How to Start a Home-Based Housecleaning Business: * Organize Your Business * Get Clients and Referrals * Set Rates and Services * Understand Customer - Paperback

by Laura Jorstad (Author), Melinda Morse (Author)

This book explains how to get started, develop a service manual, screen clients, serve customers, select cleaning products, learn from the competition, set up a home office, how to use the Internet to grow your business and more.

Back Jacket

Everything you need to know to run a successful housecleaning business from your home Have you ever thought about starting your own home-based house-cleaning business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your business. Laura Jorstad and Melinda Morse combine personal experience with expert advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based housecleaning business. They explain how to get started, develop a service manual, screen clients, serve customers, select cleaning products, learn from the competition, and set up a home office, as well as how to use the Internet to grow your business. This new edition also addresses the benefits of cleaning with "green," ecofriendly chemicals--both from an environmental and a marketing perspective. Use these special features and workbook pages: Sample service manualRoom-by-room home-cleaning plansSample invoiceService and payment record Checklist of start-up requirements

Author Biography

Laura Jorstad is a freelance writer and editor. Melinda Morse started a successful housecleaning business in 1994 to help pay for graduate school. She has since earned a Ph.D., expanded her business, and launched a writing career.