Before I post, to stop people moaning at me I guess I have to inform you that I am not a window cleaner nor have I ever cleaned a window!
I think your doing the right steps, how is the local mags going for you?
When someone calls do you ask where they heard about you? If not you should so you can keep track on what works and what doesn't.
All I can suggest on top is internet advertising. Post an ad on Gumtree offering your services to locals. Get a website up, so when people search for 'window cleaner in x' they can find and than maybe contact you.
Maybe when you post 'I have cleaned your windows today' note, add to it... recommend a friend and get your next clean free.
Or even better, offer money. It looks better to them gaining £10 rather than a free clean although it is basically the same thing.
ste, i'm getting really quite irritated by your postings here.
As you do not have a round you don't actually know how to get customers for a window cleaning business. All you are doing is speculating, what you
think will work. Until you have in depth experience of this particular industry your 'advice' may well be misleading. Its much more useful to hear from WCs who have actually got customers themselves, and how they get them. anybody can read a marketing book and come up with the ideas that you spend your time posting.
i, like you, have run a business before and have learned a lot about marketing that business, but what works in one doesn't always work in another. you should really wait until you are experienced in the WC business before you throw your 'advice' about.
you may think your 'advice' is useful, but some of it is not right for WC and you could end up costing inexperienced WCs a lot of money if they listen to you. test your ideas with your own money before throwing your advice about.
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