subject: STARTING UP AN OFFICE CLEANING BUSINESS [print this page] STARTING UP AN OFFICE CLEANING BUSINESS STARTING UP AN OFFICE CLEANING BUSINESS
To start a cleaning business for offices, you will need to go to potential customers and tell them about your business individually.Direct contact is the best way to do the target marketing for office cleaning business. The personal contact is the best and the most cost effective to get customers for this kind of business.Hire a cleaning company requires a lot of trust in the person.
Start by delivering the flyers or pamphlets covering the services you provide to the local businesses. If possible, try to speak directly with the owner or manager.Try to determine immediately whether there is a need for an outside cleaning service or not.If the owner is unavailable or busy at the moment, then he must try to get back to them when the time would be right after they will get the chance to look over your flyer or pamphlet.
If you have no time to go to each business office and talk to its owner personally, then the next best technique is to contact them is by phone (i.e. Telemarketing).When you will call, you should professionally introduce yourself as a local business.Try something like "Hello, this is (your name) calling from ABC Cleaning here in (city)". This would tell the person receiving your call that you are not calling from an out of town Telemarketing Company. Once you have told them about yourself and your company, start asking brief questions to find out if your services are needed or not. If they are interested, set up an appointment and give an estimate.
Once you start getting customers, you will need to concentrate so that you know of any special requests from customers.Try to use a standard checklist for the location with an area to write in if extras are needed.Another good idea is to carry a small notebook or index card box with brief notes for taking steps needed at each location.Take these with you at every job and check out each step as completed.
