| 12 Basic steps to get your business going. | | | | most high paying, you need to establish some |
| 1-File a DBA in your county "Doing Business As" | | | | references. |
| assumed name | | | | 9-Buy only the equipment that you need on a "as |
| 2-Use your DBA to open a business checking | | | | needed basis", and rent equipment that you need in |
| account, deposit the miinimum to start. | | | | the beggining do not buy. |
| 3-Design a business card , and contact a local printer, | | | | 10-Follow up with your customer, ask them if they |
| start of with either 250-500 business cards. | | | | require any more cleaning from you, offer them a |
| 4-Call and tell everyone you know that you have | | | | special. |
| started a cleaning service, and to please tell their | | | | 11-Concentrate on promoting your business , call your |
| friends and family also. | | | | local yellow pages and get prices for a moderate |
| 5-Keep your business cards with you at all times, | | | | listing, in most cases from the time that you start |
| wherever you go whoever you meet tell them about | | | | your business it could be 6 months till the next yellow |
| your services. | | | | pages comes out, find out when the deadline for a |
| 6-Develop a flyer, or simple brochure, and go from | | | | listing is, even if you get the smallest listing, get a |
| business to business or door to door telling potential | | | | listing. |
| customers about your services. | | | | 12-Keep promoting and improving your services, buy |
| 7-Online list your cleaning service in as many free or | | | | new business cards and flyers as needed. |
| paying directories as possible, yahoo local, google local | | | | These 12 steps are just the basics,If you should |
| info seek, etc you do not need a website to do this. | | | | have any more questions related to start up please |
| 8-Accept jobs, take all the jobs you can possibly | | | | feel free to email me. |
| handle in the beggining, even if they are not the | | | | |