Maid Career Information

Video Transcript

"When I first started this business, some of the things that were difficult, are getting clientele, and how to go about doing that, and your marketing strategies. You go through a whole business plan in your head, and you write things down, and you have a great business plan in mind, and how do you take it from being on paper, to actually opening the business, and starting to work? Those were some things that were really tough. I'm really great at putting things on paper, and I'm really good at talking to people, but actually getting out there and asking for business, was something that was really hard for me to do. So I found that it was really great, using a free classified advertising, and I just put ads on there, and I just decided, you know what, this is something I want to do. I want to make some extra money. I want to have something to do during the day, but I still want to be able to be with my kids, and my family, so it was something where I just, I knew that I had to take it from paper, to actually, some sort of action, and it's something you just have to jump in and do, and really, finding some free advertising, is, I think was the best thing that I could have done, was putting just a free ad on there, and getting the response that you get, because sometimes, maybe you won't get a response, but that's ok. That's just another hurdle that you tackle at the time, but the response was great, and you have to put yourself out there, and really go into doing what you want to do, full heartedly, and giving it your all, and just taking a risk. So some tips on being a good maid would be, just paying close attention to detail, to the small things, that people don't think about wiping down. Fingerprints on the fridge, wiping down the light switches. Something that I do is leave a little note of thank you, and a mint or something. Something that sets you apart from the rest of the industry. Come up with that little personal touch, and go from there. Some things to make sure you stay away from would be: taking anything that is not yours. Making sure that you don't damage something, and if you do, because accidents do happen. Make sure that you come clean about it, and let them know this is what happened, and not try and cover things like that up, so those are some tips. Just finding your way, your personal touch, and going for it."