Commercial work will not come to you. If you want it, then sometimes you might be in the right place at the time but most often you have to go get it. Rick has flyers on his COMMERCIAL
MARKETING
SYSTEM
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on the side of this message board. Find out who is in charge of hiring cleaners. Send them the letter. Then give them a few days and call them back. Try to get a quick demo.
Price your cleaning for Quality, not based on the cheapest bid.
I have a job pending now & the last company was cheap and it shows. Most of the time they will say,"we already have a carpet cleaner". Read the last few posts cause this is mentioned there. All of the places you sent out cards or letters to go and visit them. For big accounts take one day and visit buildings & get names. Send letters and then kept reminding them week after week til they are tired of hearing from you which at that point they will probably hire you on anyway. PERSISTENCE! PERSISTENCE! PERSISTENCE! PERSISTENCE!
Now for commercial carpet cleaning in small businesses, I carry a spray bottle full of encap and a
to scrub a couple of their worst spots. Never take away the whole spot. If they care about their stores, the owner will usually book an appointment. This has worked good for me in the past.
