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The Basics of House Cleaning Business Start Up

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Published 13th September 2010 |
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Say you have what it takes to put up your own house cleaning business, the dedication and needed strength to keep you going on the said job. But you still need to go back and follow the instructions about house cleaning business start up so you can assure its growth and success.

• Search all the possible business opportunities that you can offer in the sector of your choice, which is the house cleaning business. Take time in learning the market trends, local competitors, profit margins, current rates and evaluate your investment options.

• To enter a house cleaning business start up, you need to have an immediate decision whether you want to go part time or full time. A great deal of effort is practically needed if you want this to be a principal source of your income.

• Keep in mind that you do a house cleaning business start up with minimal investment. It will not really require you to buy expensive and high-grade equipments. You will find comfort in the fact that you can start running your business from home with a few basic cleaning materials. While other type of business will require huge amount of capital.

• Just like any business, you need to secure a business license and insurance from the government local authority.

• To attract your first batch of customers, you will need some advertising about your business name and the services that you offer. You can place it on local newspapers or circulate pamphlets on your neighborhood. Don’t forget your business cards and ask the help of your friend and family to make your business known to the public.
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forum avatarAndreCollison
15th September 2010 12:44 AM
Starting a cleaning business will never be that hard if you know what to do and carefully follow them. Your expected profit will depend on how big you want your business to be. You can hire a person operation where you set up at home and service areas close to where you reside. You can also establish a commercial office and hire people to work for you.

• Decide the exact type of cleaning services you’re about to offer. Are you going to make beds? Vacuum? Mop? Or wax floors? You can also decide to specialize like cleaning carpets only, or cleaning suspended ceilings only.

• Give your home cleaning a respective price. You can get some ideas from your competitors by checking your telephone directory and the classified ads section in your local newspapers for cleaning businesses. Call them up and act like a prospective client. From then, you can find out the cleaning services they offer and how much they charge.

• Give your business an ear-catching name. In doing so, it is essential to provide your business with accurate name. Just don’t use the “cleaning service” since it its over done by many house cleaning businesses.

• Take time to gain knowledge about your community regulations.

• Search for your first client and target as many clients as you can. You can advertise your cleaning business with your family, relatives, neighbors, colleagues, and friends. At first, it will take patience to spend most of your time and money getting paying clients.

This is just a start so don’t relax yet. When everything is settled, it is helpful that you study a course that will give you a background on how to manage your business in terms of growth, insurance accounting, taxes, better marketing strategies and more.

Hello Andre, this is obviously selfpromo stuff, which is why I've removed your web address and merged the posts.

Steve Richardson
Gaffer of My Local Services
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forum avatarseattle maid service
29th September 2010 2:09 PM
First, you should find a team of professionals

forum avatarAndreCollison
30th September 2010 1:29 AM
Any kind of business, like cleaning service will need you to shell out a good amount of money to keep it running. However there is a cleaning business start up that will not require you with such a big capital. Coupled with diligence, patience, and hard work, your small money can make your cleaning business grow when you consider some fundamental matters.

• To run your cleaning service, you need to invest in cleaning equipments. You may take time to do some research on where you can buy quality materials for less money. Customers expect you to have your own tools so better get the best one. Basically, you will need a high-grade window cleaner, soft scrub cleanser, industrial-grade bath cleaner and toilet bowl cleaner, furniture polish, wood floor cleaner, a cleaning carrier and a bag of cleaning, a step tool or ladder and you’re on the way to your prospect clients.

• The fees and prices that you will charge will depend on several factors that you need to consider. One is the geographical location. You may give a higher charge than your usual rate on areas with high income. To price a cleaning service, it should be based not on hour but on the perfect job accomplished. Just don’t give prices that are too low so you won’t find it hard to raise prices later when your business is established.

• Of course, your cleaning business start up won’t work well if you don’t advertise it. This is the fastest way to let the public know that you are offering this kind of service. You can ask the help of your family and friends while you advertise it on local newspapers.

• And keep in mind to do your very best when serving your customer. Not only they will hire you for another cleaning job, but they will also bring you more referrals.

forum avatarkapilv
13th December 2010 2:27 PM
Hello everyone! i would like to put my views on how one should start a cleaning services company.you should be aware of trends of local market. you should try to give some additional facilities regarding cleaning services comparing to your opponents at a fair charge.at initial stage you will find some problems regarding manpower but once you will set up your company this problem will not exist. you should focus on areas of more demand and less supply.

forum avatarAimee
24th December 2010 10:35 AM
well the points are really good for a business starter , i am gonna refer this post for some one else...who is actually looking for such type of stuff.


forum avatarCathy Duncan
28th December 2010 6:49 AM
Well, frankly speaking, if we practically implement these steps into our home cleansing business, we can have a great success with no doubts.

forum avatarpetersho
28th December 2010 9:26 AM
Hi Mate
Its not easy Job, you should find good one or two person who can understand from cleaning. the most important is Happy customers, and return back.

Cheers
Peter
North Cyprus holidays

forum avatarmark henry
3rd February 2011 7:33 AM
nice points though for starters and business initiators!

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