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Start From Scratch to $100K

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17 contributions to Start From Scratch to $100K
How would you price this??
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16GP55jdrpS_pO8bM8T9cENlF21rEhUz0p61mUqLdDvk/edit Let’s do a test run of pricing. I’ll start with a real client, complete with pictures. It’s 12,000 sqft cleaned 6x/week. What would YOU price it at? Provide in an answer: 1. Your rate per month 2. Total estimated hours 3. Breakdown by percentages of labor, supplies, and gross profit. For example we typically aim for 65% labor, 2% supplies, and 33% gross profit.  Share publicly (or in private): Thanksgiving weekend I’ll share the rate.
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New comment 4h ago
How would you price this??
Rate: $3600 Total hours:4,5
Holidays
Quick question, I'm curious what is standard and how y'all manage this. In our contracts we have Holiday's listed that we do not work on. When a cleaning day falls on a holiday do y'all schedule the clean for a different day that week, or just skip it all together?
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New comment 8d ago
I was just thinking about asking you guys. So let's say we clean wed-fri and they don't work thurs/fri/sat/sun.(bc of thanksgiving) We only clean once on that week instead of twice. Do y'all still charge them or is that prorated?
Where do you meet your job applicants for a quick 5-10mins interview?
I'm new to this business and currently operating from my home office. For now, I schedule in-person interviews at a neutral, public location—the shared parking lot of the local police department and public library, and then conduct the interviews in the library hall. Before scheduling, I always ask candidates to let me know in advance if they can’t make it, so I don’t make the trip unnecessarily. Today, I scheduled three in-person interviews after initial phone screenings. One candidate texted me early in the morning to cancel, which was great. However, the second didn’t show up and, when I reached out, he said he changed his mind because meeting in a parking lot/library seemed odd without a formal office. The third candidate also didn’t show and didn’t respond to my messages. I’m considering switching to a local coffee shop or renting an office space by the hour to make the process more professional. My frustration isn’t about candidates changing their minds—I understand that happens—but it’s about the lack of basic courtesy to send a simple text if they decide not to show up, especially when I specifically ask for that heads-up. Any thoughts or advice on handling this would be appreciated! In particular, I am interested how did you handle this when you did not have an office and was interviewing candidates!!
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New comment 8d ago
@Avi Arturovi yeah, i would def miss that zoom interview..as you can see here 😂
Got the client
I landed the client!! This has been a 1.5 month process and I have my first client! They spoke so highly of my professionalism and it just made me want to deliver exceedingly above their expectation! So now, I need to hire someone or do I go and do the cleaning myself.
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New comment 5d ago
Congrats!!🥳 Everything i take on i like to clean myself first to learn the building.
Client Intake Strategies
Hey all, I am interested to know how many clients you currently have since starting and what are some strategies you have in place for getting initial walk-throughs? Currently pending my first client, which has taken a month and I am mainly emails. I am very reserved with going into properties and I need to get over the hurdle of making phones. But I am thinking of attending some vendor and networking events. My goal is to obtain 10 clients within the next 6 months. Let me know if this is too small or too ambitious of a goal.
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New comment 8d ago
Hi Kendra, I am kinda in the same boat.Only do emails ,doesn't like calls or in person sales.😄 I tried linkedin,nextdoor,fb as well but my issue is i have a lot of other things going on and i barely have time to follow up on the online stuff.I have 3 commercial clients and 10 residential. Two clients for 2yrs, 1 office i got last month and all the residential the same ones in the past 5-6 yrs. I also tried bark for a minute ,i thought it was way too expensive.I only did one walkthrough with no success , and i did two other ones from emails.I attended vendor events couple of times, but it was pulling a teeth for me.I really don't like social gatherings unless there is food..😂
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Gerda Bergmann-Knudsen
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Cleaning since 03,ready to learn more.

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