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.

I have a former coaching client who came up with a cool idea. She suggested that I create a pricing challenge with this community. I'd create a fictional (or maybe even a real) scenario, throw it out to this group, and see who gets closest to that price. It wouldn't be reward-based since we all can come up with a price and we all could be correct provided the price is profitable. But this way we could work through a price together and see how we each do things differently based on our pricing strategy.

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.

Hey all! sorry this is long.. The meeting yesterday went amazing! They told me that they appreciated my communication and professionalism. It went so well that they want me to manage inventory for the cleaning supplies. The current supplies that they are using are very dingy, such as the broom and the mop. I explained this to them and they express that the current cleaning lady takes the products mop heads home and washes them. I informed them that we don’t have any issue with doing that, but they do need to replace them every so often. they want me to quote them on supplies, but I really don’t know where to start. And they really don’t have much cleaning products. I purchased mark’s proposal template that has that information, but I don’t know how to go about ordering and managing that inventory. Need to know of some good commercial cleaning suppliers? In addition, they want me to quote how much it would be for me to do ground level exterior window cleaning and to do a deep clean on walls and baseboards. Do I charge the cleaning for the baseboards and the wall separately from a regular deep clean? In addition, I was thinking of bringing my own products and supplies for the first month at no cost to them to show them the difference in cleaning quality and just ask that they replace the broom head? I really don’t like the mop type that they use and would like to use a microfiber wet mop as they have vinyl flooring. How should I recommend this?

Hello All! I have a meeting tomorrow with a prospective client. We have already conducted the walk-through, I sent them the proposal twice (They stated that they would provide the cleaning tools and products), and even told them that I would honor a 25% discount for the first two months. They want to meet and basically make a few changes, which I know will be towards the cost. I am a little nervous for 3 reasons: 1) I am unsure what is going to happen in this meeting and this is the first time that I am going to be involved in something such as this and I want to look like I know what I am talking about. I even printed out booklets that has a copy of the cost breakdown and the proposed contract for us to discuss in real time. 2) I would like to secure a client, my very first one and use it as a learning opportunity but I do not want to do free work, especially because I would like to hire out. Still deciding on W2 or 1099. The client has 2 salon suites, 4500 SQ FT and 5000 SQ FT. They would like for us to focus primarily on the shared spaces, so common area, breakroom, 2 bathrooms, hallways. They stated their current cleaner takes 1.5 hours for each site, 5 days a week (M, W, TH, F, S). Based on Labor cost, hours, and frequency, the final quote was for 1,022 and 942 dollars. Let me know your thoughts and what is the minimum you would go? The only way it would really benefit me is if I did the cleaning for them rather than hire someone. 3) If I do get this client, I am still like... what next lol Sorry long, but would love any feedback, motivation, advise, etc. Thank you all!!!