Most clients stay with their cleaner as long as switching feels like more work than living with a few problems. Switching means new quotes. Handing out keys and alarm codes. Hoping the new crew is actually better. Only two things change that. Their cleaner starts slipping. Trash left out. Empty soap dispensers. A new crew every few weeks. The office manager hears every complaint until they've had enough. Or the contract comes up for renewal, and they have to decide whether to sign again. Every other time, you get the same answer: "We already have someone." Researchers call this the 95-5 rule. Only about 5 out of 100 business buyers are ready to buy at any given moment. So the goal is to be the cleaner they already know and trust when their moment comes. Here's how: 1. Get the dates. Ask the office manager when their contract renews. Write it down. Reach out 2 to 3 months before it rolls over. 2. Stay in touch. Send a short note every couple of months, like a reminder before winter that salt from boots wears down entry floors. When their cleaner slips, you'll be the one they tell. 3. Make switching easy. A quick walkthrough. A simple checklist of what gets cleaned and how often, one they can forward to their boss. A start date and one person to call. When they reach out, call back the same day. Follow up until you're relevant. Then make the ask. Do this steadily and you'll be the first call when the timing is right.

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Most commercial cleaning and facility services companies aren't using LinkedIn correctly and it's costing them a channel that's actually built for this exact type of sale. . Here's the thing: this isn't a "spray and pray" channel. It's quality over quantity. It's about building relationships, not pushing for a walkthrough on message one. . Think of it like dating you don't propose marriage on the first date. Same logic applies here. If you know you're talking to the right person (facility manager, property manager, procurement, ownership), you don't push for the walkthrough immediately. You warm it up. You add value. You let the conversation earn the ask . Being direct works too it just gets you a lower response rate. Both approaches have their place, but the relationship-first approach is what actually builds a pipeline that compounds over time. . That's really the goal here: build a rolodex of real contacts you can follow up with consistently and keep live in your CRM. Every conversation you start is an asset, whether it turns into a walkthrough this month or six months from now. . And here's the part people sleep on LinkedIn gets you in the door faster at larger companies than cold calling or email ever will. Bigger orgs have layers, gatekeepers, and filtered inboxes that slow everything down. . LinkedIn cuts through a lot of that. Not saying calling and email don't work they do but LinkedIn has its own merit in this space, especially when you're trying to reach decision-makers at scale. . So instead of just telling you LinkedIn works for this space, here's what it actually looks like in practice screenshots below. . If you're running a commercial cleaning or facility services company and want to see what this could look like for your pipeline, grab time with me here: . https://calendar.app.google/Fwj34yWzyGT7SELP7