Window Cleaning Resources
Useful Resources To Help You Run And Grow Your Window Cleaning Business
Marketing & Advertising Materials
One of the most important aspects of your business is the effectiveness of your marketing and advertising. I found out a long time ago that 90% of the time, a potential customer’s first impression of your company is based entirely on your company’s marketing materials. That makes sense doesn’t it? I mean, the first thing a customer is going to see will be a business card, or postcard, and if they don’t like it, they don’t call you.
Therefore skimping on your marketing materials just doesn’t cut it, however, buying marketing materials locally can be very expensive, so below I have shared with you my favorite online print shops. These are the companies that handle all of my business printing needs. Why? …Because their product is outstanding and their prices are very affordable.
Marketing Materials – The Company is PSPrint, and they are in my opinion the best professional online print shop around. They handle all my printing needs for Postcards, Flyers, Door Hangers, Business Cards, Brochures and Promotional Items. I even had them do a few Vinyl banners for me and they turned out great! I can assure you, once you give them a try you won’t use anyone else.
Yard Signs – Yard signs are a great way to attract more attention for your business when placed at a job site or around town. However, in my experience many local sign shops like to overcharge for these signs, which is why I now buy my yard signs online. They are high quality, affordable and are shipped right to my door.
Magnetic Vehicle Signs – Advertising your company on your vehicle is not only a great way to attract more business, it is also a great way to get an extra tax write off for your business. Add a magnetic sign to your vehicle and it is now ‘legally’ a business vehicle and you get a tax write off. Many people use the same vehicle for business and personal use, and putting permanent stickers on your vehicle is not an attractive option… This is why magnetic signs are so great cuz they come off and on easily and with no damage to your vehicle.
Insurance
Window Cleaning Liability Insurance – Let me be blunt – You are playing Russian Roulette with your business ff you do not have a General Liability Insurance policy covering your window cleaning business. On top of that if you plan on going after the lucrative and highly profitable commercial and construction window cleaning contracts, you must have insurance or these companies won’t even consider you.
It’s not as bad as it sounds however, most window cleaners can get business liability insurance for around $100 per month. Myself and most of the window cleaners I know, get our insurance taken care of through NetQuote. In fact NetQuote can combine your various personal and business insurance policies and give you a discounted price.
Education And Income Growth
The best investment you can make is one in yourself or your business and below you will find a number of window cleaning resources to help you grow your business to new heights.
Glass Restoration – Glass restoration is a specialty service that earns in excess of $100 per hour. The Glass Restoration Handbook will give you the tools you need to restore cloudy or stained windows to crystal clear clarity thereby making your customers happy and putting more dollars in your pocket. Glass Restoration is the perfect add on service to a window cleaning business.
Advanced Squeegeeing – Tired of using the same side to side and up and down squeegee techniques? Learn the super swirl squeegee method and increase your efficiency by as much as 40% and make cleaning windows effortless.
Marketing For Window Cleaners – You may be the best window cleaner in the world and you may provide top notch customer service, but if you don’t have a steady supply of new and existing customers to keep you fed, all of your skills are for naught. The reason many window cleaning businesses struggle financially is because they have not developed an efficient series of marketing systems that will continue to generate new business for the long term. If you think marketing is nothing more than passing out flyers door to door, then I highly recommend that you take a look at A Window Cleaner’s Guide To Marketing.
Window Cleaning Business Success System – Streak Free Profits is a complete multimedia business system that takes you by the hand and walks you through every aspect of starting, running and growing a window cleaning business.
Christmas Light Installation Service – We all know that window cleaning is a seasonal business that slows down dramatically during the winter months. Well instead of sitting around living off savings or scrounging to get by, why not add a new service to your business that thrives during your slowest time of year? The Christmas light installation business starts in late October and ends in early January and during that short season many window cleaners are making as much if not more money than they did the rest of the year cleaning windows. You owe it to yourself to at least take a look.
