Pool Cleaning Business Start-Up Guide

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Starting a Pool Cleaning Business on a Budget:

Even if you are on a budget, you can start a pool service service. You can save lots of money running your business from home, since jobs are completed "on premises".

Until you are ready to hire additional staff, you won't have the expense of employees and purchasing lots of costly equipment and business supplies is not necessary.

Since you will be commuting to various job sites in a truck or van, why not apply decals to your vehicle and advertise your company? This is cheap advertising, and when people in the community see your vehicle often, you are more likely to be the first business they call for service.

Pool Cleaning Tips: Supplies & Equipment

Equipment needed to start a pool business is minimal. Basic pool cleaning supplies include a skimmer, pool testing kit and chemicals used to treat the swimming pools.

You also want to offer your customers written documentation of the work you'll be doing, when you'll be doing it and how much it will cost the customer. Contracts help protect both the business owner and the customer, they build worker-client trust and they help prevent misunderstandings and unhappy customers.

You can download a pool service agreement for free from AtYourBusiness.com. They conveniently provide the customizable document as a PDF and in Word format. See also Sample Invoice & Invoice Software. Vistaprint lets you design your own business cards for free and they'll print and ship them to you for a small charge.

For less than what you'd pay for a container of chlorine, you can get complete step-by-step instructions on how to start a profitable pool cleaning service:

Here's What You Get:

• Instructions on all licenses and permits, plus pool maintenance guides, checklists, troubleshooting guides and product reference guides that will help you save time and excel in your work.
  
  
• How to finance your company, efficiently handle bookkeeping tasks and how to set your prices for maximum profit.
  
  
• How to get new customers and set up new customer accounts, plus how to put together a marketing plan and ad budget that will generate more revenue.
  
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Pool Cleaning Business Start-Up Guide