One of the most puzzling behaviours of some business owners, CEOs and managers is that they see everything which requires them to spend money as a cost, and thus a negative when that is not the case. Examples include training for staff, upgrading equipment, and the maintenance of equipment. Given the title of this article, we also include carpet cleaning in that too.
The reason that these attitudes to spending money on certain aspects of their business puzzle us is that many of them will help increase profits in the long run. Yes, they may have to be paid for upfront, but when they result in more customers, and increased revenues in the future, then the return on their investment can only be seen as a positive.
To some reading this, it might seem like spending money on having the carpets in your offices professionally cleaned could not be further from any kind of profit-generating activity, but you would be wrong. Ok, it might not be as exciting as investing in new product research or moving to new, modern, and bigger premises, so to convince you that having your carpets professionally cleaned can increase your bottom line, here are, not one, but four ways in which it can do so.