Free cleaning business card maker

What to put on a cleaning business card

A business card is small: about 7 square inches a side. People keep it to find you later, so it has one job: make it easy to call or book. Put on it:

• Your business name, plus your logo if you have one. No logo yet? The cleaning business logo maker makes one for free, and this card maker picks it up on the same device.
• Your phone number in the largest type after your name. Many clients still call or text first.
• A website or booking link, written short: sparklehome.com/book, not https://www.sparklehome.com/book/. The maker trims it for you.
• Where you clean. “Serving North Austin and Round Rock” tells people at a glance whether you come to them.
• Your name and title, if you are the one handing the card over. People like to know who they are calling.
• One reason to call on the back: a short list of services, a first-clean offer, or a blank for the next visit.

What to leave off

• Prices. They change before the cards run out, and every home is different. Use an offer or a booking link instead.
• Your home address, if you work from home. Clients do not need it, and a service area says enough.
• Every service you offer. Four to six is plenty; the rest can go on your website.
• Offers with a close end date. A card can sit in a drawer for a year. Use “New clients only” rather than “Ends June 30”, or keep dated offers for flyers.
• Claims you cannot back up. Only say insured, bonded or background-checked if it is true today. Our guide to cleaning business insurance explains what cleaners usually carry.
• Tiny text. Very small print is hard to read on a card. The maker shrinks long lines only so far, then warns you to shorten them.

Cleaning business card ideas that get bookings

A plain card with a name and number works. These ideas give people a reason to use it:

1. A first-clean offer on the back. “$20 off your first clean, new clients only” turns a card into a reason to call this week. Check the first clean still pays after the discount with the house cleaning price calculator.
2. A referral card with a blank for the client’s name. Give each happy client a few. They write their name on the “Referred by” line and hand it to a friend; when the friend books, you know who to thank. Pick the Referral back and say what both people get.
3. A “next clean” appointment card. Pick the Next clean back, write the date and time of the next visit at the end of each clean and leave it on the counter. Clients stick it on the fridge, which keeps your number in front of them.
4. Your booking link, front and center. People who find your card at 10pm can book then, instead of waiting to call you in the morning.
5. A QR code to your booking page. This maker does not make QR codes; if you want one, add it with a QR generator or your printer’s design tool, then scan a printed proof with your phone before you order.
6. Magnet cards. Ask your printer whether they make business card magnets. They end up on the fridge, right where people think about cleaning. Use the printer’s own magnet template, as sizes can differ from paper cards.
7. Cards for neighbors of your clients. When you clean on a street every week, a card that says “We clean on your street on Tuesdays” makes it easy to add a home to a route you already drive.
8. A stack for real estate agents and property managers. Pick the services back with move-in and move-out cleans listed, and ask if you can leave a few at their front desk.
9. A seasonal back. Before spring or the holidays, print a short run with a deep clean on the back and keep your usual card for the rest of the year.
10. A thank-you card after the first clean. Leave a card with your direct number and a short note. It is the moment a new client is most likely to book again or tell a friend.
11. Your logo colors. If you made a logo with the logo maker, the card can use its colors, so your card, flyers and website look like one business.

Printing at home or with an online printer

At home on perforated card stock

Home printing makes sense for a first batch, or when you want to change the offer often. Click “Print 10 per sheet”: page 1 is 10 fronts and page 2 is 10 backs, laid out 2 across and 5 down on Letter paper with 0.75 inch side margins and 0.5 inch top and bottom margins, with crop marks in the margins.

• Check your card stock matches the layout. Layouts differ from brand to brand, so print page 1 on plain paper first and hold it against a card sheet up to the light.
• Keep the scale at 100% (“Actual size”) in the print dialog, so the cards line up with the perforations.
• For double-sided cards, print the backs on the other side of the same sheet, flipping on the long edge.
• Pick a light design for an inkjet. Designs with a full-color side use a lot of ink, and a slight misalignment shows a thin white edge where the color meets the perforation. The Low ink and Classic designs are the most forgiving.
• No perforated stock? Print on plain cardstock and cut along the crop marks with a paper trimmer or a ruler and craft knife.

With an online printer

An online printer can use thicker stock and finishes a home printer cannot. Prices and paper options change often, so compare them on each printer’s own site on the day you order.

• Download the files with bleed. Check “Add 1/8 in bleed”, then download the front and back PNGs (1125 x 675 pixels at 300 dpi) or save the single-card PDF. Check the printer’s upload page for the exact size it wants.
• Keep text inside the safe area. Turn on the guides in the preview: anything outside the dashed blue line may be cut off.
• Check the proof twice, especially the phone number and link. A typo on 500 cards is an expensive mistake.

Where to hand out cleaning business cards

• At every clean. Leave one on the counter with the next visit written on the back, and a couple of referral cards for friends.
• To the neighbors of your clients, in person when you see them, or tucked in the door where your town allows it.
• At businesses that serve the same households: real estate offices, property managers, apartment leasing offices, gyms and coffee shop community boards. Ask before you leave a stack.
• At local events and networking groups, such as chamber of commerce mixers and school fairs.
• Not in mailboxes. They are for postage-paid mail; our cleaning flyer maker page explains the rule and where flyers and cards can go instead.

Cards work best next to referrals, online reviews and local listings. Our guide on finding your first cleaning clients covers the rest.

When a business card is not the right tool

Cards are for people who have already met you or heard of you. To reach people who have not, a flyer on a community board, a door hanger or a listing on Google does more. And you do not need any software to use a business card: a phone number and any website work fine.

BroomBook is worth a look if you want the link on your card to take bookings for you: clients get an instant price for their home from its size and the type of clean, then pick an open time. See how online booking for cleaning businesses works. If you only want a contact page, or you price every job after a walkthrough, a simple website or your phone number is enough.