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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: chrishamilton on July 08, 2011, 11:03:39 pm

Title: Getting Customer
Post by: chrishamilton on July 08, 2011, 11:03:39 pm

Hi all.

Was just wondering how you get most of your customers?
I have a pressure washing business.
I know word of mouth is key but what else do you do.
Where is best to adverise for free and do you think leaflet drops work?
Thanks

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: Matt Gibson on July 09, 2011, 11:07:26 am

I thought you were selling up mate?

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: chrishamilton on July 09, 2011, 11:46:10 am

Yes i am.
Was just curious as to what people do to market their business.

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: Rick Ward on July 09, 2011, 12:53:40 pm

Are you selling your business or just the gear?

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: chrishamilton on July 09, 2011, 02:08:15 pm

Depends what offers i get!
Are you interested? I can send you the info i have if you like.

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: Rick Ward on July 10, 2011, 10:57:38 am

Replied to your email thanks

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: neil kellett on July 10, 2011, 12:49:58 pm

The way to push the pressure washing would be to have the foot in the door doing windows first, then carpets. You are then positioned to 'preach to the choir' ( Its 6 times easier to sell to an existing custy than to a new one - fact ) as it were with regards to pressure washing. A certain section or demographic of society have given pressure washing a bad name. ( re-sanding with beach sand while the thing is still soaking for the love of God!!!) I'm not giving away my secret sauce but I will be pushing pressure washing next Feb/March in a big way. Its too late now in the year IMO for a newbie. I have a Honda 6.5 HP, 150 Bar that I use most days but I would'nt market that. I have my eye on a Zeta with a whirl away and I want to do it right, next year.

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: Blast Off Stoke on July 10, 2011, 09:11:19 pm

Quote from: neil kellett on July 10, 2011, 12:49:58 pm

I have a Honda 6.5 HP, 150 Bar that I use most days but I would'nt market that. I have my eye on a Zeta with a whirl away and I want to do it right, next year.

How do you manage to clean with that size a machine ?
Im presuming you dont use a fsc at the moment. :D

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: BDCS on July 10, 2011, 09:46:45 pm

Its says he uses a secret sauce that he won't give away which obviously allows the use of a slightly lesser machine  ;)

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: neil kellett on July 10, 2011, 11:33:58 pm

Ha! I just meant in terms of marketing. I use the jet washer for cleaning out side entrances, rinsing gutters, brick cleaning, facades or whatever else where applicable. But I said I had my eye on the Zeta (21lm, 19hp) Its on the Malcleanse website with the Lombardini engine. Its a savage. Be like wrestling a bad badger, I'd say. But I'd need to market that or its only gonna gather dust. I wouldn't push what I'm using now, thats only for my own discretion. Any self respecting w/c should have a washer on the rig.

Title: Re: Getting Customer
Post by: Blast Away on July 11, 2011, 08:54:33 am

Quote from: chrishamilton on July 08, 2011, 11:03:39 pm

Hi all.

Was just wondering how you get most of your customers?
I have a pressure washing business.
I know word of mouth is key but what else do you do.
Where is best to adverise for free and do you think leaflet drops work?
Thanks

Website.
Search Engines.
Social Networks.
Word of mouth.
Van Signwriting.
Emails.
Recommendations from doing the best job possible everytime.

Not by using someone elses images of work on a Smartseal website.  ;D