How did you get your work

« **on:** October 26, 2006, 05:09:08 pm »

There are various means of getting work, here are my top proividers of getting
work in order of customers gained :-

1) Recomendation
2) Canvasing
3) Business card through door
4) Website
5) Van sign
6) Advert on other website ( Council )
7) Leaflet

There are other forms like Yellow pages, newspaper, FED etc.. which I have not
used.

What have been your top providers?

Doug

« **Reply #1 on:** October 26, 2006, 05:10:47 pm »

canvasing.... without a doubt

« **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2006, 05:20:27 pm »

Leaflets at present...canvassing to start this coming week.

« **Reply #3 on:** October 26, 2006, 05:21:42 pm »

face to face, on site.

« **Reply #4 on:** October 26, 2006, 05:26:02 pm »

Recommendation for me,just seem to get one after another at the moment. However initially got my work canvassing.

« **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2006, 05:47:39 pm »

1 2 3 and 7

« **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2006, 05:49:08 pm »

1, 5 , ahd Yellow Pages

« **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2006, 05:54:31 pm »

yell.com seems to workin quite well for us at mo, quite expensive though cost around £600 with the link to my web site etc, but ive picked up a couple of decent contracts through yell.com in the last couple of weeks.

Dan

« **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2006, 06:04:29 pm »

When i started i had 2000 flyers made. Only ever posted 500...1500 still sitting inmy loft!! recommendations count for 90% of my work. Better the devil you know !!

« **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2006, 06:17:06 pm »

Leaflets
Van Sign
Word Of Mouth
Parish Magazine

Paul

« **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2006, 06:24:20 pm »

All of the above

« **Reply #11 on:** October 26, 2006, 06:53:23 pm »

We put out about 500 'clean me' leaflets and have not looked back, when we get a call from a new customer we turn up clean them and then knock the doors of that street

« **Reply #12 on:** October 26, 2006, 07:15:56 pm »

all leaflets, best way i find, they call you so you dictate to them!!

Built me a very nice round in a year of 260 customer, very nicely priced too

« **Reply #13 on:** October 26, 2006, 07:30:57 pm »

The majority of my new work comes from recommendation, or just being seen out and about.

I/we picked up two new accounts today, just by being seen.

« **Reply #14 on:** October 26, 2006, 07:37:40 pm »

hi, i started renting a round, what not had been done for a good few 6 months,i went back end of day and told him you lost 90% of your customers and give him the book back and carried on cleaning the work myself,as he could not bothered checking the round himself

« **Reply #15 on:** October 26, 2006, 08:02:02 pm »

mostly i brought 3 rounds 3 years ago

now its just Recomendation

« **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2006, 08:05:25 pm »

Quote from: bumper on October 26, 2006, 07:37:40 pm

hi, i started renting a round, what not had been done for a good few 6 months,i went back end of day and told him you lost 90% of your customers and give him the book back and carried on cleaning the work myself,as he could not bothered checking the round himself

That doesn't sound very 'British' to me. Despite the six month gap in cleans, you've basically conned a window cleaner into giving you some top canvassing tips.

« **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2006, 08:07:21 pm »

it beats paying for it

« **Reply #18 on:** October 26, 2006, 08:13:26 pm »

canvassing, cold calling, telephone canvassing and more canvassing

« **Reply #19 on:** October 26, 2006, 08:14:27 pm »

Leaflets and word of mouth also yellow pages.
We are just in process of sticking our new flyers in shop windows (25p a week) advertising our other services.
(UPVC cleaning,con roof,gutters etc).

« **Reply #20 on:** October 27, 2006, 12:14:54 am »

Recommendations, van writing and photo in parish magazine!!

« **Reply #21 on:** October 27, 2006, 08:05:18 am »

Bumper,

I think you are well out of order. Your attitude stinks.

Granted, if the work was not done for 6 months he may have lost SOME but you say you carried on cleaning the round, meaning that there was more than 10% of the round left. For it to be worthwhile for you to continue it instead of walking away I reckon there were likely a lot of customers left.

The fact that he hasn't checked it tells me that he trusts you and I think you have just taken advantage of that.

Why haven't you gone out and canvassed your own work? - Because YOU can't be bothered.

Easier to just take underhandedly steal the round off someone else though ey.

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it beats paying for it

The fact that you brag about it astounds me.

People like you really wind me up.

PS reading through your other posts, I can see I'm right. It's people like you that give window cleaners a bad name.

« **Reply #22 on:** October 27, 2006, 08:11:02 am »

Our business has to be built by the majority of canvassing. We sometimes pick up work by being seen at work aswell.

« **Reply #23 on:** October 27, 2006, 02:13:59 pm »

Just picked up a nice £25 job today

of a wfp window cleaner, i clean next doors, and told him, his next door neighbour grass is going yellow coz of the pure water thats hitting the grass and kills it, he seemed very intrested he had a word and i got the job

told him i always put a board on his grass not to damage it

bumper

« **Reply #24 on:** October 27, 2006, 02:25:40 pm »

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Just picked up a nice £25 job today of a wfp window cleaner, i clean next doors, and told him, his next door neighbour grass is going yellow coz of the pure water thats hitting the grass and kills it, he seemed very intrested he had a word and i got the job told him i always put a board on his grass not to damage it bumper

I thought you said on another post that you stick the ladders in the grass to make it look like you do the tops

Pure water kills grass

is it just me or is this guy for real $:-\$

« **Reply #25 on:** October 27, 2006, 02:30:24 pm »

stick it in the soil coz the grass is hard in summer,plus the guy was asking for some tips bumper

« **Reply #26 on:** October 27, 2006, 02:42:57 pm »

Quote from: Mark H. on October 27, 2006, 02:25:40 pm

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Just picked up a nice £25 job today of a wfp window cleaner, i clean next doors, and told him, his next door neighbour grass is going yellow coz of the pure water thats hitting the grass and kills it, he seemed very intrested he had a word and i got the job told him i always put a board on his grass not to damage it bumper

I thought you said on another post that you stick the ladders in the grass to make it look like you do the tops

Pure water kills grass

is it just me or is this guy for real $:-\$

Mark,

Don't get wound up and don't argue with fools. I'm quite experienced in this department, so it's good advice.

« **Reply #27 on:** October 27, 2006, 02:46:43 pm »

are you saying i look like a fool

« **Reply #28 on:** October 27, 2006, 03:02:33 pm »

Bad practise bumper

If you told one of my customers that I wouldnt be to happy.

You dont need to take work off other w/c's in such a sly dirty way, there is enough work out there for us all, and some.

And as for stealing work from your ex contractor

bad form, YOU SHOULDNT BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU PAL!!!!!!!!! you seem very dishonest and sly to me, I certainly wouldnt trust you to clean my windows.

ProPole

« **Reply #29 on:** October 27, 2006, 03:11:52 pm »

picked up 15 yes (15) customers on wednesday .......all in one street

turned out their normall window cleaner hadnt been since july ....
one old lady asked me to do them then went to all her neighbours and told them she had a new window cleaner and asked if they wanted theirs done .... (done the canvassing for me .LOL)
wish every week was like that

« **Reply #30 on:** October 27, 2006, 03:42:30 pm »

I think Bumper is having a wind up.

« **Reply #31 on:** October 27, 2006, 04:07:39 pm »

Yeah, you're right.

I took the bait didn't I!

I just get wound up with injustice. I rent out work so it touched a nerve.

« **Reply #32 on:** October 27, 2006, 04:16:36 pm »

Quote from: D woods on October 27, 2006, 03:42:30 pm

I think Bumper is having a wind up.

« **Reply #33 on:** October 27, 2006, 04:20:29 pm »

Another way of looking for customers is local community forums like this one in
London, people are always looking for a window cleaner :-

http://www.movethat.co.uk/London/My/Brockley/?query=window+cleaner&c=0

« **Reply #34 on:** October 27, 2006, 04:44:53 pm »

Quote from: bumper on October 27, 2006, 04:16:36 pm

Quote from: D woods on October 27, 2006, 03:42:30 pm
I think Bumper is having a wind up.

Well........

Have you been winding us up!!!

« **Reply #35 on:** October 27, 2006, 05:01:51 pm »

yes sorry. bumper
ps. is that my picture !