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Thinking
of starting your own carpet cleaning business?
You just
need 4 things to succeed!
The right attitude
The right training
The right equipment
The right marketing
How
we can help?
Training
It’s absolutely
essential to get the right training before you start out. There’s a lot
that can go wrong if you don’t know what to look for! Only with the proper
training can we clean safely and get the professional results our customers
expect. So
which training is best?
Types
of training available
NCCA (National Carpet Cleaner's Association)
The
NCCA is the only Nationally recognised trade association dedicated to the
cleaning of carpets and soft furnishings. The NCCA provide a very good 2 day
course which costs £299.63 including VAT
IICRC
(Institue of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration
Certification)
The
IICRC is a world recognised certifying who provide various training courses
for the cleaning and restoration industry. IICRC courses are among the most
in-depth courses available.
Manufacturer
training
Various
manufacturers also provide training courses – many of which are excellent.
Be aware that, unlike the above training courses, manufacturers training is
likely to be product specific.
Training
available from Cleansmart
One
day carpet technician course
We
run a popular one day carpet cleaning course that may be more useful for new
start businesses (the IICRC and NCCA courses are very good, but it can be
a lot to take in if you don't have any experience). Our course trainer is
Derek Bolton, former Technical Director of the National Carpet Cleaners association,
and possibly the most knowlegeable and helpful person in the industry.
Our
one day carpet technician course will teach you everything you need to know
to get started. Class sizes are small (maximum 12 delegates), and there’s
a more hands-on approach. It’s also great preparation for attending
an NCCA or IICRC course. This course costs just £85 + VAT. Click here
for more info
One
day upholstery cleaning technician course
Carpet
and upholstery cleaning go hand in hand. As a professional carpet cleaner,
you will inevitably be asked to clean upholstery. Our one day upholstery course
is designed to teach you everything you need to know to get started in upholstery
cleaning. Again, there is always an opportunity for you to see how it's done
and have a go yourself. Click here
for more info.
Other
more advanced courses we run regularly:
Advanced
spot and stain removal
Advanced carpet and upholstery cleaning
Advanced fibre identification course
Free
training with every machine purchase
Purchase
any machine over £1000 from Cleansmart, and we’ll throw in a free
training course to help you get started. You can choose from any of the courses
we run. And you can also pay to attend a course, then claim one days course
fee back against any machine purchase over £1000.
2. Equipment
It’s very important
to start out with the right equipment. You’ll be depending on your machine
every day. But with so many machines to choose from, how do you know which equipment
will best suit your needs?
Cleansmart can supply
over 50 carpet cleaning machine models from the various different manufacturers.
Because we’re not tied to recommending one line of products, we really
are free to offer you impartial advice.
We can't stock everything,
so instead we aim to stock the best machines, equipment and chemicals from the
best ranges. For example, over 170 carpet cleaners help us choose our range
of chemicals by taking part in a recent on-line survey.
If you do need any
advise, please don’t hesitate to give us a call - we are happy to recommend
a package to suit your needs and budget.
3. Marketing
Carpet cleaning can
be very lucrative. But far too many new carpet cleaning firms fail in the first
year. Why?
In a word - marketing!
Normal advertising
doesn’t work!
Marketing a carpet
cleaning business is different.
The Yellow Pages
will get you some work, but not nearly enough to fill the timetable. You may
only break-even on a newspaper advert! And finding out what does work can be
a very expensive business.
At Cleansmart, we
want our customers to do well. After all, the more successful you become, the
more successful we become! That’s why you receive our 'Guerrila Marketing
for Carpet Cleaners' folder free with your machine. Make no mistake, the information
you will read can pay for your machine many times over.
The ‘Guerrilla
Marketing for Carpet Cleaners Starter Pack’
Inside this simple
folder, you can read about real life marketing strategies proven
to catapult profits from carpet cleaning. The simple
techniques in this folder have the power to make all the difference to your
new business.
What's inside?
The insiders guide to producing leaflets that work
3 ways to generate
enquiries for less than a pound
The most profitable
work there is – and how to get more of it without advertising
How to get customers
to go out of their way to recommend you
How to turn one job
into two, three or even more
How to double the growth
of your business with a simple A4 sheet of paper
How to get other businesses
to publicly recommend you in print
What’s the most
important part of any ad? - 15 proven headline formulas that work
How to build towards
a lucrative by-referral only business
How to fill next years
timetable with thousands of pounds work now
How to easily raise
your average order value – without losing any work
Testimonials –
how to get them, who to ask and how to use them
How to fill the timetable
during quieter periods
What pictures work
best on carpet cleaning ads?
Guerrilla leaflet delivery
techniques – how to get them delivered reliably
How to avoid competing
with other carpet cleaners
How to easily up-sell
to lucrative stain protection - without any high pressure selling
And that’s
not all!
At Cleansmart, we
produce a new money-making marketing report every month - this comes free every
time you order chemicals or equipment from our range. The bigger your folder
grows, the bigger your profits grow too!
Remember:
This is real nuts and bolts marketing that is proven to work in the real world.
Every
strategy is proven to grow profits from carpet cleaning
To see what to expect,
click ‘free marketing for carpet cleaners’ and download a free sample
report now. Inside you will find a very simple and low cost method of generating
new leads.
Everything
you need to succeed
At Cleansmart, we
do our best to provide you with everything you need. You get the right training,
the best equipment, and free marketing strategies that could make all the difference.
Of course, you'll want to adapt the basic strategies to make them your own.
But knowing what strategies other successful carpet cleaners are using could
be worth it's weight in gold.
Free
with every machine over £1000 -
A
free IICRC or ‘hands on’ training course
A
free marketing folder to help you make a profitable start
A
free 12 month care plan with every machine
Free
impartial advice and technical support
Choose
from one of the largest selection of professional carpet cleaning equipment
in the UK
For more information, please call now on freephone 0845
862 0209
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