Well said young man. It's often stated by posters on here that only THEY know how to run a business and make claims of excessive charges and high overheads while there are many others who do actually treat carpet cleaning as a FULL TIME business, put in the hours, charge reasonably, but profitably and are still in business 10 - 15 - 25 years later.
One of the most successful carpet cleaning business owners to visit this site was criticised and judged to be running a rubbish business when in reality was running a multivan operation that had not only provided a good income but had enabled the owners to become property owners on a large scale.
I know of others who've done the same based on working FULL TIME and offering value for money to their customers.
If a small business has excessively high overheads the business owner needs to learn to reduce the overhead / control their costs / re consider their methods of working. The majority of people who are successful in this industry DO NOT feel the need to purchase larger and more expensive vans or equipment than they need to do the job. Neither would an efficiently run National or Multinational company.
Success comes from having a constantly full order book which is more likely to result from offering VALUE FOR MONEY in a good and effective marketing plan and by retaining a high percentage of customers who buy your services.
Some people DO make a large initial investment but are still successful without resorting to overcharging their customers but the successful ones who do so are not afraid of HARD WORK not just physically but constantly looking at better ways of doing things, that is, being more efficient with their equipment, improving their marketing, being more efficient with the use of time, looking at new markets for their services.
Being the best at generating and retaining profits is being a successful businessman/woman.
