Aren’t you tired of all the books being sold that tell you how simple it is to start your own home cleaning industry? I’m not inferring that all their information is bad, but let’s be sincere about how “easy” it really is.
There’s a dirty little secret hanging over the cleaning trade that nobody talks about, but every professional cleaner runs into. And unfortunately, if you buy one of the books on how to start your own cleaning business, they won’t tell you about this issue and probably don’t even know it exists. Why don’t they know it exists because the book, more than probable, was printed by a business expert and not a cleaning professional.
To share the accountability, I’ll be honest and disclose that even the professional cleaners don’t talk about this issue. And I can’t shape out why; are they in denial, do they decide to just disregard it or are they resolved to just buying more hype?
What’s the dirty little secret that unknown talks about? The subject is that most of the customers that pay people to clean their house think you are cleaning because you can’t do anything else and automatically think you will work for pennies.
OK - I said it. Now it’s out there because I think this is a significant issue that people should know before they start a house cleaning business. And it’s also important for the people that are at present cleaning to recognize that it exists and know there is a way around the issue.
And once you know about it, you shouldn’t let it deter you from constructing your home cleaning business; just know how to handle the issue for victory.
I know a lot about this topic because I started my own house cleaning industry and grew it into a company with teams of employees. And I didn’t just start the business and right away hire the employees to do the cleaning. I started the business and did the cleaning myself.
I had been self engaged in the computer business doing software design and development consulting for large corporations. This is a stress-filled career because you’re on-call 24/7, must fix software problems immediately, and you have scheme deadlines to meet. After doing this for 18 years, I was burned out and required a change.
I started the house cleaning business because I always had my house cleaned by experts. And I wasn’t happy with the superiority of the work. I absolutely knew what clientele wanted and knew I could build my business based on that.
With my business and technical backdrop, I had no problem preparing the publicity and bidding on jobs. In fact, I landed 98% of the job I estimated. When I showed up to do the cleaning, I got a whole dissimilar reaction from my new client than when we met for the estimate.
Suddenly, they thought I needed management while cleaning. They also thought they could ask and get more work done for the unique quote I gave them. And imagine my surprise when they started telling me what I was going to clean on their next meeting!
See: How to start a house cleaning business
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