Offer a cleaning service that specializes in cleaning bathrooms only, for regular and business customers. You could charge $30 per bathroom for this job, depending on how many toilets there are. You will need lots of good cleaning supplies: durable gloves, mops and buckets, spray bottles, SOS pads, sponges, paper towels, toilet brushes, and commercial grade cleaning products.
There are many people that are quick and efficient at cleaning bathrooms, if you are one of these people this could be a 'business idea' that you could excel in. Most people detest having to clean bathrooms, so if you offer this service you might be surprised at how many people take you up on it; this is where you need to decide on a price that would be accepted by most people that are willing to pay someone else to do the job. You could charge $30 per bathroom for this job, depending on how many toilets there are. Check in your area and see what the rate is for people that clean bathrooms. Depending on your area, you may be required to ask less, or be able to ask more to keep your business competitive.
Deciding on a price to charge can be tricky, especially if you are looking for businesses to clean also. A business could have bathrooms the size of a house, so in that case you might want to charge according to how many toilets you will be required to clean. You will also be cleaning a much larger floor, walls, multiple stalls, and mirrors, so take all of this into consideration when quoting a price. You also may want to offer your services to some businesses that are very busy most of the time and offer to clean the bathrooms more than once a day.
When thinking of businesses to offer your services, remember the smaller ones too, like coffee shops, sandwich shops, restaurants, private schools, fast food restaurants, doctors' offices, etc. These often times are willing to pay a little more because the employees are already busy taking care of their customers.
You can also offer to clean bathrooms using only natural cleaning supplies. This may appeal to customers that have problems with allergies. In addition, this service would appeal to customers that are conscious of not using products that pollute the earth or are chemicals that might get into our water supply. You can put simple cleaning supplies together yourself in spray bottles using organic cleansers like, lemon juice, vinegar, baking soda, salt and many more items for various cleaning jobs. Searching the internet will help you find the proper measurements or recipes for these various cleaning solutions. You will need to remember to use a separate mop and such for these jobs if you are cleaning with typical cleaners for some clients and natural products with others.
This would be the type of 'business idea' that would benefit from a quality business card that you should give out as often as possible. If you are not able to spend a lot of money, you should be able to design and order them yourself from an Internet business to save money on them.
Enter the businesses you would be interested in cleaning, in well-arranged clean business clothes and explain that you have a service that you feel they would be interested in acquiring. If you are already cleaning for a business near-by, tell prospective clients that you are in the area cleaning for them and that you would like to offer your services to them also.
To acquire residential cleaning jobs you can print a flyer up and distribute them. Advertise by leaving the flyers at doors or on porches, in neighborhoods where you would like to have accounts. This way you can try to keep several accounts in the same areas close to each other, saving you traveling time and gas money.
Helpful Resources:
http://ideas.thenest.com/DecorTricks/Articles/sparkling-clean-shortcuts-the-bathroom/
http://a1225.wordpress.com/2007/04/01/an-easy-guide-to-a-sparkling-bathroom/
http://www.sba.gov/
May 13, 2009
