Your cleaning business is doing good and you are your own boss. You don't have to be working that boring 9 to 5 schedule and you are enjoying your work and your customers are as well happy. You are making profit because gas prices are now quite low and the cleaning supplies are priced just right. So you are assured that your cleaning business will thrive for so many years and you will keep on reaping profits. Wrong. The cleaning industry being a highly competitive one and the economy on a downward spiral, nobody is assured anymore that a profitable business will remain profitable throughout the years. When gas prices go up again or when the prices of cleaning supplies climb, you can be sure that your profit margin will be adversely affected. When your competitors try to slash their prices to keep clients or attract new ones, you will be forced to follow in order for you to survive but in the process, you have cut down even more your profit margin. Remember that you cannot keep your business going if no profit is coming in.

You must get your profits back up in order to keep your business going. The following can help you increase profit for your cleaning business:

1. Go beyond the day-to-day cleaning services. Offer special jobs to your clients in addition to what you are normally providing. Carpet cleaning, carpet spotting, care of hard floor, washing windows are some of the special services that can be performed on intervals like 3 or 6 months. While these special services can help keep the building stay cleaner, you will be getting additional income for your business. Just make sure that you have the proper knowledge and training to perform those special services.

2. In addition to cleaning a building or a house, try to sell to your customers the items that they regularly use such as trash can liners, soap, hand towels, paper towels, and toilet papers. You can offer to manage their supplies, adding a small profit to your company.

3. Offer a package of services that will cover everything that a customer needs. This will save them the time and effort of getting several providers for all their needs. There will be no need of giving discounts as the customers have already saved a lot by not getting different providers for their different needs.

4. Forget about competing on price. If your customer will tell you that other cleaners are offering a lower rate, stand by your price and let the customer know that you are offering a quality and high-end service so you cannot lower your price.

5. Develop a business tie up or alliance with non-competing businesses who also provide services or sell products to your customers.

6. Develop an affiliate sales program with companies that sell products needed by your customers. You get a commission for doing so.

7. Hire an independent person to market your services. You can pay commission on the services that they sell and yet you are able to increase the income and profit of the company.

8. When you send out invoices or bills, make sure to include offers for other services that your cleaning business provides.

9. Offer more cleaning services. You can include cleaning of ovens and refrigerators to your usual line-up of services.

10. Sell equipment and vehicles that are no longer or seldom used. The expenses of maintaining them will be a burden to your income while the proceeds of selling them will translate into additional profit.

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