Mikey P
Administrator
Going back a few years I can see we were headed for a close to $400 average than the economy tanked as well as the $3.00 to clean and seal tile and grout phenomenon..
2005-$314
2006-$361
2007-$397 (but close to 100 less jobs that year)
2008-$381
2009-$365
2010-$347
2011-$356
2012-$342
2013-$359 (so far)
Our in town minimum is $150 and we do far too many of those
We don't sell much carpet protector (-$4k this year) for two reasons, not a HUGE believer and our .50 a foot cleaning price is about all they can afford
We usually bust ass all day just to get home before dark so trying to up-sell additional services isn't always doable..
This year we should finish ahead by about one months additional income (8% increase)
If I ever really want to get much bigger/more profitable we'll have to speed up our process, the anal retentive pre vacuuming, mechanical pre scrubbing and slow rinse/many dry pass method is really slooow..
As an example, the guys did two jobs yesterday one for $550 another for $1050, I on the other hand worked alone and did a $350 and a $320 and they beat me home..
Not too mention how worked the solo guy gets whether it's my old ass or my son, 2 to 4 jobs by our lonesome just plain sucks once you're use to having a chimp.
If demand keeps up I'm pretty much forced to get another employee for the second rout so we get get in at least an additional two jobs per day.
Talking to Full Circle who answers our phones, we lost more jobs this year to availability than high price. This by far has been our busiest year call wise. Living in Obamaville has it's perks. An improved outlook on current affairs as well as our top placement on Yelp has been a bawbsend.
So I guess I start training a new tech in January and make it clean to who ever is driving the other truck to look for upsell opportunities more (bonus needed?) and I'm rambling...sorry...some times I just need to writ theses things down to make sense of it all..
I'm really looking forward to MF to be able to discuss this sort of stuff with you AM presenters in person.
2005-$314
2006-$361
2007-$397 (but close to 100 less jobs that year)
2008-$381
2009-$365
2010-$347
2011-$356
2012-$342
2013-$359 (so far)
Our in town minimum is $150 and we do far too many of those
We don't sell much carpet protector (-$4k this year) for two reasons, not a HUGE believer and our .50 a foot cleaning price is about all they can afford
We usually bust ass all day just to get home before dark so trying to up-sell additional services isn't always doable..
This year we should finish ahead by about one months additional income (8% increase)
If I ever really want to get much bigger/more profitable we'll have to speed up our process, the anal retentive pre vacuuming, mechanical pre scrubbing and slow rinse/many dry pass method is really slooow..
As an example, the guys did two jobs yesterday one for $550 another for $1050, I on the other hand worked alone and did a $350 and a $320 and they beat me home..
Not too mention how worked the solo guy gets whether it's my old ass or my son, 2 to 4 jobs by our lonesome just plain sucks once you're use to having a chimp.
If demand keeps up I'm pretty much forced to get another employee for the second rout so we get get in at least an additional two jobs per day.
Talking to Full Circle who answers our phones, we lost more jobs this year to availability than high price. This by far has been our busiest year call wise. Living in Obamaville has it's perks. An improved outlook on current affairs as well as our top placement on Yelp has been a bawbsend.
So I guess I start training a new tech in January and make it clean to who ever is driving the other truck to look for upsell opportunities more (bonus needed?) and I'm rambling...sorry...some times I just need to writ theses things down to make sense of it all..
I'm really looking forward to MF to be able to discuss this sort of stuff with you AM presenters in person.