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Monday, February 20, 2012

3 Secrets To Successfully Starting A Cleaning Business

By Bob William


1. Perseverance - Starting a successful cleaning business will require plenty of hard work. Before you begin, you need to make a dedicated decision that you will succeed. It won't happen overnight. It will take regular doses of hard work. The world of small business start-up is littered with obstacles that will arise - and you will have to adapt and pre-determine in yourself that you will overcome them before you get there. I can remember times in middle of the process of building my first business that I had a clear picture of what I wanted, laid out a plan that I was implementing, and had to be able to keep myself motivated. All that kept me moving forward at times was my forceful determination - even when there wasn't yet evidence that success was coming my way. It's those moments where perseverance will keep you moving forward and keep you on track for success.

2. Processes - Processes are the 2nd key element of success in any business. Systems help you stay consistent in your work. You will want to deliver efficient service the same way, every time - and your customers will all expect this out of you. Every job you service should maintain the same high-levels of quality they expect. This helps you save time and money by not spinning your wheels and implementing a formula that you know is already proven and that will bring results. This also makes your business reproducible - ultimately you should be able to train and hire employees who can do just as good a job at the different aspects of your business as you do. This is how you work yourself out of a job and retire yourself to administration of the business and continuing to drive the vision forward.

3. Plan Well-developed plans will help you maintain focus. It is easy to get lost in the mix with so many variables an entrepreneur has to think about when building a new business. Starting cleaning business is no different than any other small business venture. There are many little pieces to the big puzzle. The picture doesn't have to be perfect but writing out a plan will help you build your business effectively and with as much foresight as possible. Time specific goals should be laid out as road-markers towards your success in your cleaning enterprise. A natural and well thought-out progression of events should be set forth. You may need to re-direct and change mid-stream but having a plan should help keep you moving forward in the right direction.

With these three keys to starting a successful cleaning business you will be prepared to build effectively and with purpose. The plan will give you the focus you need to organize all of the different facets of your business and begin building them one at a time. Processes will help create efficiency. Having clearly defined processes will help you save on time and costs while, more importantly, allowing you to replicate everything you do - a very important key in any successful cleaning business.

Mix these with an unstoppable work ethic and pre-decided commitment to see your plan through to the finish and you will find success in any business you work in!




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