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Step 1
Convert your current domestic technician. So, you already have a long standing relationship with a domestic goddess/god and just need suggestions on how to go green. Simple. Buy the environmentally friendly products and ask them to only use those products in your home. If you were paying them a product fee, tell them they just received a raise. Watch your place shine.
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Step 2
Ask around. Send an email out to all of your friends alerting them about your search for a green house cleaner. Start talking to your colleagues at work. Be bold and just start asking around to everyone and anyone. One of the best green cleaners in Lincoln, Nebraska, doesn’t advertise, because he gets plenty of work through his connections as a clerk at the local natural food co-op.
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Step 3
Check out the flyers at local natural food store or co-op. Most natural food stores, including the large chains, have bulletin boards full of flyers and cards for a variety of services. Search the bulletin board for a good match. Also, try putting up your own flyer to see what kind of response it generates.
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Step 4
Conduct an Internet search with the location of your cleaning plus either “green clean services” or “environmentally friendly house cleaning.” You will generate a wealth of leads. For those in the San Francisco Bay Area, look up the Maid to Order House Cleaning service. Sage Clean serves Seattle and the surrounding areas. The Maid Brigade offers an internal website search for franchises located in your zip code area.
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Step 5
Contact environmentally friendly product companies. Send an email to your favorite green clean product company. Companies such as The Clean Environment Company, in Omaha, Nebraska, sell straight to commercial and residential cleaners. The company may be willing to send out an email for you to their mail list or post one of your flyers.
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Step 6
Get multiple bids. Be sure to talk to friends who use domestic technicians to find out what their going rate is. Become an educated consumer so that you can negotiate a good deal. With that said, also understand that housecleaning is a business. A good green house cleaner is worth their weight in gold. So, always look for a fair price and not a garage sale special.
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Step 7
Start a franchise. So, you have searched and searched and searched and no luck. There are no green cleaners in your neighborhood or town. Perhaps you have found a great business opportunity worth investing in!
