Bidding & Pricing Videos
Videos on how to bid and price cleaning jobs
Watch videos about calculating cleaning time, pricing janitorial work, improving your bidding process, and building consistent cleaning quotes.
Learn how to build better cleaning bids
These videos explain how to estimate cleaning time, price commercial cleaning work, and build consistent quotes. The lessons focus on the numbers behind profitable janitorial contracts and the process of preparing reliable bids.
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Watch videos about calculating cleaning time, pricing janitorial work, and improving your bidding process.
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What to Say and Not Say During a Building Walkthrough for a Janitorial Service Quote?
A building walk is for gathering facts, not naming a price. A price said offhand can make the walk l…
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Don’t sell cleaning, do this
An unclear bid plan raises risk for the owner. They cannot see how the work will get done each night…
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Should I Price Cleaning Jobs High to Make Good Money?
Pricing a cleaning job too high often loses the work. Some owners want premium pay and set a wild pr…
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When to Walk Away from a Janitorial Bid Opportunity
Not every janitorial bid is worth sending. Bidding on each job can lead to work that loses money.
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Don’t Sell Cleaning, Do This
Many owners pick another company when the bid feels fuzzy. A clear view of the plan cuts risk for th…
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Bidding to Retire?
A bid should start with clear time and cost numbers each time. First, estimate the time needed for o…
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Why Does My Company Stay Busy but Still Feel Financially Fragile?
The schedule stays busy, yet money still feels shaky at month end. This often happens when the job m…
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Providing Consumable Supplies at a Fixed Price Destroys Profit
A flat price each month for paper goods can lose money. Use can change fast for bathroom tissue, soa…
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Is Your Price RIGHT? Cleaning Business Tip
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Overcoming Objections Presenting Cleaning Proposals: Cleaning Business Tip
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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How to Price Commercial Cleaning Jobs: Cleaning Business Tip
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Biggest Mistake Janitorial Businesses Make with Their Cleaning Proposal: Cleaning Business Tip
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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How to Figure Cleaning Times When Bidding Janitorial Jobs: Cleaning Business Tip
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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How to BEAT Low Balling Competitors: Cleaning Business Tip
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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What’s the Going Rate Per Sq. Ft. for Bidding Commercial Office Cleaning Jobs: Cleaning Business Tip
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Pricing – 2 Strategies: Cleaning Business Tip
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: Secret to Winning Cleaning Bids
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: How to Price Your Janitorial Jobs
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: Do This BEFORE Sending Price Increase Letter
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: Know THIS for Upcoming Jobs, THESE for Active
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: Is Your Price Leaving You Vulnerable?
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: Is Your Pricing Strategy Working?
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: Price per Sq. Ft. Gone WILD
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: Cleaning Proposal ‘Breadcrumbs’
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: Just Divide By 3,000 S.F.??
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: STRUGGLING? Try This.
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Cleaning Business Tip: R-U-PROFITABLE?
Whether you’re starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep your…
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Is How Many Hours Your Cleaning Company Budgets – Anyone’s Business??
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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4 Reasons WHY You Should Customize Cleaning Bid Proposals
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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REAL Purpose of a Cleaning Proposal Revealed
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Should You Be Upfront with Customers?
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Where Should PRICE Go in Your Cleaning Proposal?
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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How Can Independent Cleaning Businesses Beat Low-balling Competition? – Part 1
“Someone’s got to say it!” So, if no one else will…we will!
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How Can Independent Cleaning Businesses Beat Low-balling Competition? – Part 2
How can you beat the price-cutting ‘big guys’?
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Consumable Supplies: The Janitorial Business ‘Hot Potato’ – Part 1
It can be a good thing or a bad thing.
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Consumable Supplies: The Janitorial Business ‘Hot Potato’ – Part 2
It can be a good thing or a bad thing.
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When is the BEST time for Your Janitorial Business to Raise Prices
If you’re not making any money at one of the jobs your janitorial business cleans, it’s time to put…
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Should Janitorial Businesses LOVE Highly Profitable Jobs?
Dumb question, right?
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What’s the FIRST Thing Janitorial Sales Reps Should Do After a Bid Walk-through?
Run back to the office and take a break, right?
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The ONE Thing You Should Do During a Janitorial Bid Walk-through
The one thing you should do is – something hardly anyone else is doing, and that’s why it’s such a g…
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Janitorial Bids: Why I Hate Group Walk-throughs
I know why the building owners and property managers do it – arrange for group walkthroughs when the…
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We Lose A Little On Every Cleaning Job… But Make It Up In VOLUME?!
Ever heard the expression,’ We lose a little on every job…but make it up in VOLUME’??
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Unusual Janitorial Jobs: Dip Your Toe in First
Ever come across an unusual cleaning project – maybe a stripping and refinishing project that looks…
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Spider Man Reveals TRUTH of Cleaning Business!
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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ANOTHER Janitorial Bidding Mistake
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Janitorial Bidding Mistakes: #1
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Why I’m SICK of National Cleaning Management Companies!
National Cleaning Management Companies.
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Do You Have ‘Add Ons’ to Offer in Your Cleaning Business?
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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It’s NOT About What Price Will Get the Job!
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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How to PRICE Your EXTRA Cleaning Services
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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What Do Rich, Successful Cleaning Businesses Do Differently?
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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How to Bid Cleaning Jobs… When You Have More QUESTIONS Than Answers!
Maybe it’s happened to you – if not, it probably will and maybe sooner than you think.
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The 30 Minutes that KILLED the Cleaning Business!
Shocking, that something as small as 30 minutes can wreck the financial picture at one of your clean…
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Don’t Be SEDUCED!?
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Cleaning Bid Walkthroughs: Efficient vs. Effective
Room measurements, fixture counts and floor types.
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What I Say To Myself Before a Building Walk Through
It’s too late once you’re in the building.
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Important Point Totally Worth Repeating
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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You Don’t Need a $1,000,000/Year Cleaning Business!
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Where Many Janitorial Businesses ‘Miss the Boat’!
Why do some cleaning companies struggle – while others succeed?
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How to Bid on Cleaning Jobs NOT Obsessed About LOW Price
It would be great, wouldn’t it – to find prospective building owners and property managers who weren…
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How Cleaning Businesses Land Jobs NOT Based on Low Price
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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How to Make Better Decisions in Your Cleaning Business
What do some business people succeed, while others fail?
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Bidding Cleaning Isn’t About Reading UPSIDE Down
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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How to Keep Your Cleaning Business Profitable
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Powerful BUT Under Used Bidding Strategy
It takes time – some.
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How Your Cleaning Proposal is VIEWED – and Why!
Color is not an absolute, it’s more of a perception our mind creates based on many factors, such as…
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Ways to Add Profit Dollars to Your Cleaning Business
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Do THIS to Land More Cleaning Contracts
Whether you’re just starting a cleaning business or simply want to learn new and better ways to keep…
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about bidding and pricing videos for cleaning businesses.
These videos explain how to calculate cleaning time, set competitive yet profitable prices, and create reliable janitorial bids.
Many companies estimate jobs by guessing cleaning time (i.e. how long the work will take). The bidding and pricing videos explain how CleanGuru calculates cleaning time to help price jobs profitably and create more consistent bids.
No. These videos are designed for cleaning business owners and managers, whether or not they use CleanGuru. They share practical lessons about running and growing a commercial cleaning company.
Yes. The CleanGuru video library is organized by topic so you can quickly find lessons on bidding, marketing, hiring, operations, and other areas of running a cleaning business.
Some videos explain how CleanGuru works, while others focus on marketing, selling and profit lessons. The goal of the video library is to share practical advice to help cleaning companies grow profitably and operate effectively.
You can explore the full CleanGuru video library to watch lessons across all topics, including bidding, marketing, hiring, and managing cleaning operations.
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