Make Money Washing Windows

Here's a business that, almost more than any other with equal potential for real wealth, meets the most stringent requirements of just about any skeptic. In fact, there's so much in favor of the "little guy" with this business, it's a real mystery why more people don't choose this one as the vehicle for their ultimate independence and financial security. This is a business that can make you rich very quickly. It's a kind of service business that can very profitably be operated by one person - male or female. The basic knowledge needed for success is simple and easy to learn. You can operate out of your home for virtually as long as you like, and yet, there's a real demand for this type of service everywhere.

The kind of equipment you'll need to professionally wash windows is relatively simple. A 12 or 18-inch window brush, aluminum telescopic brush handle, 6-inch, 10-inch and 18-inch squeegees with replacement rubber blades, several plastic or galvanized water pails, and one or more ladders are needed. Your start-up supplies should also include 5 gallons of liquid soap, rags, towels, and a razor blade scraper for removing debris from customer windows. This entire list of equipment and supplies should total no more than $250 in cost. You will need to add to your equipment only as your business grows and you have the need to hire more personnel.

The success potential for window washing services is present in the smallest of towns as well as the largest metropolitan areas. Your risks will be minimal, while your rewards can far surpass even your wildest dreams. Generally, a one man operation in a city of 50,000 can expect to gross $4,000 or more per month after just 90 days. Operating expenses for one person operations grossing this amount should be less than $1,000 per month. Ideally, your plan should be to solicit new accounts, do the work yourself, and establish a regular customer route. Once you've established such a service route, and you're beginning to realize a good profit, you should be able to hire part-time help to do the work while you solicit new accounts and establish more regular customer routes.

You should concentrate on providing regular window washing services for all the one and two-story office buildings and storefronts in your area, starting with those closest to your home and expanding your efforts outward. Choose a busy thoroughfare leading into your city's downtown area. Select the one closest to your home and begin calling on business owners and store managers all along this street.

The important thing is personal contact - someone from your company regularly calling upon your prospective customers. Talk with them. Listen to them. Get to know them. Find out who's currently doing their windows for them, if they have any complaints, and how you can offer them a better deal. When you've actually investigated the service they're already contracted for, and you're certain you can offer them a better deal, put your ideas into the form of a written proposal and give it to them. Don't be afraid to submit a proposal for a better deal, but remember when you do, your proposal should offer more than just a price break. Under-cutting a competitor's price usually means less profit for you, and an overall deterioration of your reputation.

It's important with this type of business that you have a "live" voice answering your calls. Selecting the right people to handle your calls, and spending the extra time necessary to train them, is almost always well worth the time and added expense. Remember, this is a service business with your growth dependent upon the personal contact you and your representatives have with prospective clients. Work on it, develop it, and cultivate your personal contact transactions.