how to start a small cleaning bussines?
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You need to determine what type of market will your cleaning services tap - do you want to clean private homes, or do you want to service businesses and clean offices? A maid service will be limited to cleaning and maintaining households, while a janitorial business can service hospitals, retail stores, manufacturing facilities, offices, or even parking lots. Opportunities for growth abound in this business, as many commercial cleaning companies as they grow their business offer additional services such as drapery, carpet and window cleaning, lighting, green plants maintenance, heating/ventilation/air conditioning, security, landscaping, parking lot striping, pest control services, etc.\n\nMy advice is for you to read more of the business, so you can determine what you think you want and can given your present resources. The book "101 Best Businesses to Start" estimates that first year potential earnings for this business can be $40,000, while startup expenses can be $5,000 or even lower. Industry experts, however, recommend raising $50,000 for a startup capital in order to be able to invest in heavy duty cleaning equipment and have more resources to spend in marketing the business.\n\nYou may want to read the article "Starting a Janitorial or Cleaning Service Business at PowerHomeBiz.com at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol95/janitorial.htm . \n\nFrom the article, here are some tips:\n\n1. The first step to marketing your business is deciding who your potential customers are and determining the types of services you could offer. \n\n2. Create little flyers about your business, and distribute it in areas where there are homeowners or parents. Some ideas include daycares, doctor offices.\n\n3. Create alliances with people who are in a position to refer your services -- examples include real estate agents (they can pitch your services to new homeowners in the area), daycare centers, etc.\n\n4. Networking is the most effective strategy to get ahead in the cleaning business. \n\n5. Word of mouth is another effective form of advertising a janitorial service. It can be generated through favorable feedback from your existing clients that will hopefully filter to other home owners in your area.\n\n6. If you decide to embark on advertising, you can try placing an ad in newspapers or trade journals in your area. \n\n7. You can also try direct mailing to potential customers, sending them information and brochures about your business.\n\nFor more in-depth information about the business, we have compiled a list of books on the topic and you can either purchase the book or borrow them from your library. The list of recommended books on starting a home cleaning business can be found at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/bookstore/homecleaning.htm\n\n- How to Start a Home-Based Housecleaning Business (Author: Melinda Morse)\n- Start and Run a Home Cleaning Business (Author: Susan Bewsey)\n- Commercial and Residential Cleaning Services: A Resource Guide to Developing and Maintaining Your Own Janitorial or Home Cleaning Business (Author: Walter Fenix)\n- Start Your Own Cleaning Service (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Ups) (Author: Jacquelyn Lynn )\n- Start and Run a Profitable Home Cleaning Business \nAAuthor: Susan Bewsey
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You have a good idea to start small and work up from there. You need to make sure all your paper work is in order before you do anything. Make sure your drivers are good drivers. Then start contacting local companies that ship out to get loads. As you start there will be a lot more that will come along with a  good reputation. Good Luck
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Start my baking business.
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Reliable HandyMan Services\n(build your reputation In your businesses name)
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I work at setting up small businesses, and I need to let you know that what your listed (inventory, wholesales, etc) are not the things you need to do first. \n\nFirst, you need to come up with a business name and open up a business entity. This will tell the government that you're opening a business, make you legal, guarantee that no one else can have your name, and give you an EIN/tax number. \n\nOnce you've done that, go open a bank account under the name of your business. Once of the biggest mistakes small business owners do is to use their personal money to start the business. Open the bank account, get a business credit card, and a business loan. (You will probably need a business plan to qualify for the loan.) \n\nOnce that is all done, find out the specifics of where you'll get your supplies from.
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US Government Small Business Administration\nhttp://www.sba.gov/\nThey can help & questionairs that help you get started.
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find a small buisness and ask if you can help them for a few hours a day or whatever, any alrge buisness woudlnt hire you but if you knwo someone that does yard work or can find the owner of a small buisness liek a machine shop or printign compnay, alot of them will hir eyou under the table and let you help and learn
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My advice is for you to read more of the business, so you can determine what you think you want and can given your present resources. \n\nYou can start by reading the article "Starting a Janitorial and Cleaning Service Business" at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol95/janitorial.htm  The article contains information on startup strategies, operational considerations (prices, manpower, finding suppliers), and marketing the business. \n\nFrom the article, here are some tips to help market your business:\n\n1. The first step to marketing your business is deciding who your potential customers are and determining the types of services you could offer. \n\n2. The best way to market this business is through cold calling. Drive through the area and put your flyers in their mailboxes. Or if you see the homeowner, approach them and introduce yourself. It may seem scary at first, but the worst thing they can do is to say No.\n\n3. Draw up a better and more professional proposal by learning firsthand the needs of the potential customer, as well as the layout of the house (e.g. type of carpeting, etc.)\n\n4. Networking is another effective strategy to get ahead in the cleaning business. \n\n5. Word of mouth is another effective form of advertising a janitorial service. It can be generated through favorable feedback from your existing clients that will hopefully filter to other home owners in your area. Ask your existing clients to refer you to their friends or acquiantances who may need cleaning services.\n\n6. If you decide to embark on advertising, you can try placing an ad in newspapers or trade journals in your area. Flyers in locations where many home owners congregate -- e.g. libraries (ask permission first), or even schools\n\n7. You can also try direct mailing to potential customers, sending them information and brochures about your business.\n\nFor more in-depth information about the business, we have compiled a list of books on the topic and you can either purchase the book or borrow them from your library. The list of recommended books on starting a cleaning business can be found at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/bookstore/homecleaning.htm\n\n- How to Start a Home-Based Housecleaning Business (Author: Melinda Morse)\n- Start and Run a Home Cleaning Business (Author: Susan Bewsey) \n- Start Your Own Cleaning Service (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Ups)  Author: Jacquelyn Lynn\n- Start and Run a Profitable Home Cleaning Business \nAuthor: Susan Bewsey\n\nYou may also want to check the following associations:\nAssociation of Specialists in Cleaning & Restoration http://www.ascr.org/ \nBuilding Service Contractors Association International\nhttp://www.bscai.org   \nInternational Sanitary Supply Association http://www.issa.com/
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Start you own business WITHOUT QUITING YOUR DAY JOB.\n\nJust work from 9 to 5 in your day job and from 5 to 9 in your business.
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You could put a small, empty, glass fish bowl with a pen attached to it with a string on the counter at a high end hair salon or daycare or a gym (gyms have single guys who need your service).  you have to ask permission to do this.  On the front of the fish bowl...put a little sign.  Make it a drawing for one free room cleaned or something like that.  People have to put their name...number or business card inside.  You pick one winner a month.  Then you have all those contacts that are interested in the service (or they wouldn't have entered).  You can send them a flier in the mail with a "special 20% off" for the 1st visit.  It is a good way to get yourself a customer database and get your name out a little.  The actual winner might like your service and make it a regular thing.
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I would try the SBA (Small Business Association)
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first, find a salon location to rent out. then you will need to decide how many and what types of beds you want - locate a lotion distributor to offer lotions in your salon for your clients, buy towels and other necessary items, promote your business with an ad or coupon offers in your local papers and flyers, and open. \nGood luck!
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You might check out the Small Business Administrations web page...Good luck and happy renting!
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i would start with ur local better busines bureao
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You can start small and expand:\n\nbe a courier on foot in a compressed urban area\nbe a bike messenger / courier in an urban area\n\nOR you could get on the Small Business Administrations website and check out how to do a business plan.  Once you've done the research and have a plan outlined for what you want to put together, the SBA will often help you locate investors or loan institutions that can fund your business.  Your local SBA office will also help you put together the business plan.\n\nhttp://www.sba.gov/
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Entrepreneur Magazine has made a very good list of Low Cost Startup Businesses that you can do on a small budget \n\nhttp://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html\n\nYou can also find some other home business ideas:\n\nTop 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breakeven.htm\n10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm\n\nBut the best business will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while you would rather watch TV than take care of dogs. Or one might think that cleaning houses is a good business idea, but you simply don't think so; or one may gush about selling on eBay but if you have nothing to sell on eBay, then it is not for you.\n\nThe key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.\n\nDan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:\n\n1. List 5 things you do best\n2. List how others would benefit from what you do best\n3. Find out how to give people what they want\n4. Learn the value of your services to others\n5. Find out who else offers similar services\n6. Learn from the successes of others\n7. Learn from the failures of others\n8. Plan your own success\n9. Make low cost mistakes\n10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it\n\nHe then made suggestions on the best home businesses according to type. Here are a few of them:\n\nBest Businesses Using Craft or Physical Skills\n- antique restoration\n- auto detail service\n- carpet cleaning business\n- errand/delivery service\n- housecleaning business\n\nBest Service Businesses \n- bed and breakfast operator\n- caregiver\n- catering service\n- senior day care center\n- tutoring service\n\nBest Professional Businesses\n- desktop publisher\n- magazine writer\n- import/export service\n- income tax preparation service\n- event planner
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My advice is for you to read more of the business, so you can determine what you think you want and can given your present resources. The book "101 Best Businesses to Start" estimates that first year potential earnings for this business can be $40,000, while startup expenses can be $5,000 or even lower. Industry experts, however, recommend raising $50,000 for a startup capital in order to be able to invest in heavy duty cleaning equipment and have more resources to spend in marketing the business.\n\nYou can start by reading the article "Starting a Janitorial and Cleaning Service Business" at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol95/janito... . The article contains information on startup strategies, operational considerations (prices, manpower, finding suppliers), and marketing the business. \n\nFrom the article, here are some tips to help market your business:\n\n1. The first step to marketing your business is deciding who your potential customers are and determining the types of services you could offer. \n\n2. The best way to market this business is through cold calling. Drive through the area to look for newly opened businesses, buildings or facilities. Then introduce yourself to the landlords ­ your potential clients ­ and request for an opportunity to bid on their cleaning contract. \n\n3. Draw up a better and more professional proposal by learning firsthand the needs of the potential customer, as well as the layout of the facility (e.g. type of carpeting, etc.)\n\n4. Networking is another effective strategy to get ahead in the janitorial business. Aside from newly opened buildings, get a list of companies that are downsizing or laying off cleaning staffs.\n\n5. Word of mouth is another effective form of advertising a janitorial service. It can be generated through favorable feedback from your existing clients that will hopefully filter to other building owners or entrepreneurs in your area.\n\n6. If you decide to embark on advertising, you can try placing an ad in newspapers or trade journals in your area. \n\n7. You can also try direct mailing to potential customers, sending them information and brochures about your business.\n\nFor more in-depth information about the business, we have compiled a list of books on the topic and you can either purchase the book or borrow them from your library. The list of recommended books on starting a cleaning business can be found at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/bookstore/ho...\n\n- Commercial and Residential Cleaning Services: A Resource Guide to Developing and Maintaining Your Own Janitorial or Home Cleaning Business (Author: Walter Fenix)\n- Janitorial Service Businesses : Strategies for Promoting, Estimating, and Bidding Cleaning Services \n- The Janitorial Contractors Bible \n- Introduction to Janitorial Service Contracting : How to Succeed in Your Own Cleaning Business \n- Cleaning Up for a Living: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Successful Building Service Contractor \n- Introduction to Janitorial Service Contracting : How to Succeed in Your Own Cleaning Business