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tman357w
Groupie Joined: 31/March/2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 55 |
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first year in the business as "owner"but,with 21years behind me.i have worked portables & truck mount, and in this day and age my residential customers are lookin fer that big fancy rig to pull up and un roll fer some serious carpet cleaning.professional professional professional!!! all these post are great!their absolutely right! this is what i got started with......spent 15,000 on new truckmount..bought a used 1 ton van 2001 fer9,000 ,750.00 fer advertisement..1,000 fer lettering on van and uniforms......in total i spent a lil over 25,000 and it did take alot of p.r work but my first month i brought in 8,000 second month......12,000 third....14000.......and this is my 5th month and all i hope is it just keeps gettin better!!!i live in a small town pop.5000 and word of mouth can "make ya or break ya"treat you customers like gold and deliver what you say you can do. |
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The Great Hardini Hocus Pocus Joined: 20/January/2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1712 |
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tman357w, It's nice to hear how things are going well for you. We wish you extended growth. It seems we hear so much B.S. and bad mouthing it's just refreshing to hear a success story. Cheers! |
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danmarck82
Carpet Cleaning Specialist Joined: 08/February/2004 Status: Offline Points: 618 |
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14000 for a one man operation, on your first year in March?
I think I did 18 or 20 the FIRST YEAR. ( back in 1982). I think I'll take my Geritol and rub in My ointment and go to bed, I'm suddenly feeling old. |
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John L
Carpet Cleaning Guru Joined: 29/November/2004 Location: I'm Right Here! Status: Offline Points: 4013 |
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That's hussling Tman.
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doug
King of the One Liners Just My opinion Joined: 31/January/2004 Status: Offline Points: 32701 |
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tman your story for your first year sounds good for a first year. There are so many varibles that can contribute to your success. But keep one thing in mind this is a bored. When you mention anything that can be disputed it will. Many on this bored are like fisherman. The one they caught will always be bigger than the one you caught. I think there is some kind of award for the biggest line of BS. Welcome to the bored.
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John L
Carpet Cleaning Guru Joined: 29/November/2004 Location: I'm Right Here! Status: Offline Points: 4013 |
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doug, talking about fishing, I really caught a tiger musky on a lure that looked like a little bluegill. It was 41" long, legal here is 40". and weighed 25lbs. I didn't have a camera so most of my buddys and family didn't beleive me. One guy offered to buy it but hey he could of been the game warden. I threw her back in cause she was pregnant. I here what your saying. To this day still no one beleives i caught this big fish. That''s ok. I know and that's all that matters. Well, my son beleives me. |
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tman357w
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i dont believe in hustling customers....i am very good at what i do and its all about satisfying the customer..and the 14000 was in nov.04 started own business in nov.04..good luck guys..ladies...the big one that got away?????? tman>>>>>> big fisherman!!
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tman357w
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that was one month not a whole yr
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maybay
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I would just like to say thank you to you all for this thread. I read the entire thing. My husband and I were thinking about starting a carpet cleaning business, but now i see how costly it can be. There is a how to guide on the net that says to build clients then just rent a machine from your local hardware store untill you can make enough money to buy a machine of your own. I just wanted to thank you all for this thread, because i was ready to jump in over my head. Where did you get your capital? Did you already have it or will someone give you a loan for something like this? Just curious. I currently run a cleaning company and would love to have a forum like this for housecleaning. This is wonderful.
Thanks again
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John L
Carpet Cleaning Guru Joined: 29/November/2004 Location: I'm Right Here! Status: Offline Points: 4013 |
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maybay, you might find a housecleaning forum here: Yes, this is a wonderful place to %^)*^#@##@&** good ppl.... good info.. |
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cmss
Newbie Joined: 27/April/2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 26 |
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SO, guys i need about 4 appointmants a day, how can i make it happen?
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cmss
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i have been doing this for two years now, we sell supplies and cleaning carpets, homes and offices in the G.T.A tell me what you think of my website www.cmssjanitorial.com
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dri-kleen
Newbie Joined: 05/May/2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Gentleman, I will help ease all your learning curves on how to sucessfully build your company. There are many things that you can do but these are the things you must do. 1. Become IICRC Certified (www.iicrc.org) 2. Attend Strategies for Success offered by Jon-Don (www.jondon.com) 3. Attend 2-day business planning writing seminar offered by Chuck Violand. Know your numbers. (www.violand.com) 4. Howard Partridge has some awesome managment modules for running business and Joe Polish of Piranha Marketing has the best answers to direct mail marketing. (www.joepolish.com and www.howardpartridge.com) 5. Get Dan Kennedy's book "The Ultimate Marketin Plan" and then order his monthly newsletter. (www.dankennedy.com) I promise you, if you get involved with these 5 simple strategies you will be well on your way to building a million dollar company.
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Chris
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John L
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Stanley Steemer's are IICRC certified and they don't vac,prespray or agitate or rake... "spash&dasher's....Hmmmmmm......... Sure..they pull in million a year but did none of the above except get cert... You could be right though... |
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