Work Advice?
I am branching out and starting my own property maintenance company. I want to achieve in contact near letting agents to offer them my services. The interview I wanted to ask is do they use contractors to tidy up propertys previously they let them out and who are the best pepole to bring in contact next to ie (Is the agent responsable for the work or has the owner get to do it). If the owner has to do it within is no point getting in contact next to letting agents to offer my services.Answers: Property agents commonly sub-contract cleaning & maintenance services. Apart from routine cleaning at the end/beginning of a possession there will also be emergency situations to cover. Try to craft some aspects of your business unique (24 -hour service etc) or at lowest possible different. I would suggest you talk to them and find out what they want from a contractor and later set about providing the services they want fairly what YOU THINK they want. In the end iyt will be down to relationships and money so dont only just send a flier or if you do, phone them within 5 days to introduce yourself and receive talking.
it depends on the owner of the property if they enjoy alot of properties they maybe dont want to tidy them themselves it wouldnt hurt to furnish them a contact card ,where i live is a army estate and alot of them own to have the house spotless in the past they move out they would have be willing to take-home pay alot for a total house clean (only mentioning incase u own one near u :)
letting agents will collect rent from tenant and get a duty from the owners for doing this when a tenant needs upkeep they contact the owner of property also when tenants depart they contact owner and it is up to owner to tidy the house for next tenant if they want it looking perfect for potential tentants
Give your card to the property agents, then they can propose your services to the customer (house owner) maybe the agent would want a small discount to breed some profit as it may be regular work at a trade price, property agents use regular tradesmen so a property maintenaince company would be a great thing, verbs the house, gardening, fences etc biddable idea by the instrument and the very best of luck to you.
Trying to find the website for "Governmentsgrants"<defauto(a)app.topica.com>?
Was trying to find a website for a government loan for a small business by trying "Governments"<defauto(a)app.topica.com> and the computer comes wager on with they cannot find it.I be wondering if someone would know which website to go to.Answers: How nearly...
http://www.grant.gov/
Well, first of all you are typing an email address -- as long as in attendance is (a) then it is an email address. It is not a valid domain christen hence you can never find
And if you are looking for government grant or government loan, the ONLY place to stir to is the GOVERNMENT -- sites ending near .gov . Otherwise you can be scammed
You stand a greater chance of getting a government-guaranteed loan through the Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/financing than a management grant. Read the SBA Financing page to swot about criteria needed for borrowing
It is rugged to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some see, federal government and even private foundations just give give up money for starting a for-profit business.
One possible exception is for companies developing or exporting agricultural goods, including food and forest product. Another exception could be the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/... , which fund the research and nouns of technological innovation that meet specific government wants.
Even SBA does NOT give out grant. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/mostrequesteditems/CO...
"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grant to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a far-reaching variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does tender some grant programs, these are mostly designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business command, technical, or financial assistance. These grant generally support non-profit organization, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local government."
Nonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal policy to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any admit that would support a for-profit venture.
Here is a index of federal grants for small businesses. See if near is any available for individuals for starting a business -- THERE'S NONE.
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALO...
Dose any one knows how get referals to ur site without paying for it?
Answers: 10 low cost ways to promote your website
1) add your site to as many search engine listings as you can find, ie http://uk.search.yahoo.com/info/submit
2) make sure you add meta tags to your website (key words which you list then when people search for those keywords your site will come up in the results) - all part of SEO - search engine optimisation
3) put your website address on all your business stationary - letterheads, invoices, compliments slips, delivery slips, envelopes, parcel packaging, business cards etc etc
4) promote your website by adding it to your email signature on both business and personal emails
5) join as many social networking sites as you can ie hi5, bebo, tagged, facebook, myspace, yahoo 360 etc and add your web address in your profile or notice boards etc
6) add yourself to online directories who give free listings ie http://www.yelldirect.com/freelisting/ho...
7) get some stickers made for your car, and window stickers made for car windows of friends, family, customers etc
8) PR is always a good move, ask your local paper(s) to run a feature, get your business start-up story on business sites like http://www.newbiztips.net/startupstories...
9) use http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/vp/ns/studio... to get some free/low cost business cards and marketing materials and leave them everywhere you go - cafes, train stations, libraries, school, community centres, college
10) word of mouth is a great way to promote something - and it's free! tell everyone you know and get them to tell people they know