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Topic: Nice Site
Posted By: Aplus628
Subject: Nice Site
Date Posted: 17/January/2008 at 10:36pm
Stumbled upon your site by accident. Very well put together. 
I own A+ Carpet Sales & Installation
I also do Carpet Cleaning but I am just getting into that aspect of the business
If anyone else is from the Philly area hit me up.
 http://groups.myspace.com/apluscarpet - http://groups.myspace.com/apluscarpet
mailto:aplus628@netscape.com - aplus628@netscape.com
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Posted By: ssharpe
Date Posted: 17/January/2008 at 11:48pm
| Hey How are you? My name is Scott. I live near harrisburg, and I am in the process of starting up my own carpet cleaning business. Any Tips on where to start...My dad own a business many of years ago and I am now looking into it. I pretty much am starting at ground zero. How long have you been in business and do you like it? |
Posted By: Aplus628
Date Posted: 18/January/2008 at 12:47am
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Hey scott,
Good to hear from you. I do more carpet installing then cleaning but the main reason I got into it was because I was raising 2 kids by myself & this gave me the flexability. I've been doing this for about 5 yrs, my own business for around 3 yrs & i'm probibly making around $80,000 a yr. The 1st thing I did was got business cards (vistaprint.com) printed up & put a add in the local paper. Allthough I probobly only get maybe 3-4 calls a mo. I get back to people quick, I'm reasonable & do quality work. Each satisfied customer will turn & pass your name onto 3-4 friends. 90% of my business now is from refferals but I still put my name out there wherever I can. Myspace, craigslist, messageboards, yellowbook, etc. Before I do something I try to study what other people do & take in what I feel is useful.
My son is out in York & I have a buddy from Harrisburg. Got some snow yesterday?
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Posted By: ssharpe
Date Posted: 18/January/2008 at 10:39pm
| Thanks for the response, Yea i'm putting my ad in the paper next week. I'm looking at truck mounts also this week. I thought i found one, but it sold before i got a chance to look at it. Thats the main thing i guess i need to really look at before i buy. I have about $11,000 to play with. But, I know that i have to be careful on what i buy. What is it that you use or should i say what has worked for you? My other question is, How do you do you bidding?? I know i have alot of questions..lol Thanks for all you advice... |
Posted By: Aplus628
Date Posted: 18/January/2008 at 11:20pm
| Yeah, that's a nice investment. Check the machine out on a job, get any service receipts & talk to some of the other guys on here who have been in the cleaning aspect of the business longer. What do you mean by bidding, like pricing out a job? |