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Get a website as well. Most people will search the web for what they need. Also Facebook has proven to be invaluable to me.
Good luck!
Stacy

I did. That just sent me to a Google search that doesn't provide a actual bid estimate sheet but information on how to bid. Was just trying to help further, Tickle.

Make sure you are charging enough to cover the cost of your supplies, insurance, taxes and your time. You charge what you need to in order to make money.

I am thinking of transferring to a different online merchant account. We currently use Authorize.net but they have been using business practices that I am not pleased with lately.

Anyone have any...

If you don't want to spend the money on the insurance before you have actual clients, I would recommend at least doing the legwork to find the right policy for you. That way when you are ready to go...

There is no "standard" but you are definitely a nice employer that you are considering your housekeeper. The happier they are, the happier they make you :)

I don't know where you would find a sample since it is so specific to Realtors, but here is one for sale: http://www.businessformsstore.com/inc/sdetail/15231

Good luck!

Most small building, day care centers, banks, etc. are done by the hour and large offices done by the square foot. However, you should always give the client a price per clean or per week. ...

Ask them why they are unhappy with their current cleaning company and what you can do to make them happy. That way they will know you really care about their building.

The best way to get your name out there is a website. Nowadays people search for what they need on the internet. I would recommend putting some time into a website. It doesn't have to cost a dime....

I just did a search for some cleaning websites in Chicago and saw prices from 22 to 32 per hour. I guess prices have gone up since your wife sold her business. However, many places can afford to...

You should always bid all jobs at a per job rate, not hourly anyway. That way the client won't try to knock off an hour here or an hour there. Just figure out your hourly rate for your own...

Southeast. Near Philly. But I am very rural here... lots of farms and amish. I had cheaper ones, but you get what you pay for. The "professional" businesses all over the tri state area are all...

I pay my cleaner $35/hour. That is the norm for my area.

If you get a permit with your city, you can flyer in public. Otherwise, you can not put flyers on cars in parking lots, etc.

You can put flyers on bulletin boards in sandwich shops, post offices,...

Smaller jobs are usually priced at an hourly rate rather than a square footage rate.

Basically, you have to figure out what you need to charge to make a profit at the end of the day after paying...

It will depend on whether the bid is residential or commercial but basically you want to put the type of windows, how many, screen information, how they open information, if they want the inside and...

I also found wix.com the other day, but it is all flash, which I understand is not good for customers with slow internet connections and is not good for getting indexed by Google... they don't like...

Yes, but most people are not going to be searching for this company using their business name. It is easy to come up in search results if you search using a unique business name.

People are...

You can get a website for free. There are many companies out there that offer free website hosting. One is weebly.com.

You can also use your website as a blog. I have seen many do this. It...

There is also Weebly.com which is free to use and is ad-free. You can even sell items on the site without paying for a web package. It gives you a lot of pages too.

Another SEO designer...

Hi Mancill,

It looks like you have all your ducks in a row, know what you want and how to achieve it, have the experience and have the money to do so!!

You are off to a great start!!

I...

It takes a long time to get website exposure built up. I would recommend you read up on SEO to be sure you are doing everything necessary with your website to ensure Google and the other search...

Just watched The Final Destination last night. While not scary, it sure was gruesome. Just like the other ones.

Most of those movies listed above scared me as a kit (Poltergeist 1 being the scariest). Not sure if they would scare me now as an adult.

Watched Paranormal Activity last night. Wasn't the least bit scary. Kind of stupid... the guy ruined it for me. If you are looking for scary, that is not the movie.

Yup, it sounds like you are already together.

Before you invest your feelings any further, really think about whether you will be able to handle the long distance relationship... if it will be...

You miss her because you are lonely. It doesn't sound like, from what you said, that she was all that good for you.

Give it some time and soon enough you will find that one person who really is...

That happened to me once. They all went off during a snow storm when I opened the gargage door to start shoveling. Scared the living daylights out of me. I assumed it was because of the cold. We...

Liability insurance should also be purchased.

You should also set some business policies just in case something happens to the pool as result of the water chemistry or something happens to their...

I agree. It is best to shop around and make sure you are getting the best policy and the cheapest. Your local policy carriers such as State Farm are usually the most expensive for this type of...

The information in the post I was referring to was free and applies directly to the poster. I have been in the pet sitting field for 9 years now and would consider myself an expert as do many of the...

Per the TOS, I can put my link in the signature:

"Do not advertise or spam. You are welcome to include information and links in your signature to a reasonable extent, but do not refer or link to...

It is the responsibility of the homeowner to ask those questions and get the background check and insurance certificate to be sure they are secure with who they are hiring. If you don't want to...

You can get a background check done through your local state government. You don't need to be bonded for that.

I am not sure if you are looking for residential or commercial, but you can find one at Start Your Own Small Business With Professional Business Forms And Support - Office Cleaning Bid Proposal if...

Basically, you need to spell out what you are doing, when, how many days a week and for how much. This is for commercial since that is the type that you would generally submit a proposal for.
...

You can get licensed by going to SBA: WHERE TO OBTAIN BUSINESS LICENSES. You can get your insurance and bonding at Pet Sitters Associates, LLC. or Home

Most are not free. Here is one: Bid Calculator For Commercial Cleaning

Usually the smaller buildings are bid on an hourly rate. You would need to determine what you need to charge per hour to...

Merchant Circle is a great place to advertise. It gets picked up very nicely by the search engines, is very detailed and best of all... free!

Good luck!
Stacy

You can get a professional contract at Start Your Own Small Business With Professional Business Forms And Support - Commercial Cleaning Business Forms for Office, Restaurant, Power Washing, &...

Door hangers work pretty well, but statistics show that middle class families are more prone to obtain your services. I would target middle class neighborhoods.

From experience, I would recommend starting in residential and then once you feel you have enough clientele and are comfortable with the way your business is going, expand into commercial. ...

You can go to SBA: WHERE TO OBTAIN BUSINESS LICENSES and click on your state to see if you need a business license. Some states are now licensing cleaners. More than likely you will just need to...

Market your new service to your existing customers. Let them know what you are now offering and ask them to refer you. Offer a referral bonus as an incentive.

You should have a formal bid proposal to lay out what you will be charging on a monthly basis and what is included in that charge. If they ask you to do something that you didn't put in the bid, you...

Actually, most cleaning business owners are in the same boat. They know how to clean, but not how to manage their business. This is very important to the success of your business. But, in the...

For your paperwork, you should submit a proposal. Your proposal should consist of a cover page, cover letter, proposal written out with what you will be doing, when and how often with terms, a page...

It is better to bid per hour rather than square foot, but if you do square foot, it is cleanable area, not the entire building area. This is why most business owners will not do it this way. It is...

There are many factors that go into getting traffic to your website. If you want to send over your website address I can take a look and see if I notice anything right off the bat. There are some...