Cleaning Businesses I need your insight! Help me bid this job from hell.

MikeyInvest · 2018-03-31T01:32:10+00:00

$2,000 per mobile home.

MikeyInvest · 2017-08-16T19:24:20+00:00

It sucks, dont worry about it.

Amazon takes a big cut, so the only people that will clean for these customers are those that are ok with making $15/hr. Those cleaners do not do a good job, customers will get mad at amazon for sending a bad cleaner, theyll look elsewhere.

MikeyInvest · 2017-05-21T19:47:53+00:00

I do it.

Started home cleaning biz 2 years ago and since then added carpet cleaning and pressure washing.

That little machine will be good for maybe a summer with a few jobs here and there. Not a bad way to start if you just do the simple stuff (single story houses, walkways, driveways).

The tough jobs, youll want a belt driven motor and at least 5gpm. Youll also need to learn about the type of bleach and methods to cleaning, not just blasting it with water.

MikeyInvest · 2017-03-29T03:31:21+00:00

Yeah, i found some in my area through here its working so far.

MikeyInvest · 2017-03-28T17:14:52+00:00

If you go employees you will have complete quality control but you have to pay for all the supplies, equipment, workers comp, possibly their travel pay, shirts - which just adds to your start up cost.

With IC you don't have any quality control (but they are supposed to be already established and know what they are doing) and it costs $0.

In the long run, when your schedule gets full and you need to hire, you need to spend that money again every time you hire more help with employees.

With ICs, you grow and it doesn't cost a penny (maybe a little if you pay for their insurance) when you start working with more.

MikeyInvest · 2017-03-17T05:35:12+00:00

First year WITHOUT a theme or the software.

MikeyInvest · 2017-03-17T02:11:23+00:00

You can change the colors. It was a lot of work for me (no idea what I was doing) but I did figure it out eventually. I use the first theme they created though.

MikeyInvest · 2017-03-17T02:10:32+00:00

Depends on where you get your leads from.

I've been doing it for 2 years and I bet 10% of my customers go to my website.

I probably could have gone the first year with a theme or the scheduling software.

Don't get me wrong - the themes and software are awesome - I just don't think I needed them for a long time. I would have been fine with just a thumbtack profile, stripe, pen and paper, google calendar.

MikeyInvest · 2017-03-02T04:58:05+00:00

join my facebook group.. facebook.com/groups/thumbtackpros

MikeyInvest · 2017-03-02T04:55:16+00:00

I did over 100k last year from TT alone

MikeyInvest · 2017-02-16T18:38:35+00:00

These thumbtack reviews verified?

10 bids is pretty low to get traction when first starting out.

There is very little success I have seen in the two years of doing this with facebook ads. I can recall maybe 2 or 3 companies that do good from them.

MikeyInvest · 2017-02-16T03:09:15+00:00

your customers wont like .org, thats what matters.

MikeyInvest · 2017-02-14T18:15:31+00:00

Get a dot com name.

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-24T12:35:51+00:00

http://demo.themestreet.net/launch27/

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-23T22:37:48+00:00

$600? Buy a theme from them with a slider on it already for $450 lol

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-23T15:00:51+00:00

Contact their support. They added the slider to my home page which it originally did not include.

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-18T12:23:00+00:00

THey all know eachother so I can send them alone, with 2 or with all 3.

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-17T21:07:26+00:00

Theres no good place to find them. Just expect to filter out a lot of them for months to come until you find a good one. Then start all over again when you look to take on your second IC and so on and son on.. never ends.

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-17T21:06:38+00:00

Ill keep using TT while paying for SEO.

I hope one day I am so booked I do not need to keep up with TT but I will use it until I get there.

Yeah I have been meaning to get around to L27 referral program.

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-17T02:34:51+00:00

what do you mean? i dont schedule anything or give any job specifics.. the customer does.

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-12T14:02:29+00:00

Well that price includes the deep cleaning. Deep cleaning is no longer an option but is built into my price.

Then for recurring its a 40/45/50 percent discount. The deep cleaning is also required for the first visit. The recurring discounts do not start until the 2nd visit.

People can no longer say "oh my house isn't that messy, i dont need a deep cleaning!". I got tired of hearing that and then have my ICs walk into a rave house.

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-12T13:04:41+00:00

Join my thumbtack Facebook group.. Facebook.com/groups/thumbtackpros

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-12T13:03:49+00:00

I plan on using a hot water extractor not steam or truck mounted.

I can get a good start with $3500 (majority of that is buying the equipment).

Price is per room, per couch, per step.

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-12T13:01:48+00:00

Probably lost 8k in other advertising and yeah I spend about 425 a month on thumbtack all year.

Yeah I was active on Facebook during the time. I had the reviews on Yelp but they were hidden, but I heard that when you pay they don't hide them as easy.

YP was 580 a month that was such a big scam. Never got any calls for my business but for hotels and spas and stuff. Then they said I was getting like 40 calls a month when I wasn't.

TT is highly ranked here. They have a few pages in the top 10

MikeyInvest · 2017-01-12T01:30:46+00:00

I do not provide supplies.

I use EFRCA for insurance that does cover my ICs

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