Things You'll Need:
- Commercial paper shredder/mobile shredder Reliable vehicle
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Step 1
Pinpoint your target market. Your most lucrative market will naturally be large corporations and businesses that churn out a lot of paperwork, much of which contains confidential information that requires proper disposal.
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Step 2
Decide where you will work. You can purchase a large paper shredder and operate from your home or office space, or you can buy or lease a truck with a mobile shredder that will allow you to go to your client's office, pick up the material to be shredded and shred it before you leave the parking lot.
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Step 3
Have a business attorney draft a confidentiality agreement that both you and your clients will sign. A confidentiality agreement will give your clients the assurance that the documents you are given will be disposed of properly and confidentially.
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Step 4
Set your business hours, which is particularly important if you will be working on-site at your client's location. If you work from a home office, you will be able to work whenever you want but you will still need to set hours to pick up or have clients drop off their documents.
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Step 5
Consider how you will receive your clients' papers for shredding, if you will be shredding off-site. Will you pick up the documents for shredding, or will you have clients bring their paperwork to your home or to your office?
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Step 6
Hire a web designer to create a professional website for your paper shredding business, if you do not have the time to create one yourself. Your web site should include an about page, a page that describes your service and a contact page at the very minimum.
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Step 7
Start marketing your paper shredding business to area corporations and businesses. In addition to using traditional marketing methods such as issuing press releases and advertising in local media, consider going from business to business and introducing yourself, which can be particularly effective if you have a mobile shredding truck.
