Every home, office, business, hospital, street, or place requires cleaning at some point to keep things safe and sanitary. Without proper cleaning, many of these places can become deadly. Not only can it affect your physical health, but if taken too far, it can also disrupt your mental health. Research shows cluttered spaces can increase anxiety and lead to inferior performance. While cleaning is important, it can be time-consuming and mundane. Making it a great chore to outsource, allowing you the potential to run a profitable cleaning business.
The following are five ways to increase your cleaning business profits and become more sustainable:
Invest In the Right Tools and Cleaning Products
Don’t buy the cheapest tools and cleaning products just because they lower your costs. Investing in better equipment only increases your efficiency and productivity. The less time you spend scrubbing or vacuuming over the same spots, the more time you have to find more potential customers.
Offer Multiple High-End Services
Simple services are great and can still be profitable, but the money is generated by adding hard jobs. For example, cleaning up construction zones, hospitals or cleaning up after a major accident.
Use Proper Cleaning Systems
In other words, manage your cleaning day in a way that makes sense and increases your profitability. For example, if you are going to clean a two-story house, the last thing you want to do is waste steps running up and downstairs. Not only is this exhausting it also takes up valuable time.
Set Up a Referral System
Word of mouth marketing increases your profits and grows a service-based business quickly. A referral program encourages your customers to spread the word by incentivizing them by giving them a discount or other reward.
Hire More Help
You can’t be everywhere at once. Over time, you will no longer be able to increase your service prices without your customers looking for different options. This means hiring a team is the best way to scale your cleaning business. The more people you have available to clean, the more clients you can bring on.
Don’t become a statistic and fail within your first year of getting started. Cleaning can still be a strong and profitable business with the right tools, services, systems, and help. The more you grow your team and perfect your skills, the more successful and profitable your cleaning business.