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It offers many avenues for business, from house cleaning services to office cleaning contracts.

But you need to think carefully before starting a cleaning business.

There are many factors to consider. Obviously, the profitability and return on investment is a major consideration. There are many websites that suggest that starting a cleaning business requires $10,000 in capital and $10,000 as a reserve.

Initially, this may seem encouraging – especially when compared to the cost of a cleaning business franchise which could set you back anywhere between $25,000 – $100,000. However, when you research the cleaning industry more thoroughly, you will find there are much more profitable avenues for business. Making your own cleaning products is not only a great stand alone venture, it substantially minimizes your start-up and ongoing costs in a cleaning business. The cost of starting a cleaning product and chemical manufacturing business is substantially lower than starting a cleaning business.

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From: (how to make cleaning products) http://ezinearticles.com/?Starting-a-Cleaning-Business—Read-This-First&id=3513810

Business directory and local digital marketing are among the most important marketing strategies small and medium sized businesses must have these days, because the ways the public communicates continue to change at breakneck speed.

Studies have shown that more than 80 percent of purchasing decisions are now researched online first, whether it be on a desktop computer, laptop computer or an Internet-enabled smartphone. As a result, some of the more traditional methods of marketing and advertising are fading in both prominence and effectiveness:

* Yellow Pages: Ask yourself and ask your friends and customers: When is the last time you used the Yellow Pages?

* Newspapers: This industry has been losing paid circulation continuously for more than a half-century. Ask people you know, particularly age 30 and under, the last time they picked up a newspaper.

* Television and radio: There are so many stations that the top station in any market or niche may have less than 10 percent of market share. To reach the number of people in your target market you need to reach to effectively market yourself can be both expensive and inefficient.

To cost-effectively reach local targeted audiences with laser-like precision, a business directory search and marketing program is a must. Its not the wave of the future; it is the here and now. You absolutely must have comprehensive business directory strategies to reach local clientele.

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