I am a mom of 3 kids and need more jobs. I work 4 days a week every other week. Any ideas how to get my name out? Also do you need a housekeeper?? If you do could you message me? Thanks
How far are you from Pontiac? My sister in law runs a cleaning service. So far as I can tell her ladies are independent.
Sign up for www.care.com. I have gotten several clients from this website. Good Luck!
Go to church offices and give them your information. I know many people who get their help by checking there. You can also just make up a flyer and put it in people's boxes. Tell the people that you are currently cleaning for that you are looking to add people and to let their friends know.
Is it possible for you to join an established maid's service? I used to use Maid to Perfection and their maids were very friendly, professional, and the owner, Gary seemed to be as well.
I'm not using them right now because I simply can't afford a service right now, but if you want to contact them:
Maid to Perfection of Central DuPage
Gary Kase - authorized independent operator
799 Roosevelt Rd
Bldg 2, Ste 207
Glen Ellyn IL 60137
____@____.com
You may need to invest some time and money into flyers. Put them in people's doors in the neighborhoods where you do have accounts and mention on your flyer that you arleady do work in their neighborhood.
Do you belong to a gym? Put up flyers there, or at the school, outside the grocery store, on cars, anywhere and everywhere that you think you might find people that can use and afford your service.
Make a special offer...i.e. sign up for a month and get one free cleaning, or 50% off your first cleaning when you sign up for four weeks. Try to think outside of the box. Ask yourself these questions: 1) Who are my customers; 2) what benefit do they gain from using me: 3) Where do I find more like them? Use that to market yourself.
Also, your current customers are your BEST word of mouth. First be sure that they are happy with your service. Ask, "How am I doing? Is there anything I can do better?" Use that to either improve or your leeway to ask for a referral. If you don't feel comfortable asking outright for referrals, you can do a soft sell...i.e. leave a flyer offering one free cleaning for any existing customer that refers someone that uses you. Consider offering package deals, i.e. six months, one year, etc. If people sign up for longer with you then you can insure a steady flow of cash, even if it means slightly lower income per cleaning.
Have you considered expanding your offerings? Maybe you can add in ironing, laundry or childcare for your current customers to make more cash.
I hope this helps. Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!!
google first class care and look at what jobs are requested on that site, I was surprised at some of the rates they are willing to pay!
Are your kids starting school soon? Get to know their teacher/s and after a while, ask if your kid's teacher will help you get the word out. ie "You can come home to a clean home after that long day in the classroom!"
Craigslist
Flyers on local store's bulletin boards or at local post offices (many have bulletin boards)
I don't think you can ask for jobs on this site.
Ask your current clients for referrals. Put flyers up at the library, supermarket bulletin board, coffee shop, etc. Consider offering a discount for current customers who give you a referral - if someone else hires you, the referring customer gets $20 off (or whatever). Don't be giving cleaning away to new people, but you can give them half off the 2nd cleaning or something similar. Also market yourself to small offices - sometimes the landlord provides cleaning services, but those are usually just vacuuming and trash baskets and major bathroom cleaning, not things like dusting. Can you add an extra service like plant watering? Also, sometimes people really like help after a party - not just clean-up but dishes and trash and returning bottles to the redemption center. That would work in offices too.
