Hi all. Another newbie to the WC biz. I have had my own housekeeping biz for about 20 years during which time I cleaned alot of windows. Lost a few customers due to illness and death and was looking for something that wasn’t quite as hard on my old body! Went to town with my sis a couple of weeks ago and noticed that only about 1 in 5 store front windows were clean and nice.
The rest were just nasty! Figured I had found a way to fill up those empty days.
I plan on starting with store fronts, then branching out. Although I already have several leads on residential. I only have two weekdays available, so I don’t want it get too busy to fast.
Got my DBA, set up my bank account and talked to my insurance guy yesterday. Will be ordering equipment, making biz cards, flyers, estmates, invoices, etc. this weekend. Checking on T-shirt prices Monday. And reading and learning, learning and reading. Making sure I have all my ducks in a row by the time I get my equipment.
Then plan on putting it all in the truck and going from one end of the street to the other introducing myself and drumming up business. Since I will have everything with me, I’m hoping a few of those biz owners will want their windows done right then.
There are about 7 window cleaning companies in town but apparently they just do mostly residential or the bigger commercial business, 'cause the store fronts of hundreds of businesses look horrible. There’s defitnitely a niche for store fronts.
We have a big rec hall with big, dirty windows where I live and I have talked to the manager about using them to practice on until I get fast and can do them perfectly. My sis has a house with a bunch of large and small windows I can also practice on. I will do them for free since I will be honing my skills,
but I know it will result in me getting some referrals. Esp the manager. She’s upper crust, knows everybody in the county and has already recommended me many times for housekeeping jobs.
A friend of mine has plant biz and has plants in most of the doctors, lawyers, and banks so she’ll help me get in the door there, when I’m ready.
So, I’m thinking I shouldn’t have too much problem building a business. I hope by the end of summer, I will be able to stop cleaning houses and start cleaning windows full time.
I have named by business The PANE Remedy.
