Zion Carpet Cleaning
Member
Hey guys,
I don’t post much here but I’ve been lurking and learning for several years. Started my business 3.5 years ago with VLM, moved to a portable and then bought an old Hydramaster CDS last year. I haven’t been able to grow my business as fast as I’d like due to working a full time job that’s pretty demanding and not being able to get out and market myself. Been growing pretty steady though and not relying on the income has allowed me to charge higher prices and build a good clientele.
Well Tuesday I got a call letting me know my position was eliminated and I’d been laid off. I’m officially a full time cleaner! Not great timing as June and July have been my slowest months in years and we’ve had several big expenses come up that have put big dents in our savings account. Still excited to finally have time to get out and work on building my business. I do mostly residential now but would like to get more commercial accounts. Since Tuesday I’ve been out passing out fliers to property managers and businesses, visiting prior commercial customers, and calling a few past customers. Got several jobs lined up next week and am hoping to add a few commercial jobs. I know it’s a numbers game so when I’m not working I’ll be out hitting businesses.
I hated my old job and am determined to not go back to the same line of work. Wish me luck!
I don’t post much here but I’ve been lurking and learning for several years. Started my business 3.5 years ago with VLM, moved to a portable and then bought an old Hydramaster CDS last year. I haven’t been able to grow my business as fast as I’d like due to working a full time job that’s pretty demanding and not being able to get out and market myself. Been growing pretty steady though and not relying on the income has allowed me to charge higher prices and build a good clientele.
Well Tuesday I got a call letting me know my position was eliminated and I’d been laid off. I’m officially a full time cleaner! Not great timing as June and July have been my slowest months in years and we’ve had several big expenses come up that have put big dents in our savings account. Still excited to finally have time to get out and work on building my business. I do mostly residential now but would like to get more commercial accounts. Since Tuesday I’ve been out passing out fliers to property managers and businesses, visiting prior commercial customers, and calling a few past customers. Got several jobs lined up next week and am hoping to add a few commercial jobs. I know it’s a numbers game so when I’m not working I’ll be out hitting businesses.
I hated my old job and am determined to not go back to the same line of work. Wish me luck!