How To Profit From A Home-based House Cleaning Business
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Making money and profiting from your own cleaning business is easier than you think. Don't know how to start? Lets read through this article to start with the basics of setting up your own home cleaning business.
Home cleaning is becoming an exceptionally popular service today. Why? Because more and more people's lifestyles have changed. In general people are much busier than what they were a few years ago and people are seeking help from services to help them out with house-hold chores.
Do you see where we are going here? You should really look into this and understand that the demand is 'now' (and rising). This can only mean that you will have less competitors today than if you start in a year or two's time.
Please find below some of the main aspects you should know in order to set up as an Indpendent Cleaner.
Your Business Name:
Identifying a name for your business is very important. This gives you an identity and is also needed for advertising purposes. Look through your local Yellow Pages to give you an idea of names in the house cleaning section. Don't copy any name, but think of something similar along those lines.
Having a business name forms an identity for your business. If you are serious about making a profit and an income from this, then you need to take your little business seriously and it all starts with a name.
Choosing Your Customers & Territory:
Knowing who you want to target and where they live is one of the first steps you need to take. Remember, if you have your own transport then you will be able to get around faster and do more cleans per day. If you need to rely on public transport to get from A to B then this will reduce your cleans significantly. Don't forget to take this into account when taking on new clients.
If you don't have your own transport, then you should try and target people near where you live. But you will also need to identify if the people in your area have the money to pay for a cleaner.
The bottom line is that you must find out who is willing to pay for a cleaning service. These same people should ideally live in a 2-3 mile radius of each other. Cutting down on travelling (either your car or public transport) this way will ensure more cleans, meaning more money!
Set-Up Expenses:
As an Independent Cleaner, there is very little you need to buy to start your own business. Most Independent Cleaners tend to use the cleaning products and equipment of their customers. So you won't need to buy any cleaning products. This is the main reason why you will make a healthy profit!
The following are what you will probably have to spend some money on:
o An apron and tabard
o Advertising
o Money spent on travel
Setting The Price:
Setting a price structure is your next step. My advice would be to call your competitors, found in your Yellow Pages. Pretend you are an enquirer and ask what they charge.
Since you have completed your price research you can decide if you want to set your rates lower, higher or in-line with your competitors. Tip: don't charge too low, cheap sometimes reflects shoddy work!
Getting the Word Out:
Let everyone know about your new service. Target your target customer and put flyers through their mailbox. This is by far the quickest and cheapest method of advertising. You want to put hundreds of these flyers out.
Simply type up your flyer in a word processing document, or get somebody to do this for you. Try and put at least two flyers on one page. Take these your local library or wherever has a photocopier. Get them copied as many times as you can afford.
Post hundreds of flyers out through prospective mailboxes. This will keep you fit and really doesn't take that long. A surprise telephone message might be waiting for you when you get back home!
In addition to flyers, depending on your budget, advertise your cleaning service in the Yellow Pages. If you cannot afford this from the onset, once you start making some money you can then think about placing an advert then.
Expansion:
Now that you have a full client list of your own you might consider hiring some help. This is just the start of things, you could end up hiring dozens of cleaners and put your own feet up!
Put an ad in your local newspaper advertising for a cleaner. Once you have chosen a satisfactory candidate take him/her with you on your cleaning rounds for him/her to get used to your cleaning methods and techniques.
Once you are happy and confident that he/she can go and clean on their own, you can then either have some free time to yourself or double your customer base.
Who says to stop at one cleaner, once your are in control, take on more cleaners.
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