Im confused

[Ron Lippold]

Well we all the economy is in the tank, so I thought I would raise my prices and change my pricing structure. It is real hard for me to believe this, for April I was up almost 5 times from last year. Tips are also way up. It seems the more I charge the more I get and the happier they are.

 

[Bob Foster]

You obviously are doing a hell of a lot right Ron. Congratulations.

 

[Ron Werner]

how do you price?
WHat is your procedure?

 

[GRHeacock]

Congrats, Ron!! I knew you could do it!!

Lots of us cleaners do not understand some things.

I call it Heacock's Law, because I discovered it many years ago.

"The higher your prices, the better quality customers you get, and more profit in your pocket."

And it does work.

You will get whatever market you go after, so why not go after the top market?

Gary

 

[WISE]

Work for the classes; Sleep with the masses.
Work for the masses; Sleep with the classes.

WISE

PS--Nice work Ron. 5 times y over y is awesome. We're up pretty big too, but nothing like that!

 

[Rob Lyon]

Congrats Ron, Fells Good don't It !!!


All The Best, Rob

 

[Ron Werner]

Work for the classes; Sleep with the masses.
Work for the masses; Sleep with the classes.

WISEquote]

That goes contrary to what Ron is doing, and what most of us are doing.

We have a higher price to serve the classes, so then won't we sleep with the masses??

 

[Bruce Humphrey]

my business has doubled from last April


did 2 jobs April 2007

this April 4

cant complain about success

keep on playing that guitar.

 

[RichardnTn]

Confucius say, " Man who charge lot for carpet cleaning,
Not clean little man's house,
Little man go to supermarket
and rent red box on wheels...
Little man not call big charge man
when economy go belly-up and
big rich man lose carpet when
house go back to money man.
Charge a lot cleaner now wish
he had helped little man more."
Confucius 2008

 

[WISE]

I don't care if you charge $Rampage, it is physically impossible for one truck to generate enough revenue/profit to build the wealth that most of these clients have.

Let me ask you this...When you go to clean a home of one of the "classes"; did you have to leave your neighborhood to get to it? Ask them what kind of work they do--solo or did they build an organization?

I think what you and Ron and whoever else that is catering to the high end client and making six figures is great. I just prefer to have a business that, while focuses on quality and a decent or higher than average price point, also will keep making money if I break my arm or heaven forbid, go on vacation.
The trade off is employees, some hate the idea, I couldn't imagine not having employees.
HIGH prices; smaller market...less work required to make a GREAT income.
Above average prices, much bigger market...more work required to make a GREAT living...except there is not really a point of diminishing return.

Different models; nothing wrong with either.

BEST

WISE