Have you thought about buying your own carpet cleaning franchise? I have found through my 14 years in the cleaning industry that buying a carpet cleaning franchise is really not a great idea.

The hardest part of owning and running any business is getting new customers. That's where most people get the idea of owning a franchise. You have a proven system in place that helps you with getting new customers.

There is a big problem though. You have to finance a large amount of money up front, then after that the franchisee is going to take a royalty fee from you every month of every year for as long as you own the franchise.

Who is the real winner here? Do you really want to pay someone money for the rest of your business life? The facts are whether or not you buy a franchise, you will still have to buy your own truck and equipment.

Why not just buy your own truck and equipment and get a jump start on your carpet cleaning career by advertising your business on the Internet? You can literally write a small ad and have it showing on Google in less than an hour. Right in front of customers who are looking for carpet cleaning services in your area.

You can use this as the foundation for your carpet cleaning business. This way you have money coming in to pay your equipment costs and you can focus on finding other offline advertising opportunities to compliment your online efforts.

Just know that in the United States alone, there are over 200,000 people who search for carpet cleaning every month. That number is growing by the day. What this means to you is you need to learn how to advertise your carpet cleaning business online effectively and in a hurry.