First Friday Success Stories: Aries Window Cleaning

June 2, 2017

This is an ongoing installment of First Friday Success Stories. On the first Friday of every month, we will feature an area business that has worked with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) counselor housed at the AAEDC office in Annapolis. The SBDC counselor is on hand to assist local entrepreneurs and small to mid-size businesses.

Client Name/Owner: Travis McCormick
Name of Business: Aries Window Cleaning 
SBDC Counselor: Hollis Minor, Candace Pruett
Website: http://arieswindowcleaning.com/

Aries Window Cleaning & Pressure Washing, LLC was started in 1993 by lifetime local resident, Travis McCormick. It began with a desire to provide quality service along with a stack of flyers, some inexpensive tools, and a borrowed ladder and truck. Within a few years Aries grew from a part-time side job to a full-time business. Through minimal advertising and generous referrals, the customer list grew to include many loyal regular clients.

Owner of Aries Window Cleaning, Travis McCormick first came to the SBDC in May 2014 looking to grow his business from a sole practitioner of window cleaning and power washing services to growing the company and bringing on employees.
He first began working with SBDC business consultant Hollis Minor, who discussed different business structure options for his business, business planning tools, and business leadership.

Travis McCormick attended the Business Accelerator Workshop in winter 2015 to help accelerate his business growth plans. He commented on the course, “The Growth Accelerator course helped me better understand strategic planning, goal setting and prioritization of objectives.”

In September 2015, Travis McCormick started to work with SBDC business consultant Candace Pruett. Their conversations focused on different marketing methods including website development and digital marketing. SBDC has assisted the business with marketing efforts such as website building content and online digital marketing. Aries window cleaning has a 5 star rating on Google with over 40 reviews from their happy customers!

With Aries Window Cleaning’s rapid growth, they have also built a connection with Anne Arundel Community College providing marketing internships to their students, along with summer employment opportunities.

Since working with the SBDC, Aries Window Cleaning has been able to increase sales, hire more labor and make progress towards future growth. They currently have 7 employees working on various residential and commercial projects.
The owner of Aries Window Cleaning continues to meet with his current SBDC business consultant, Candace Pruett on a regular basis. The business continues to grow with more expansion plans for this year.

For more information on Aries Window Cleaning, check out their website.

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