How to keep track of cleaning clients
Most cleaning businesses do not lose clients in a dramatic argument. They lose them quietly — a cancelled week, then another, and nobody rebooks.
What to record for every client
- Access details — key, door code, alarm, pets, parking. Stop keeping it in your head; it is also what makes covering for you possible if you are sick.
- Frequency and rate — so you can work out what they are worth.
- Every visit — the date is what powers everything below.
- Payment status — including partial payments.
The one calculation that pays for itself
Next due = last visit + days between visits
Once today passes that date, the client is overdue and should be called. That is it — but almost nobody does it, because with 20 clients you cannot hold it in your head, and a calendar reminder does not know they cancelled last week.
Know what a client is worth
A weekly client at $120 is not a $120 client — they are roughly $6,200 a year. A biweekly client at $140 is about $3,600. When you can see that, "I'll just let that one go" becomes a much more serious sentence, and spending twenty minutes rebooking becomes obviously worth it.
Cleaning Business Client Tracker CRM $12
A client tracker that does the date maths for you: rows turn red when someone is overdue for a clean and amber when they are due within a week, with a sorted call list and phone numbers on the dashboard. Plus a printable intake sheet for walkthroughs.
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