My First Days as a Professional Window Cleaner

Never in my wildest dreams that I would be starting a window cleaning business; I thought I wasn’t born to do that stuff. A cleaning business was not my forte, and cleaning windows are a pain in the neck. However, I didn’t know of its importance until I ran into my former classmate and told me about the tricks of the trade on starting a window cleaning business.

They say that cleaning business take lots of hard work. Not only you have to think about the capital to invest in one, but you need man power and the right tools to make it work. Aside from those things, you have to make sure that this business will work to your benefit – and gain profit from it. Nothing beats the success of your company when you have earned profit and have proven your worth to become a successful window cleaning businessman.

Starting a window cleaning business can be done by yourself if you wanted to set your sight on it. When I first started mine, I didn’t know what to do, but I did the usual procedures of opening a business: raised capital, applied for a business license, and got insured and bonded. Those three are very essential when starting a business.

If you have those three under you r belt, it’s up to you to start right away. You either start it own your own or get someone to help you operate it. In my experience though, I sought help from my friend on how to clean the windows first. He wasn’t so much a partner but more an advisor. Since I didn’t know the right tools, products, and equipment to get good results, I asked him. It took me two weeks to learn everything: from cleaning glass windows to jalousie windows, fixed-pane ones and all other sorts of windows. After finally getting the hang of it, I decided to start taking clients.

Since I didn’t have any manpower yet, I was the only one who had to search for clients. However, it took awhile until I finally got one. My first few clients turned out to be clients I still have to this day; they helped spread word about my high quality, hard work and reasonable prices to their other friends and business owners. Surprisingly, my first few weeks were not quite bad. And like what those clients promised, they helped spread my business through their testimonials and word of mouth. Soon after, I had tons of clients. It became the right time for me to fully establish it as a big business – with a small office, a few employees, and ad placements in newspapers and yellow pages. My business flourished after that.

As you can see, starting a window cleaning business takes time and effort. If you want to be successful work hard for it and you’ll soon get your glory too.

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