How many of you have posted ad on craiglist?

Hi my name is Mary and I want to start my cleaning business I already order some flyers, business cards and registered. Now I posted my ad on craiglist with no luck. is been over a month now. what I'm doing wrong. now I want to mail companies offering my services but I dont know what to write anyone have an idea how to get my business going?

thanks.
mary

i just posted an ad im selling my KID on there

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Hi Mary,

I recommend that you do start mailing out your flyer (put something on there about referrals receiving discounts) and put FREE demonstration on there. FREE always gets people's attention because people are cheap, they like free.

Go to local businesses and see if they have card holsters that they keep for businesses and inquire about leaving your business card there. Tack your flyer up in Wal-Mart.

About craigslist, if you posted your ad in your city, try posting it in your state's craigslist, some people only browse the states, not the individual cities.

Also, use the paper and post in the wanted section. Something like

****Wanted****
Cleaning Jobs
Too tired? Let me help
Professional cleaning
-Contact Info-

And try asking some friends of yours about people they might possibly know. Check with like daycare centers and offices about leaving them flyers, because usually offices look for people to clean for them and so do daycares.

Your message should be friendly and professional, because home cleaning as well as office cleaning (I assume they are usually cleaned at night) needs to be able to trust their hirees. Oh.. And maybe check with a hotel or two, they usually may be hiring a cleaning service instead of maids. Or if you have more than one employee, then maybe you could find an inn, or hotel that's looking for an entire staff of cleaning employees.

Good luck

not me

Well Mary I had my own cleaning business, it really depends on what you are looking in like residential or commercial? I cleaned vacant apartments what I did was went to the apartments and asked for the maintenance supervisor and gave the receptionist the card and usually I would get to talk to him, you want to have some quotes already made up!! Residential go to certain neighborhoods and door tag your flyer's.. Leave flyer's on the community boards at grocery stores and other places.. You could try to mail them but most places pitch junk mail...