Sota Cleaning Co.

08/31/2026

🎓🧹 I have it on VERY good authority that college kids want cleaning gifts. 😂

Do you have a college student in the Alexandria or St. Cloud area whose definition of cleaning is moving the dirty dishes from the desk to the sink? 🍕🥤➡️🍽️

Or an adult child you have absolutely NO IDEA what to buy for anymore? 🎁🤷‍♀️

Here’s something we’ve learned about young adults:

💸 They HATE spending their own money on necessities.

Mom and Dad’s money?

✨ Absolutely no problem. ✨ 😂

So buy them something they desperately need but will probably never purchase themselves:

🧹✨ A professionally cleaned apartment. ✨🧹

No more visiting your college kid and immediately wondering:

😳 Is that supposed to be growing there?
🚽 When was this bathroom last cleaned?
🧦 Why is there a sock in the kitchen?
👃 And WHAT is that smell?!

It’s technically a gift for them… 🎁

But we all know who this gift is REALLY for. 😏😂

Give your college student the gift of a clean apartment—and give yourself the gift of visiting them without immediately reaching for the Lysol. 🧴🤣

📍 Alexandria + St. Cloud
🎓 College kids welcome
🧹 Questionable apartments also welcome

08/29/2026

🎉 Happy 1-Year Anniversary, Hailey! 🎉

Today we’re celebrating one year of Hailey at Sota Cleaning Co.!

Around here, Hailey has earned a very special title: our resident old lady whisperer. 😂❤️ She has a way of connecting with our older clients that is truly something special. They love her, trust her, and quite frankly, some of them might keep us around just so they can keep Hailey.

She’s kind, patient, dependable, and brings a warmth into our clients’ homes that goes far beyond cleaning. Those relationships are such an important part of what we do.

Hailey, thank you for a wonderful first year and for taking such great care of our clients. We’re lucky to have you on the Sota team!

Happy Sota-versary, Hailey! 🥳

08/28/2026

🔥 HOT BUTTON ISSUE: Why We Don’t Wash Walls 🔥

Gather ’round. It’s time for a little Sota Cleaning lore.

And before anyone gets worked up in the comments, just know: people have surprisingly strong feelings about wall washing. 😂

We get asked all the time if we wash walls.

And listen… washing a wall isn’t hard. I understand the concept. I wholeheartedly believe walls occasionally need to be washed.

But walls and I have a history.

Many years ago, I cleaned for a woman in her 90s. She asked me to clean the wall around her telephone. No problem. I grabbed a gentle cleaner—just a little Dawn—and carefully cleaned the area.

It came out beautifully.

✨ Too beautifully. ✨

Because now there was one perfectly clean patch of wall around the telephone… and it did NOT match the rest of the wall.

She noticed.

She was not pleased.

And, by extension, I’m pretty sure she hated me for the remainder of our time together.

Wall Washing Lesson #1: Sometimes clean is the problem.

Then came the Magic Eraser Incident.

A client specifically asked me to use a Magic Eraser on her walls. I did exactly as requested.

The dirt came off.

So did the sheen.

Now we had clean spots that caught the light differently than the rest of the wall.

Wall Washing Lesson #2: Paint holds grudges.

And DON’T get me started on freshly painted walls.

Fresh paint needs time to cure. Just because it feels dry does not mean it’s ready for someone to come along with a wet microfiber and start scrubbing fingerprints off of it.

You cannot simply wash freshly painted walls!

Wall Washing Lesson #3: Dry and cured are NOT the same thing.

And then there’s the economics of the whole thing.

Properly washing walls is incredibly labor-intensive. To wash the walls throughout an entire home takes hours and hours of careful work.

For what a professional cleaning company would need to charge you to wash all of your walls…

you could probably have them repainted.

And frankly, we would rather you spend your money on the painter.

Fresh paint. Even finish. No mysterious clean halo around Grandma’s telephone. Everybody wins. 😂

And thus, a Sota Cleaning policy was born.

It’s not that we can’t wash walls. It’s that we cannot guarantee good-quality results because paint is fickle.

Flat paint. Old paint. Fresh paint. Touch-up paint. Builder-grade paint. Mystery paint from 2007… you never quite know what you’re dealing with until you touch it.

Sometimes you remove the dirt.

Sometimes you remove the sheen.

Sometimes you create one spectacularly clean spot that makes everything around it look worse.

After years in the cleaning business, I have learned to respect my enemies.

Paint is one of them.

So yes, I believe in wall washing.

I just believe it’s best done by the person who also knows where the leftover paint is stored. 😂

Please direct all wall-washing grievances to the paint manufacturers.

08/27/2026

🍂 Fall Office & Boutique Hours are here!

Monday–Friday
8:30 AM–4:30 PM

Our boutique will not be open on weekends as we head into fall, so plan your cleaning-product shopping accordingly!

And generally speaking, if it’s between 8:30 and 4:30, we’re here. 😂

If you stop by and the door is locked, there are several possibilities:

🍎 We’re out to lunch.
📋 We’re in a meeting.
🚗 We stepped out for a bit.
🤦‍♀️ We are absolutely inside and forgot to unlock the door.
🤫 Or maybe we just needed 15 minutes where nobody could find us.

Give us a knock. Chances are, we’re not far!

Fall Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30–4:30
Closed Saturdays & Sundays

08/26/2026

Happy National Dog Day to the hardest-working employee at Sota Cleaning Co. 🐶

Lady puts in some serious hours at the office.

Her daily responsibilities include:
🐾 Greeting everyone who walks in
🐾 Supervising office operations
🐾 Attending meetings she wasn't invited to
🐾 Keeping employee morale high
🐾 Taking several well-earned naps

She rarely cleans anything, contributes nothing to revenue, and her productivity is questionable.

And somehow, she's still Employee of the Month. Every month. 😂

Happy National Dog Day, Lady! 💚

08/25/2026

Back to school is here—which means it might finally be time to recover your house from summer. 😂

Our Back-to-School Special is still going on through the end of August!

Save $100 total when you start recurring cleaning with us:

✨ $50 off your initial Deep or Comprehensive Cleaning
✨ $25 off your 2nd cleaning
✨ $25 off your 3rd cleaning

No promo code needed.

Get the house reset, get recurring cleaning on the calendar, and head into fall with one less thing on your list.

08/24/2026

🎉 Happy 1-Year Anniversary, Catrina!

Today we’re celebrating one year of having Catrina on the Sota Cleaning Co. team! 💚

Over the past year, Catrina has become someone we can count on to show up, work hard, and take great care of our clients. She brings a positive attitude to the day, is always willing to jump in where she’s needed, and has become such a great part of our team.

A year may not sound like a long time, but in a growing company, a LOT can happen in 365 days. Catrina has grown right along with us, and we’re grateful for everything she contributes.

Thank you for all of your hard work this past year, Catrina. We appreciate you and are so glad you chose Sota! 💚

Happy 1-Year Sota-versary! 🎉🧹

08/23/2026

Sunday Reset Poll 🧹

What’s on your list today to make Monday a little easier?

🧺 Catch up on laundry
🧹 Quick house reset
🛒 Groceries + meal prep
📅 Get the week organized
😅 Absolutely nothing — Monday can deal with Monday

What’s your Sunday reset look like?

08/20/2026

We are saddened to hear that Jeff Campbell, creator of Speed Cleaning, has passed away.

Jeff’s work had a tremendous influence on the professional cleaning industry and it hits especially close to home for us because the systems and products he developed are the very ones we use every day at Sota Cleaning Co.

His philosophy of cleaning efficiently, working systematically, using the right tools, and never sacrificing quality has become part of how we train our team and approach our work.

It’s pretty incredible to think that an idea someone developed decades ago continues to influence how our technicians walk into homes and businesses every single day.

We never had the opportunity to meet Jeff, but his life’s work made its way all the way to our little corner of Minnesota and every day, our team carries a piece of that work into the homes and businesses we clean. That’s a pretty incredible legacy to leave behind. ❤️

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08/18/2026

🎉 One year of Heather!

Today we’re celebrating Heather’s 1-year anniversary with Sota Cleaning Co.!

In just one year, Heather has truly become the heart and soul of our office. She’s our techs’ biggest cheerleader, the office mom, and the person making sure everyone feels supported, appreciated, and taken care of.

She celebrates the wins, listens on the hard days, keeps things moving when things get chaotic, and genuinely cares about the people behind Sota Cleaning Co.

Heather, thank you for the energy, heart, and care you bring to our team every single day. We’re incredibly grateful this past year brought you to us. ❤️