Industrial Carpet Cleaning

Look at the headlines. One day the news feeds on television, in the newspapers and on the Internet are trumpeting the end of the recession. The next day these same sources spout gloom and doom from a particular sector that drives stock prices down. Unemployment claim numbers are down so the economy has bottomed out?

Some companies are reporting profits so the recession is over? The average person does not care about unemployment rates or how many new claims were made last week. The only unemployment figure they are worried about is whether they are one of the job holding statistics. People are looking at ways to add to their income to help them through difficult times.

Looking through the Internet there are thousands of “home” based businesses that will allow you to work a few hours and make thousands of dollars in your pajamas. There are commercials on late night TV telling you to go to websites like jobfox and others to look at all of the opportunities to make money at home. In reality, if it sounds too good to be true it really is.

The only people making money are the ones who set the systems up in the first place. They collect your initial fee and monthly subscription fees and count on the fact that most people will not try to get their money back because they are embarrassed. There are many legitimate home based businesses but they are difficult to find in the vast marketing noise on the internet.

Running a handyman business, personal shopping, errand running and even maid services are excellent home based business that have little or no overhead costs and can generate extra income rather quickly. Another excellent business is a commercial janitorial service that offers industrial carpet cleaning services. Most businesses that have any kind of office space have flooring that is carpet covered.

There are several high traffic areas in the public areas of offices that for cosmetic and professional purposes need to appear clean at all times. Physicians and dentists offices are cases in point. To effectively clean these varying kinds of carpet will need an industrial carpet cleaning service that can be supplied by using industrial or commercial carpet cleaners in your janitorial service.

While there are many companies out there that provide industrial carpet cleaning, by offering other cleaning services you can acquire accounts more easily by selling the value of your overall services instead of just one area.

You will need to decide if you want to concentrate on a particular type of industry, retail medical (doctor’s and dentist’s offices), hospitals (a whole different story due to infectious waste issues), retail stores, warehouses, office buildings, or segments of industry like insurance agencies, etc.

You will need to research the types of equipment, cleaners and accessory products needed to make your venture a success. If all of this sounds daunting, you may want to look at various national franchise systems that can make the move to your own business a little easier. While franchise fees may vary, if you have good credit and a solid business plan, you can be the proud owner of a Stanley Steemer, Chem-Dry or Jan-Pro franchise.

You will still need to advertise and actively solicit customers on a regular basis to recoup your investment in a timely manner. All of these franchises come with extensive carpet cleaning training for you and your operators to insure quality service for all of your potential customers. These nationally known franchises have built their reputation on excellent service and excellent customer service as well.

Jan-Pro for example offers a five week training program for their JP Signature Clean system. They go over a variety of carpet cleaning methods to increase the effectiveness of all of their cleaning processes. For example, the idea of dwell time when dealing with disinfecting any kind of surface. The disinfectant needs time to do its job before being wiped up.

How to thoroughly dust offices without disturbing work surfaces and areas is another area of training. They teach you how to work greener and therefore cleaner along with looking for ways to add value to the services you are providing for your customer. Jan-Pro also measures quality from the first service at a customer to make sure their needs are being met.

Sometimes all you need to do is play around the carpet cleaning price that you are about to charge people for your services.