AWC Magazine - Issue 208

ISSUE TEASER:

AWC contributor Gerri Detweiler teaches how to build a business you can sell someday. She lists four tips to make your company more appealing down the road in terms of value. Detweiler's four tips are: Be organized, establish good financial habits, establish solid business credit, and make yourself dispensable.

Does it make sense to expect an employee to work as hard as an owner? Gabe of Gabe's Corner has an answer: it depends. He examines, in his opinion, what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior of both employees and employers. Gabe concludes that hard work is an investment in yourself, not your employer.

The lack of labor plagues window cleaning companies everywhere. Jersey Josh notes that most people looking for window cleaning jobs are graduate college students or young people looking for a job to fall back on. He recommends that you should accept applications all year round and keep promising applicants on file.

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

• How to bring your window cleaning business to the next level
• Learn about the 84-year-old window cleaning vet
• International Window Cleaning Association convention news
• Ettore announces its window cleaning tool: the Backflip