Office cleaning is a good chance to make money from it. But it is important to remember that safety is matter during cleaning. Must ensure their safety and your own employees and employees of organizations that are doing cleaning work.
- There is great concern recently about the safety of chemicals and cleaning products every day, whether it is better to play and the safe use of cleaning products that we know that people are comfortable and clean. Many people turn to cleaning products physics, such as soda and vinegar are aware, even if the cleaning of this mandate is not appropriate. There are many cleaners on the market these days, especially for the environment and the low-allergen. So, for your safety and that of your employees and the cleaning staff to choose more environmentally friendly products is a good choice.
- Use or create their own natural cleansing, it is important to deal with the same caution you have a commercial product.
- Never mix bleach and ammonia. This mixture is very serious that the toxic gas. When shopping for industrial products Search Products pH neutral, non-irritant, non-hazardous and biodegradable.
- Have a regular cleaning bottles, to ensure that all the bottles are clearly marked. Especially if your cleaning buildings, cleaning the home do not want all employees of the Office for misuse of the product, if not properly marked.
- If you are cleaning the surfaces in contact with food, make sure that the products in use, because the safety and effectiveness of this application.
- As for cleaning, buying, always make sure the labels carefully as their destination.
- Most of the areas, particularly if they are cleaned regularly with fresh products, such as vinegar or a mild cleaner environment. Only the use of ammonia and bleach products to work hard when they are needed.
- By moving or removing furniture or other objects ever to drive with care and good conduct. If there is someone to lift or move something heavy.
- If only the evening, in the dark, leaving the task of construction and location of your car. E ‘to know some of the movements to ensure its own security.
These precautions you and your staff and employees of the office of a bad accident, and make you feel happy and safe cleaning businesses. It ‘better than the perception of security threats to themselves or others.
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House cleaning is in big demand at the moment and it will continue to be in demand over the coming years. The reason being is that peoples’ lifestyles have changed and more and more people are turning to house cleaning services to help free up some of their time.
Why not get in on the act now, take advantage of this demand, and start profiting from your own home-based house cleaning business.
Below are the main points you need to know to start-up as an Independent Cleaner.
Choose a Business Name
For advertising purposes you really should give your cleaning service a name. It could just be your own name, i.e. ‘Joan Walter’s House Cleaning’ or you could give it a more generic name i.e. ‘Your Sparkly House’. Well, you get the idea anyway!
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.
Choose Your Territory & Customers
You need to know who your customers are going to be and where they live. You might not have your own transport, so this will have to be taken into consideration. If you have a car then you will be able to travel further a field and be able to do more cleans per day.
No transport? Don’t worry. Target people who live near you. But you will also need to identify if the people in your area have the money to pay for a cleaner.
It’s very important to find out who can afford a cleaning service. You also need to know if there are enough of these premium customers within a certain proximity of each other? Ideally you would want as many customers as close to each other as possible. This way you can do more cleans per day and not lose too much time traveling from one customer to another.
Set-Up Costs
As an Independent Cleaner, there is very little you need to buy when starting a home 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 A tabard/apron
o Advertising
o Travelling costs
Pricing
You need to set yourself a price structure. The best way to do this is to ring around the local cleaners in your Yellow Pages and find out what they are charging. You can also get this information from your local job center.
You can then set your hourly rate in proportion with your competitors. Whether you choose to undercut them, charge the same, or set your prices slightly higher is totally up to you.
Advertising
If you don’t carry out advertising activities, then know one will know about your cleaning service. The best and cheapest way to do this is to create small flyers and to put them directly into your potential customers’ mailbox.
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.
Put your flyers out by the hundreds if you can. You will be surprised at how quickly this actually takes. You could even have your first phone call by the time 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.
Expanding
Once you are well on your way of having a full, jam-packed diary you might want to think about expanding your cleaning business. By now you will be beaming with confidence of what you have accomplished all by yourself. So thinking about hiring a cleaner to help you expand should not be too daunting.
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.
Once you are totally confident with managing cleaning staff there is no reason why you can’t hire more cleaners.
Source: http://www.stayathomejobsforu.com/blog/working-from-home/47-starting-a-house-cleaning-business-for-top-profits
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With one of the longest average working weeks in the world, the UK’s 21st century lifestyle is minimising the amount of personal time we have available. The domestic cleaning industry has flourished as people seek to free their non-working time from household tasks and FastKlean is seeking to supply a high quality service to this burgeoning market nationwide
Take a thriving industry providing an essential service (domestic cleaning), combine with minimal overheads (a home office and no staff, vehicle or equipment costs) and a state-of-the-art management software system that helps to comprehensively manage the business…and you have the FastKlean franchise.
Established as a domestic cleaning agency in London in 2001, FastKlean removes the hassle of trying to find experienced, professional and hard-working cleaners, typically for two-income households, single parents, the elderly or infirm or groups in shared accommodation. Demand for the FastKlean service has grown rapidly and the company has a team of 180 cleaners working a mixture of part and full time, plus five office staff managing the day to day operation of the business and ensuring that client satisfaction remains top priority.
The business was created by Antoaneta Tsocheva who, after moving to the UK from Bulgaria, saw an opportunity to create a business which met the growing demand for cleaning services and make it easier for people to find jobs in domestic cleaning. “As the working environment changes, many people are striving to achieve success and enjoying higher salaries as a result,” says Antoaneta. “However the working day has increased in line with those salaries and we have become a ‘cash rich, time poor’ society. With leisure time at a premium, more and more people are choosing to pay someone else to help with domestic tasks such as cleaning and ironing. But once people have made the decision to employ a cleaner, where do they go to find someone reliable and trustworthy?
“FastKlean recruits and interviews quality, trustworthy people to make sure they are suitable before we put them on our books, including checking their references, carrying out a police check and, in the case of non-nationals, ensuring their visa allows them to work in the UK. This level of professionalism ensures our customers are comfortable to stay with us long term.”
Bringing work in is essential for an agency business to thrive and FastKlean has built an effective three pronged approach to marketing to establish itself as a popular provider of domestic cleaning services across London. “Leafletting is the staple method of bringing in business in the domestic cleaning industry and we have a range of leaflets designed to produce a very good response,” says Antoaneta.
“Also, we have established an attractive shop-fronted office (pictured above) which gives the business powerful visibility, with clients regularly calling in to the shop to find out about the range of FastKlean services and to discuss their particular requirements. Finally, FastKlean has developed its web strategy since our website first went live in 2001 and we maintain very strong Google rankings which give us a huge competitive advantage in the domestic cleaning industry. We are now looking to transfer our ability to successfully bring in business and provide excellent service to other regions of the UK by granting franchises.”
FastKlean engaged the services of professional franchise consultancy Franchise Development Services to assist in the creation of a strong franchise package designed to maximise the franchisee’s opportunity for success. “FastKlean offers a substantial business opportunity without employing cleaning staff, vehicles or equipment, which is attractive for people looking to minimise their investment early on,” says FDS Franchise Consultant Paul Hague. “FastKlean’s proprietary software is amazing and is unique in the industry in assisting the business to run very smoothly. This will allow franchisees to concentrate on building a substantial business.”
With the assistance of Franchise Development Services, FastKlean has developed a turnkey package including business manuals, pre-launch training and opening support, full access to and training in the use of FastKlean’s proprietary business and accounting software and a range of proven marketing materials. “To help our franchisees develop and grow we will provide ongoing support,” says Antoaneta, “including ongoing training, a helpline facility, website management and development, marketing initiatives, coaching and mentoring and regular support team visits to the franchisee’s territory.”
FastKlean is seeking ambitious individuals who are committed to building a substantial business. “Franchisees do not need cleaning experience as they will benefit from our full training and support,” says Antoaneta. “However, we are looking for people that have the energy and motivation to create a strong client base in a short period of time. You must also have an interest and affinity with the services we provide.”
Sourcea: http://www.thefranchisemagazine.net/franchise/FastKlean/Build-a-substantial-business-in-a-thriving-industr/3811
Until about 10 years ago, business advice guru’s used to say that the best business to be in was the one you knew most about!
That statement is disputable. And, even if it were true then, it certainly is not true today! Here’s why:
No matter what skills you have or what trade or profession you are in, the amount of money you can earn is severely limited by the number of hours in the day you can work. Aha!
So now we can say:
A better business is one in which you can recruit and train others to do what you can do. This leaves you free to manage and grow the business,
Even so, we still can’t say that it is best business to be in. We can’t say it because some trades and professions have much higher billable hourly rates than others.
Copywriting, and especially direct-response copywriting, is undoubtedly one of the highest paid professions in the world!
Copywriters tend to be pretty smart. A copywriter and an attorney are discussing fees:
Lawyer: “My fees start at $150 an hour.”
Copywriter: “I charge from $1 a word.”
Lawyer: “Wow! I can’t think of any word worth a $1.Gimme an example?”
Copywriter: “Gimme a $1.”
Lawyer: “Okay. Here’s your $1.”
Copywriter: “THANKS!”
So, is copywriting the world’s best business to be in?
I say NO!
I say Info-Marketing on the Internet is undoubtedly the world’s best business to be in!
It doesn’t necessarily have to be an e-book that reveals copywriting
secrets and a list of words that sell. Although that would sell well to a
business-2-business market. But it does have to be an info-product that’s designed to satisfy the needs and wants of a specific niche market.
Simple, huh?
Well, not exactly. If it were that simple, everybody with a how-to info-book and a direct-response website would be rich.
As I see it, only about 5% of Internet sites make millions. The remaining bunch of hopefuls is still struggling.
Jeff Walker, Product Launch a leading Internet marketing expert, says:
“Everyone has heard the story of the Internet being paved with gold… but only a precious few are bringing home that gold. There are thousands of websites that won’t even break even. Most of those sites are moribund… sitting there with products that don’t sell. They will wither away, and then get blown off the Internet like some dried-up piece of tumbleweed.”
Internet marketing expert, Cody Maya, Private Label Books, says,
“The average cost of a copywriting project is $5,000–and that’s just for one sales letter. You need three things to succeed on the Internet:
#1. You need a great product.
#2. You need to be able to get traffic to your site.
#3. You need to be able to convert those prospects into customers.”
Internet marketing is great. It is not cheap. It is not easy and the learning curve for the average Joe Schmoe is mind-boggling.
It takes a high degree of sophistication, and a lot of money to buy the kind of tools that will enable you to put your business on Auto-Pilot, “while you lie on the beach in Hawaii with your laptop and make a ton of money even while you sleep.”
Yanik Silver, one of the top guns in Internet Marketing told me he spent nearly $50,000 (a ton of money) on new products and doing research last year!
So, I need to qualify what I said earlier about selling an info-product on the Internet. Here’s my revised statement:
“Selling an info-product on the Internet to a well-defined niche market is the world’s best business to be in–for those who know what they are doing and have the money to do it.”
So, you can’t just fly into flying.
You think big but you start small!
You have to learn to walk before you can learn to run!
Some 30 years ago, self-made multi-millionaire Joe Karbo stated a very simple truth:
“Most people are too busy working to make
a living to ever make more than just a living.”
In his book, “How to Be Rich,” the late billionaire J. Paul Getty said that the only way to get rich is to start your own business and work at making yourself rich, rather than your employer!
For over 20 years I have been searching to find an “idiot proof” business that could be launched by the average Jack or Jill–and with no previous business experience and little or no capital to invest.
I managed to identify seven businesses that fit that bill.
Here’s my list–not necessarily in order of merit or profitability:
1. Home and Office Cleaning
2. Handy Person Service
3. Window Washing Service
4. Publishing a Local Ad Magazine
5. Computer Instruction and Repairs
6. Painting and Decorating
7. Leaflet Distribution
8. Mobile Haircutting and Beauty Service
9. Lawn Cutting and Yard Maintenance
10. Taking Care of Snowbird Vacation Homes
I have written a how-to business instruction plan for each of the above.
Here’s what I have to say about the Home and Office Cleaning Biz:
You could be your own boss–starting today!
“10 Powerful Reasons Why Home and Office Cleaning
is One of the World’s Best Businesses to Be In”
1. Low start-up cost.
2. You can work part-time or full time.
Keep your day job if you have one. Work evenings and weekends. Don’t quit your day job until you are sure you can make more working for yourself than your employer.
3. No Hard Selling Involved
The service virtually sells itself because 98% of housewives hate housework so much they jump at the chance of having a “maid” come in to the do all the dirty work.
4. Unlimited Demand For the Service
Today, as more and more women go out to work, they have less and less time to do housework and look after a husband and a family. If they can afford it, they jump at the chance of hiring a trustworthy and reliable home cleaner.
5. High Hourly Rates
The standard minimum age is a miserly $5.15 an hour. The average hourly rate for cleaners is $25 an hour. That’s more than four times the minimum wage. Average means that some cleaners charge a low of $20 an hour and others charge a high of $30 an hour.
6. No Special Skills or Training Required
Either you know what to do or the house owner tells you what she wants done.
7. The Target Market is Local and Very Easy to Contact
8. Hot Prospects are Easy to Identify
People who can afford to hire a cleaning maid live busy lives. They own large homes with two or more garages. They reside in up-market suburban areas.
9. Very Simple and Inexpensive Marketing Plan
The three best ways to get new customers as regulars are:
One: Referrals from existing customers.
Two: Leaflet Distribution.
Three: Using a tested and proven telephone script designed not to sell the service, but to make an appointment to call and give a free estimate. Done right, the level of acceptance is a high 86%.
10. Unlimited Growth Potential
While you can make $1,000 a week doing two, four-hour jobs a day for
five days a week, the way to make really big money is not to do any of
the work yourself!
The trick is to hire others to do all the cleaning work.
This leaves you free to concentrate on managing and growing the business.
As the Holly Noble, owner of a San Diego based cleaning business, says,
“You can’t be soliciting new customers when you are cleaning a toilet.”
John‘s “Home Cleaning Business Plan” is a fact-packed, step-by-step,
do-it-by-the-numbers guide that tells you all you need to know about starting up and succeeding in a home-based business of your own.
While it includes a lot of his own advice on how to promote and manage
the business, the real value of the Plan is that it contains in-depth interviews with nine successful cleaning business owners who revealed their most closely guarded trade secrets.
About the author:
John O’Callaghan is CEO of Entrepreneur’s Network, Inc. John specailizes in business plans for home-based businesses that can be launched with little or no money. Get 20 Start-up Tips Free. johnoc29@aol.com
by John O’Callaghan
Source: http://www.hansis.net/international/2008/09/26/home-cleaning-business-plan/
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Yes office cleaning business can get you far financially but it is important to practice safety if you wish to stay long in the industry. Safety should begin with yourself and extend to your employees and the employees of the office that you are cleaning.
Just lately, a lot of people are concerned about the safety of the chemicals that cleaning companies use. Hence, if in case you use chemical agents daily, it is important to use brands that are people friendly and environment friendly. There are even some companies that resort to using natural products such as white vinegar and baking soda. They are a good alternative but may be inappropriate in cleaning more corporate spaces.
Just passing through the market aisle will allow you to see thousands of cleaning products that are particularly created to be nontoxic enough for everyday use and there are some that are even hypoallergenic; you can choose these for the sake of safety.
While it is also sensible to make your own disinfectant, caution should still be implemented since you never know the consequences it can bring. Never ever try to combine ammonia and bleach since the result is a very bad chemical that releases toxic gases. When shopping for products that are commercially made, you must get those that features neutral PH, and are biodegradable, non hazardous and non-irritating.
If you wish to put your chemicals on plain bottles then you need to label them one by one. Of course, you want to avoid the situation where one of the employees from the office that you are cleaning for accidentally gets poisoned because he mistakenly thought that one of your cleaning products is a drink. Also, in case you are cleaning surfaces that come in contact with food then you have to ensure that the product you are using is able to pass rigorous safety and efficacy testing. This boils down to the important attitude of reading labels carefully so as to ensure that you are using these cleaning agents correctly.
If you are dealing with surfaces that are cleaned everyday then you can simply make use of mild products like vinegars. Use only bleach and ammonia products on tough jobs; try to avoid bleach and ammonia as much as possible.
In case you will be lifting heavy objects, lift them with caution and with the right posture. If it is possible, ask someone to assist you with the job of moving or lifting equipments specially those that are too heavy for one person. If working during nighttime, take caution in leaving and going into your car. It makes sense to allow someone to accompany you all the time.
Truly, there are a lot of things that you have to remember if you plan to work as a cleaner for offices. This article cannot discuss all of them thus it pays to have your own copy of a book that is specially made to tackle the needs of business owners in the cleaning industry. The book is handy and will even give techniques that you can use in order to attract customers.
Source: http://segnalo.alice.it/f.php?us=6e8a82b988f8ffc6909c817f7a1e0431
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