Preach!! 💯 aint that the truth lol 😂

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I could not agree more!!

that would be a little pricy but not if it takes more than one person and its 7 days a week that's actually reasonable depending on the market. add up the employee and supply cost and taxes then add profit and you'll see its not far off.

You would have multiple people cleaning for that 2.5 hrs and those people gotta get paid during the month before you got paid. You wouldn’t be making all 7 grand. Plus cleaning supplies and insurance cost and a contract like that no one will give to you unless you have business insurance.

IT’s commercial man.. is not crazy you only comparing what you would pay someone to clean your house

Big Ole FACTS machine 📠

I completely agree! I own Moonlight a commercial Cleaning out of New Hampshire. I’m on my second year now, last year sales where $320,000. What I find people under price then don’t do the work. Don’t be afraid to charge what the work is worth!! Also great content glad to find your page!

My wife and I own Sharp Cleaning out of Massachusetts. We are doing well in our 4th year. It’s all about the desire to go forward.

Thats the only real hard part of service businesses that noone wants to talk about. Also u gotta plan for the worst. Not relying on you going back but creating a backlog of part time/on call/floater type staff for instances just like that. That was a hard stage to get over. Trust me i know. Noone told me i could do better about it. Lol even 30 year vets

@@DJTheBoss Thanks for the info. Now another thing that has changed is that it’s soo many people doing it , it’s not as easy to get those contracts (in my area anyway).. Ways that I used to grab them doesn’t work anymore like they used too. Commercial buildings are flooded with emails, cards ect.. trying to figure out new ways to stand out

Thats how marketing is. It changes. You have to change with it. I talk about this in some other videos. Im not disagreeing with your concern of competition. But the new way is to build value for a targeted audience. That means niche down and help a specific client. It makes you their expert. Give value, display expertise, then ask for the sale. It takes a while to build which is why i say start yesterday lol. But your efforts are more effective and efficient for it.

@@DJTheBoss I feel you regarding changing or adapting with the times. They’re two major companies in my area and I won’t bash them but a lot of companies don’t like their clean it’s more about the brand being commonly known .so I guess people will tend to initially just run with them. Not to mention I now do it part time and trying to pick it back up again. Yesterday was my first time watching your videos and I really enjoy the realness

Would like you to partner up I have a cleaning business and workers

Keep at it... Persistence is the key when first starting out in any business. I just launched last November. What has carried me through as I slowly grow is taking on cleaning jobs from other cleaning companies. For example, I work as an independent contractor for 3 other medium size cleaning businesses, I send them work that I don't want or can't handle and likewise they give me stuff that is too small for them, but is still profitable for me. Never look at a small account as too small... you can upsell carpet cleaning, hard floor care, stripping and waxing, etc... plus it's a great way to make new connections without dropping a bunch of $$$ into advertising early on. Sorry for the long comment DJ.... like you, I like helping others. Though I just launched my cleaning service last year, I have 20+ yrs in business and sales of other things. 🙂

I appreciate you boss. Your a real one. My community needs people like you. Please stick around. Im here for you as you can see i read these and respond for real. Let me know if you need anything.

Dave. Keep at it boss. Keep killing shit out there man. Thats what this community is all about. Us long winded old geezers in the biz helping up the next generation. I love it. Chime in and help anytime. Im getting overwhelmed here lol.

@@DJTheBoss Appreciate ya man!

I’m so addicted to watching your videos. Your 💯 percent real, and I appreciate that.

Man thats a beautiful question. I been sick so i hope i remember to actually make this video for you but ill explain here. ITS EASY WHEN YOU HAVE NO CHOICE lol. But also I didn’t let fear keep me for asking for the right prices. Its easy to try to undercut people just to get some money to eat and of course i did that too. But thats how you get stuck(i also did that). But imagine you priced to have 3 people clean a building in a few hours, plus the profit margin needed to manage it. Then u just do all the work yourself. Cha ching bro. I was making way too much as a janitor working in my company. It allowed me to clean, live, and save some money. Thats just one account priced right and doing the work. I took home more than 3 part time jobs. Combined. It was just hard work bro. Not a accounting trick or a secret. Then when i was ok financially or needed to take on more work you balance what you need vs what your willing to pay out. And I slowly backed out. But hell ill clean tonight if I wasn’t sick with the flu.

Thank you. In so glad you get some value from me. I did a video on how to get free mentors and coaching for your business. Check it out if you think it’ll help.

aye no problem boss. welcome to the channel. thanks for watching

Thank you. Im glad it works for you. Thanks for watching.

Get it done. There’s always work to be done. Do the most important stuff everyday and keep going.

I appreciate that greatly. What part of texas?You clearly “get it” boss. Stay on that path. I did post a video a while back on how to get a business coach for free. You should check it out on my channel. Hope you stick around. Best of luck. Im here fore you.

I’m retired from the army at JBLM as well. I was a 91s, I have a question bro. Was the start up hard? As far as finding clients and things of that nature?

That’s beautiful. Your such a beast for going for it and believing in yourself. Stay focused and dont get discouraged. I kno you got this. Im here for u.

@@DJTheBoss Thanks A lot !

I try boss. Thanks for watching.

If you stick to it you most definitely can. Congratulations on getting started

Thats y i do it boss. Happy people help people. Thanks for watching

Wooo 🥳!!! Welcome to the owners club and the Boss Family. You got this. And im here to help. Thanks for watching. Plenty of videos on my channel to help guide and inspire you. Check em out and let me know what you think.

Happy holidays fam. I love yall. I hope yall good.

Absolutely my guy. Thanks for watching.

I appreciate you boss. We gotta link sometime. Which direction. 3 hours from me is either portland or ellensburg wya?

@@DJTheBoss that would be dope im from moses lake Washington

Im happy to help boss. Always here for u.

@@DJTheBoss thanks my dude!!

Thats not a bad idea. I may have to consider it.

I appreciate the love. Thank you for watching

Good call fam. Workers comp for me is tied in automatically for me when qbo does payoll it automatically files for quarterly taxes and takes out for workers comp, employee, and employer taxes. General liability i have a separate video on. Super cheap and its a operating expense instead of a cost of goods sold. Thanks for calling that out so other people can see this. 🙏🏾

Why not hire workers as subcontractors?

@@OneAwareness1 not Against it I was just not taught that way and many ppl near prefer being a w2.

Both post construction and floor jobs easily cover those amounts buddy. And if your cleaning yourself a lot of basic cleaning jobs pay that much.

I appreciate you. Thank you.

You are not an employee of your company. You are the owner. Dont forget that!

I have a few videos about pricing on my channel. Have you had a chance to check them out?

Thanks 🙏🏾 I appreciate the love.

lol reasonable right?

Sure was. Thats how i know exactly how long task take. Because ive done them all. And i always give more time than i give myself because i know pple like to mess around and work slow.

All good. Thanks for watching

In my contracts either party can cancel in the first 30 days. It’s considered a trial period for me. If you don’t have something like that just make sure you’re at least not losing money. You may be contractually obligated. Worst case you adjust the service so you can be more profitable there. But if it isnt hurting you just consider it hours for your employees. Just dont lose money on it.

@@DJTheBoss I do not have anything with a 30 day trial period. I will be definitely implementing this in all my contracts going forward . I realized with this contract I’m pretty much stuck for one year so I will still use this experience for the win . And increase my value with giving them the best service. Also to help build my online presence. Using videos and pictures and reviews . Then after one year I will just increase the price. So it’s not a loss just a learning experience that I will use to benefit my business . Thank you so much for your valuable information and your response .

Some people are usually just listening for an exact answer to their question in their own words. Thats why i have to make a lot of video’s multiple times. It just takes some people a fee times to fully get it ya know 🤷🏾‍♂️

Try an see. Don’t always assume things are hard or expensive. Most people just never try. Insurance isnt that expensive. And you can get registered in less than an hour of effort.

Oh you just wana see my blood 🩸 boil. 😂. Yhe quickest way to piss me off is to remind me of taxes lol. I freaking hate taxes. Yo ill do it. But understand taxes are different damn near county to county let alone state to state. Im taxed out of my ass, ears, and throat!

I’ve been profitable since day 1 boss. I know for a fact its possible.

Check out the video i did on supplies and equipment on my channel. Thanks for watching

Yea I’ve always found it hard to make the franchise fees and payments work. My suggestion is to go independent. But thats also not for everyone and takes more work and knowledge.

All W2 employees.

The seattle market is full of sustainability nuts. So yea green is a big deal around here. It depends on your market and also your clientele. Some care some dont give two shits. We stay green till its time to disinfect. Then the chemicals come out.

@@DJTheBoss cheers thanks for the response!

@@DJTheBoss is it possible to disinfect using green products?

Technology hasn’t really got us there just yet at scale. Check the EPA to stay up to date on new developments in the uses of enzymes and other more natural experimental disinfection methods.

😂 it be like that sometimes

We know how this system is. We dont worry bout what we cant control and just keep fighting our best fight. Thanks for watching. All love fam.

@DJTheBoss you can control that. Just move to a business friendly state. A state that actually locks up criminals.

There’s bad people everywhere. The goal is to be everywhere anyway. Small stuff here.

Thanks for the love

So your asking me to go above providing free content listing all i know documenting through my entire journey, creating a community where u can ask me and other entrepreneurs questions anytime, stop actually operating and managing both my businesses & family with 3 children and privately mentor you? Bro you even having the balls to ask means you Don’t even need my help. You can ask anyone for a sale. Just ask businesses for contracts. I wish i could give personal time to everyone who asks but its just not physically possible my friend. However you can always watch more of my videos and find that you can put yourself on my consultation schedule anytime you want. Check the links in the descriptions.

I dont need to openly down anyone to big myself up. But im very open about who i speak about. Namely Mike Champion is the biggest crook of them all in my opinion. I don’t dislike AJ and what he’s doing. I may not agree with some of his methods of marketing but i know he brings value.