Marketing your cleaning company
Your hunger to be not only self employed, but also to be the employer of others has lead you to this. Any day now, your phone will be ringing off the hook with clients.
Luckily for you, you have a hungry crew ready to get to work. The best equipment you could find is at the ready. Supplies are stacked to the ceiling.
It's only a matter of time before your cleaning company becomes a house hold name in your city, state, or even nationwide. Only thing that's missing now are the customers.
Allow me to bestow some marketing tips will have your telephone asking for vacation time.
Find Out Who Your Target Market Is
If you plan on marketing your cleaning company, you have to know where to aim your sights.
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One business that is booming currently is home and business "clean-outs", which is similar to a moving company, except the company disposes of the things moved move at a dump site. You can also get involved in disaster remediation services, and *GASP* crime scene clean up. Consider your advertising platforms
Everyone is online nowadays. Including your potential clients. Having a website where you can corral interested consumers to is a no brainer. If you're really tech savvy, you can have a mailing list that potential clients can join on the website. Emailing your opt-in mailing list keeps you relevant, and is a free means of advertising. Now, do you want a tactic to embarrass your competition? Make sure your opt-in list collects mobile numbers. Use an email to SMS (text) service to text seasonal or monthly promotions directly to your next client's cellphone. The Web can be just as effective for marketing to commercial/industrial clients. Make sure that your Web address is in all of your advertising. Front and center.
I can go on and on about places to advertise. Consider these other platforms:
Billboards and bus shelters
Auto (car) vinyl wraps
Social media
Coupon publications (ie. Penny Saver)
Screen printed shirts
Radio and TV Mark(et) your territory
This strategy falls in line with branding. Unfortunately, this strategy is difficult to pull off if you focus solely on residential cleaning. As the owner of a commercial/industrial
3) What are the arguments for launching Clean Edge as: a) a niche product; and b) a mainstream brand? Which would you recommend? What are the strategic implications of your recommendation?
The general principals for environmental cleaning are to ensure the hospital environment is as clean as possible to reduce the risk of infection, and that all precautions are taken in accordance to legislation and Healthcare policy’s and guidelines. “To prevent the transfer of micro-organisms which may cause infection, and to prevent the transfer of foreign protein which may cause adverse reaction and pose the risk of spreading diseases e.g. vCJD. “
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If Clorox does not restructure its portfolio mix and increase revenue contribution from the growing markets, it faces the risk of losing sales and its position in those markets. Using its current resources, Clorox needs to determine how to allocate those resources among its current brand portfolio. Equally important is determining whether to invest in new product lines or brands. Clorox also has to decide whether to expand into international markets or focus strictly on expanding its market share across its brands in the primary U.S. market. Asian, South American, and European markets offer potential for growth but the cost of expanding into these markets and the limited availability of financial resources pose concerns with respect to international expansion. Focus on growth versus profitability is another important strategic decision that needs to be addressed. Clorox projects flat sales for 2011, which is not a positive indicator for investors’
I am going to advertise it by using different method because of this I will grab people attention. To grab the attention I will also going to use the company’s logo and make sure the ads match to the colour of the company which is mostly likely orange. It would also be beneficial to use some graphics and pictures to represent what the company is trying to tell you and to reflect the image of the website, so people find it interesting to visit the stores and website and make sure they fancy product.
Although the business has a website with a widget that allows visitors to be added to the company’s mailing list, there is no in-house practice of obtaining customer information, request of online customer satisfaction participation or web follow-up. Finally, most marketing and business promotion is done mostly via word of mouth and in local newspapers.
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The added sales force should set force their focus on the non-DFW household DIY. The positive spike in sales indicates a high potential for
If Clorox does not restructure its portfolio mix and increase revenue contribution from the growing markets, it faces the risk of losing sales and its position in those markets. Using its current resources, Clorox needs to determine how to allocate those resources among its current brand portfolio. Equally important is determining whether to invest in new product lines or brands. Clorox also has to decide whether to expand into international markets or focus strictly on expanding its market share across its brands in the primary U.S. market. Asian, South American, and European markets offer potential for growth but the cost of expanding into these markets and the limited availability of financial resources pose concerns with respect to international expansion. Focus on growth versus profitability is another important strategic decision that needs to be addressed. Clorox projects flat sales for 2011, which is not a positive indicator for investors’
and give the brand a more professional look. The third opportunity, involves expanding the brand to the