Business View Magazine - October 2018

266 267 MAIDPRO PREFERRED VENDOR n Volpe Consulting & Accounting Services www.volpeconsulting-accounting.com In addition to providing services to Franchisor clients, we also have affordable Bookkeeping, Payroll, Tax and Combination packages for Franchisees. A benchmarking product is included in most packages with free linking, data mapping and maintenance for the duration of our services agreement with the franchisee. camped; we’ve rented a 12-acre island, 65 miles off the coast of Belize; we’ve sailed around the Caribbean in a flotil- la in seven or eight catamarans; we’ve gone to Peru and hiked Machu Pichu and stayed in the Amazon.We’re about to go to Croatia and sail the islands for seven days. And we don’t reserve that just for the top-performing franchisees - anybody can go. So, our franchisees are very much like a family.We travel together and have a lot of fun together, and one of the primary reasons we do that is if you build a personal bond with people, it helps your business bond. They connect in ways they wouldn’t oth- erwise connect and it becomes a deeper connection.” Kushinsky adds that, over the years, the company’s Adventure Trips have spawned yet another key part of Maid- Pro’s company culture. “When we’re on these trips, we always give back,” he says. “We have a 501(c)(3) organization where we support a lot of orphanages around the world– in Belize and Peru and Portola. And we visit those places, too. So, there are a lot of deep connec- tions within our organization.” Going forward, Kushinsky says that MaidPro is looking to expand its geo- graphic footprint as well as its product offerings. “We have a lot of opportunities in the U.S. and Canada and we might grow in areas that we service,” he avers. “We’ve got about 250 now, and over the next four or five years, we’d probably like to be in the four or five hundred zone. And that might include another brand that we just launched– a mosquito and tick control brand. One of the reasons we’re launching other brands is because some of our franchisees have come to us and said, ‘Hey, we’ve built this busi- ness and territory and we’d like to offer another brand to our consumers in this area.’ So, we said, ‘Sure, we’ll have another brand for you.’” Meanwhile the original MaidPro brand has managed to garner outstanding success and rave reviews, and, no doubt, will continue to do so. “In Franchise Business Review, we’re number five or six of all franchises out there,” Kushinsky proudly states. “We’re fifth highest rated as far as fran- chise customer satisfaction and we’ve been there for ten years. It comes from being a friendlier, more flexible franchisor and, of course, from do- ing some of the things we do– the high support, the high touch, the family community.” Kushinsky encourages individuals to think about becoming MaidPro franchisees – especially people who, like him, can appreciate the benefits of running a “not sexy” business. “A lot of people don’t allow themselves to think that residential cleaning is a legitimate business because of the cleaning nature of it,” he admits. “But I would say to people, that when they sit back and think about the personal lifestyle that they want; if they want to have nights and weekends off; if they want to have lower stress by having things like recurring revenue and people paying at the time of service; and not having huge receivables; and if they don’t have to worry about building out restaurants or retail locations; I think they should really consider it. And, if someone wants an opportunity where they can be part of some- thing they can feel good about, I think we’re definitely something to look at.”