Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients: My Blueprint to a Successful "Green" Business
    How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients: My Blueprint to a Successful "Green" Business
    How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients: My Blueprint to a Successful "Green" Business
    Ebook99 pages1 hour

    How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients: My Blueprint to a Successful "Green" Business

    By Christine Susan DeGraw

    4/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Before starting her own house cleaning business, Christine had read many books and articles on house cleaning tips and approaches recommending long-term contracts, giving free estimates, and using toxic chemicals. These means were costly, inefficient, and bad for the environment. Christine will provide you with another perspective. You can apply these step-by-step instructions and methods even if you have a full-time life.

    If you follow her recommendations, you will not waste precious time and money by trial and error. Christine has listed all of the products she personally uses. Best of all, with her unique customer service approach, it will enable you to see your earnings increase, year after year. You will not need to reinvent the wheel. Practice does make perfect when you know exactly what to practice. You will learn how to clean any surface in every room. You will be the professional clients call for advice and house cleaning.

    Included in this blueprint is how to find your own niche to set you apart from your competitors, how to choose your service area, calculations on setting your cleaning fees and formulas for job estimating, creating custom services, detailed lists of suggested equipment, supplies, and green products. As a special bonus, Christine has included a spreadsheet which will help in job scheduling, keep track of clients, record your income and expenses, and manage your wait list!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristine Susan DeGraw
    Release dateMar 15, 2016
    ISBN9781310441332
    How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients: My Blueprint to a Successful "Green" Business
    Author

    Christine Susan DeGraw

    Christine DeGraw lives in Washington State with her husband Joe. Between the two of them, they have five adult children and seven adorable grandchildren. Christine has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s Degree in Emergency Management. She is originally from Bavaria, Germany. Christine works full-time as a Financial Analyst and maintains a part-time cleaning business.

    Related to How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients

    Related ebooks

    Business For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      15 Small Business Ideas to Launch from Home This Fall

      Oct 18, 2019

      Side hustle, small business, or side project. Call it what you will. In the gig economy that we're living in, everyone can materialize their longing to build something profitable and amazing outside their regular 9-to-5 jobs. Not only are there free

      6 min read

    • Article

      Cleaning Up

      Feb 28, 2018

      Cleaning Up
      9 min read

    • Article

      Safekeeping Yearbooks

      Apr 21, 2020

      Safekeeping Yearbooks
      2 min read

    • Article

      Creative Hustle

      Jul 3, 2019

      Creative Hustle
      5 min read

    • Article

      HOW TO... Get Off A Blacklist

      Sep 23, 2019

      HOW TO... Get Off A Blacklist
      2 min read

    • Article

      Fund a Home Business!

      Oct 18, 2019

      Fund a Home Business!
      9 min read

    • Article

      Entrepreneurs Pay Too Much in Taxes Because They Don't Do This

      Mar 29, 2019

      As we head deeper into tax season, we're starting to hear from more and more Americans experiencing sticker shock as they file their returns. Gone is the comforting and often sizable refund check they've come to expect every year. Instead, they're fi

      2 min read

    • Article

      8 Side Hustles to Consider This Summer 2021

      Jun 24, 2021

      “Side Hustle” has become quite the buzzword as of late. Granted, people have had a lot of time in the last year and a half to sit inside, potentially sidelined from their 9-to-5 due to the pandemic. This time and freedom have helped people turn their

      6 min read

    • Article

      The First 90 Days

      Feb 1, 2018

      The First 90 Days
      14 min read

    • Article

      Magnus’ Marketing Minute

      Jan 1, 2023

      Michael Magnus is an advertising professional who supports the growth of the leather industry through his marketing agency, Magnus Opus. Among his client partnerships are Silver Creek Leather Co., manufacturers of Realeather® Crafts and Lace, and Jim

      4 min read

    • Article

      Hey, Foundation Partners, What’s The Biggest Lesson You’ve Learnt From Working In Your Business ?

      Nov 1, 2018

      We’ve learnt that making reading fun is the best way to get kids hooked on reading. Whether that’s reading aloud with funny voices, letting kids choose their own books, making a special time or place to read, or gifting books on special occasions—the

      5 min read

    • Article

      Straightforward Solutions And Strategies

      Apr 25, 2022

      HELLO, I’M CLARE – YOUR POSITIVELY CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER I’M AT MY VERY HAPPIEST PARTNERING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE YOU TO STRENGTHEN AND CONFIDENTIALY MOVE YOUR BUSINESS FORWARD. WHEN NOT WORKING YOU’LL FIND ME OUTSIDE, RAIN OR SHINE RUNNING OR

      4 min read

    • Article

      Harriet’s Top Tips:

      Jul 23, 2020

      My main tip is to focus on achieving at least one task a day to keep the housework at bay! The task can be as big or as little as you like. As long as you get that one task done, you know you’ve achieved something and been productive. On the days I d

      2 min read

    • Article

      MONEY Matters

      May 9, 2023

      MONEY Matters
      3 min read

    • Article

      Why Happy Starts At Home

      Mar 31, 2020

      Why Happy Starts At Home
      4 min read

    • Article

      Beauty & beyond

      Feb 19, 2022

      Beauty & beyond
      9 min read

    • Article

      How Small Changes Can Make A Big Difference

      Oct 29, 2021

      Send suggestions for topics and requests for info to yourmoney@you.co.za. We may answer your questions in this column but won’t reply personally. DID you know that cutting out the R45 you blow on takeaway coffee every week could save you about R2 00

      3 min read

    • Article

      Lessons Learned

      Feb 7, 2020

      Lessons Learned
      5 min read

    • Article

      25 Life-changing Budget Hacks

      Aug 19, 2019

      25 Life-changing Budget Hacks
      3 min read

    • Article

      What Have You Learned From Business Mistakes?

      Oct 4, 2021

      Asif Ahmed Managing Director of Acclivity and author of The Finance Playbook for Entrepreneurs www.acclivity.co “When I first started out in business, I hadn’t fully appreciated the importance of having contracts in place to support every legal relat

      7 min read

    • Article

      What’s In A Name?

      Mar 2, 2024

      What’s In A Name?
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients

    4/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients - Christine Susan DeGraw

      How to Get & Keep Your Own House Cleaning Clients:

      My Blueprint to a Successful Green Business

      By Christine Susan DeGraw

      Copyright © 2016 by Christine Susan DeGraw

      Distributed by Smashwords

      All Rights Reserved

      Language: American English

      ISBN: 9781310441332

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

      Dedicated to my family, thank you for your love and patience

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      I would like to thank the following people for their fine work and support to make this book possible.

      Thank you to my wonderful (and smart) husband Joe for painstakingly going through the last edit of this book. A big thank you to my amazing client Tabitha who also proofread one of my many drafts and gave me invaluable advice. Thank you to my precious daughter for jump starting our cleaning business, I could not have done it without you, Tiffany.

      A special thank you to Goodlife Guide who designed the beautiful cover and formatted the book for each of the e-formats. Last, but not least, thank you Smashwords for distributing my first book!

      Table of Contents

      INTRODUCTION: Clean Sweep

      1 SETTING UP YOUR BUSINESS: Getting Started

      2 SAFETY STANDARDS: You Can Clean By

      3 DIRTY BUSINESS, CLEAN PROFITS: Marketing & Job Estimating

      4 RELIABLE CLEANING TOOLS: Equipment & Supplies

      5 ECO-FRIENDLY NICHE: Using Green Products

      6 CUSTOMER SERVICE: How to Keep Clients & Generate Referrals

      7 STEP-BY-STEP, ROOM-BY-ROOM: Professional Cleaning

      8 SUMMARY OF MY BLUEPRINT: To Success!

      INTRODUCTION: Clean Sweep

      I want to teach you how to start a successful, residential house cleaning business using green products. If you have always wanted to operate your own company, then you have found the right book. You will gain a good understanding of what it takes to get AND keep your own clients. I will divulge my blueprint to a prosperous house cleaning business throughout this book.

      Before starting my own business, I had read many books and articles on house cleaning tips and approaches recommending long-term contracts, giving free estimates, and using toxic chemicals. These means were costly, inefficient, and bad for the environment. I will provide you with another perspective. You can apply my step-by-step instructions and methods even if you have a full-time life.

      If you follow my recommendations, you will not waste precious time and money by trial and error. I have listed all of the products I personally use. Best of all, my unique customer service approach will enable you to see your earnings increase, year after year. You will not need to reinvent the wheel. Practice does make perfect when you know exactly what to practice. You will learn how to clean any surface in every room. You will be the professional clients call for advice and house cleaning.

      Green Products

      There is not a shortage of recipes on how to mix up your own concoction of natural ingredients for cleaning purposes. Products don’t need to consist of creating your own lab at home to come up with natural alternatives. I, too, have tried these approaches — who hasn’t sprinkled baking soda on their carpets to subdue smells?

      For professional house cleaning, however, you will need to educate yourself as to what terms like green, eco-friendly biodegradable and natural really mean. I have found a handful of manufacturers who committed themselves to producing high-quality green products.

      Let’s Talk Money

      I only work two days a week providing maintenance house cleaning. On Fridays and Saturdays I net an average of $400 for both days. I receive between $5 and $15 in tips, per job. I schedule initial deep cleaning appointments on Sundays and holidays. I make smart decisions by requiring a two-hour minimum per maintenance job; and three-hours for deep cleanings.

      My maintenance schedule is always 100 percent full even though I do not require a written contract. I treat clients the way I would want a house cleaner to treat me, in a courteous and respectful manner. Once I receive a referral, I make sure I thank my clients. I am happy with my success, and extremely proud of how well I have done. I want the same for you.

      Learn as Much as You Can

      Unfortunately, if you do not take the time to read and follow my recommendations, you will not be able to succeed as I have promised. You may want to skip ahead to the end of this book where I summarize my blueprint which spells out unsurpassable customer service and my business philosophy. DON’T SKIP AHEAD.

      Take the time to read every chapter. I will make it as entertaining as possible without oversimplifying or leaving out details you need to do an exemplary job. Every chapter has been carefully crafted to convey critical elements to succeed.

      Feeling of Success

      I want you to know what it feels like when your clients praise you, tip you, and can’t wait for your return to their home. I hear these comments on a regular basis: You are a lifesaver!; Now I get to spend the weekend with my children, instead of spending time cleaning the house!; It always smells so good after you clean! and my favorite: We love you!

      You too will experience this love from your clients. All you need to do now is read this

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1