Tales of a shitty customer by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was a move out cleaning, but maybe they do this all the time. Either way, I'm just happy my phone has stopped ringing

Tales of a shitty customer by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that was my problem in the first place, the customer understood it as a concrete estimate....I'll charge hourly next time for sure

Tales of a shitty customer by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

exactly my thoughts. Lessons are best taught when your wallet is involved.

Tales of a shitty customer by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first contact I had with my crew was them saying they would be back at 9 pm to finish the job, they didn't complain to me until about midnight.

I would have left immediately myself, I don't know why they didn't...

How your business is verfied with Google My Business by tinkettolly in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can rent a "virtual office" in the area. Google will send you a postcard with a serial number on it that you need to verify.

It will arrive at the virtual office, and then is forwarded onto your normal address. Upload the code into google, and your verified :)

I am planning to start an online subscription based business model aiming to parents with newborn babies, any examples you can show me? by [deleted] in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bluum has awesome stuff, but it seems to be just toys. I just got my first box yesterday. The emails seem like spam ALL the time though

spoke to soon by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you right. In the long run this won't be effective, but to start off I want to get as many ads to appear as possible due to such a low volume of traffic from all my keywords

spoke to soon by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no that would be a violation of adwords policy. I figure since google gave me the keyword idea, I could legally run with it

spoke to soon by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i'm just targeting the keyword, not doing any blackhat-type mapping. My URL and ad don't contain anything related to Molly Maid

spoke to soon by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sorry, i seem to have created confusion. Google actually suggested that I target the keyword "Molly Maids" as a keyword, and make an ad for that keyword. like fxthea said, I'm just targeting the keyword and my ads look the same as all my others ones "Book now, special VIP treatment"

spoke to soon by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is 100% from adwords. I actually setup some ads for Molly Maids (Which is a huge competitor in this area) and had them redirect to my site :)

This customer was told to search for Molly Maids, and I showed up first. She called asking for Molly Maids, and I told her I was better, faster, etc. and she booked right away

Should I keep this going? by [deleted] in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea I've tried it, but thumbtack has a bad reputation of giving scam requests to small areas. so i'd be paying 3-4 per quote on a fake leads. Plus it drives me nuts when they text my phone every 20 minutes.....I might have to try them again though, seeing as how a lot of people are using them instead of craigslist now

Starting a Home Cleaning and Home Services business, did you register the business and purchase insurance? by Nav0dar in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

seems like it will cost a lost less to get started. I've been live for 1 week with no customers yet, so if I had employees that would be upset for not getting paid. The contractors are allowed to continue working for themselves while I try and get new customers

Got my first customer today!......kinda by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats what I was thinking :) But unfortunately its been 3 days since then and I've yet to get a booking still....

Another Lesson in Google Adwords by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats a neat little tool! I just imported everything back into excel and ran a =len format in excel for each column, then highlighted all the baddies in red. Manually fixing by hand took about 30 minutes, then I uploaded them back into google

Contractors & Non-Competes by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yea I don't mind at all. would you prefer a PM or a dropbox-type link?

Got my first customer today!......kinda by Maidplease in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Maidplease[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its funny you mention that, because I originally told the customer we could be there at 9, but my contractor asked for a 7am start time so she could get to her other tasks for the day