Start Your Cleaning Business the Right Way

Lori Abraham

Description

Starting a Cleaning Business? want the facts? want a good chance at succeeding?

I was in the cleaning business for over 35 years. I have watched countless individuals and couples start, fail and work themselves to the bone and for not much of anything.

The business setup steps in this book will get you started on the right track from day one.

You will find practical advice steps to take and in the proper order to get legal,get licensed,get insured,set up a basic office and learn ways to protect yourself and your new business.

What license do you need.

Understanding insurance.

Paying yourself and your employees if you decide to hire.

How much can you charge.

How much to charge for extras and what extras are.

Information gathering for potential new customers.

Help in obtaining new customers.

Your at their home, now what!

How to handle customers that try to get extras thrown in for free.

Problem customers.

Customers that cancel and how to handle them.

Scopes of work for general cleans.

Should you supply cleaning chemicals or not and how to decide.

What cleaning chemicals should you keep on hand.

And so much more.

This book is a must read if you want the opportunity to succeed in the cleaning business.

Sujets

• Entrepreneuriat
• Business
• Economics
• Entrepreneurship
• Employabilité, métiers et formations

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 14 février 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9780988960602
• Langue: English

Extrait

Start YourCleaning Business
 
The Right Way
 
 
 
By Lori Abraham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Publisher: Lori Abraham
P.O. Box 2415
NaplesFlorida 34106 Copyright © 2013 by Lori Abraham. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written consentfrom the author and publisher.
 
Table of Contents

  TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u <![endif]--> Chapter 1: First Things First PAGEREF _Toc348192368 \h <![endif]--> 1 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300360038000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 2: License(s) PAGEREF _Toc348192369 \h <![endif]--> 2 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300360039000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 3: Banking . PAGEREF _Toc348192370 \h <![endif]--> 3 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370030000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 4: Insurance . PAGEREF _Toc348192371 \h <![endif]--> 4 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370031000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 5: Payroll Service . PAGEREF _Toc348192372 \h <![endif]--> 7 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370032000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 6: Company Technology . PAGEREF _Toc348192373 \h <![endif]--> 9 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370033000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 7: Printed Goodies . PAGEREF _Toc348192374 \h <![endif]--> 10 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370034000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 8: Advertising Ideas . PAGEREF _Toc348192375 \h <![endif]--> 11 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370035000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 9: Meeting New Customers . PAGEREF _Toc348192376 \h <![endif]--> 13 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370036000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 10: Sticky Situations . PAGEREF _Toc348192377 \h <![endif]--> 15 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370037000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 11: Recap . PAGEREF _Toc348192378 \h <![endif]--> 17 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370038000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 12: Residential Cleaning . PAGEREF _Toc348192379 \h <![endif]--> 19 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300370039000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 13: Moneymakers . PAGEREF _Toc348192380 \h <![endif]--> 20 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300380030000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 14: Pets . PAGEREF _Toc348192381 \h <![endif]--> 22 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300380031000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 15: Supplying Tools . PAGEREF _Toc348192382 \h <![endif]--> 23 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300380032000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 16: Supplying Chemicals . PAGEREF _Toc348192383 \h <![endif]--> 25 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300380033000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 17: Green Cleaning Thoughts . PAGEREF _Toc348192384 \h <![endif]--> 26 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300380034000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 18: Basic Office Needs . PAGEREF _Toc348192385 \h <![endif]--> 27 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300380035000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
Chapter 19: Put on Your Business Face . PAGEREF _Toc348192386 \h <![endif]--> 28 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B02000000080000000E0000005F0054006F0063003300340038003100390032003300380036000000 <![endif]--> <![endif]-->
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Chapter1: First Things First
 
“Taking Care of Business Before Getting into Business”
 
 
 
Before you get started, obtain a notebookdedicated to your new business. Your notebook will become your best friend whenit comes to keeping track of information, pricing, thoughts, and for generalnote taking. Keep your new pal handy.
 
If you choose to incorporate, you can do ityourself online for between two and three hundred dollars. Ifyou decide to "do it yourself", visit a CPA (certified publicaccountant) and get their advice or help with the process. Google searchfor accountants in your neighborhood and make sure you are talking to aqualified CPA— not just a bookkeeper. Bookkeepers keep books, but they may notbe required to follow the same legal standards as CPAs.
 
You will also need a federal ID number,which can be handled at the same time as the incorporating process online.There is a small fee for this service. Until you get a federal ID number, youwill have to use your social security number in this dealing. I chose aSubchapter S corporation, and for me this was an excellent choice, but you maydecide to go with an LLC. Subchapter S-tax status and LLC corporations are inmy opinion a much better way for you to begin your new business. There are taxbenefits and legal protections that you will receive by choosing either one ofthese. One of the most obvious benefits is that you will not pay self-employment tax on your gross revenues which is at present $13.30 per hundreddollars of your business bank deposits. Speaking to a certified publicaccountant will give you a solid understanding of the benefits and protectionsthat either the S- corp or the LLC provide. Since I amnot a CPA or an attorney I cannot advise you, and it is definitely more complexthan I have described here – yet another reason that you need help in making aninformed, educated decision.
 
A DBA is an individual 'doing business as'.