks to specialty add-ons, the list of possible cleaning tasks can vary in length. That’s what creates variety and competition, and why it’s so hard for any cleaning business owner to...
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Top 5 Employee Hiring, Training, and Tracking Tools
CBT is proud to announce the winners of the 2015 Best of Awards for Employee Engagement and Management: Best Recruiting Site: CraigsList Jobs Best Hiring Tests: Orion Survey Best Background Check...
View ArticleNew Overtime Rule Will Cost You Money
If a new overtime pay rule proposed by the President and presented by the US Department of Labor on Tuesday, June 30th, is adopted, cleaning business owners will be looking at an even more complex...
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Being Green Means Knowing Your Chemical Footprint
Somerville, MA — You’ve heard of a company’s carbon footprint. Now it’s time for the chemical footprint. Despite growing regulatory efforts, businesses around the world continue to use chemicals of...
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5 Ways 1099 Employees Cost You Money
One of the hardest decisions any small business owner will make is the decision to hire and how to hire. Whether you’re just starting out, have a few years under your belt, or are a seasoned small...
View ArticleUS Department of Labor Issues Guidelines for Classifying Independent...
Yesterday the United States Department of Labor took its strongest position to date on what is an employee vs. an independent contractor. It published a fifteen page Administrator’s Interpretation...
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