Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Taylor & Taylor WC Services on July 26, 2011, 10:19:31 am
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Does anyone know of any draft letters specific to window cleaning that I could get a few ideas from to post out to potential commercial jobs in my area? Until now I have concentrated on my res work and now it's time to start increasing my commercial work.
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Hi,
Its difficult to try and get commercial work nowadays but if you are going to try I would draft up your own letter stating your years of experience and service level and what you can provide etc...
It is best that you create your own then the customer will be clear in what YOU are offering.
I have also created letters and basically put a header with company name to the left and contact details to the right(make these stand out with a little design) then below To sir/madam then started with a bit of background of my company then what i can offer .
Keep it clear, short and basic.
Hope it helps :-\
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if you are wfp try using a section explaining why ladders have been restricted and explain benefits of wfp to the company
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Don't bother,
Its a mugs game.
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Got to be in the right place at the right time and have friends/contacts who want to work with you.
Drop everything to get it quoted asap, go in as competitive as you feel you can and then figure out how to make it work.
Don't expect to make a lot of money out of it, but it is very steady and reliable.
Some on here will probably contradict the above but just my experience.
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Don't bother,
Its a mugs game.
Yeah, don't bother.
Let Dean do it all instead ;D
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Get on the blower to companys your targeting
Ask to speak to the chief
Explain who you are etc
Ask could you go down and quote them
If not interested ask who you can send letter and leaflet too.
Put the phone down and call the next.
Or knock doors and ask to speak to the chief.
If I see new shops opening I go in and have a chat.
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Got to be in the right place at the right time and have friends/contacts who want to work with you.
Drop everything to get it quoted asap, go in as competitive as you feel you can and then figure out how to make it work.
Don't expect to make a lot of money out of it, but it is very steady and reliable.
Some on here will probably contradict the above but just my experience.
nope I won't contradict, that pretty much sums it up ;)
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Got to be in the right place at the right time and have friends/contacts who want to work with you.
Drop everything to get it quoted asap, go in as competitive as you feel you can and then figure out how to make it work.
Don't expect to make a lot of money out of it, but it is very steady and reliable.
Some on here will probably contradict the above but just my experience.
nope I won't contradict, that pretty much sums it up ;)
I agree with the above.
I used to have a fair amount of commercial, I now concentrate on resi.
The problem with commercial can be that you have a few very large jobs, that take up most of your time, and make most of your money. The problem with that is that when said company pulls the contract it can be a jolt. I had a job go from just over a £1000 a month to £300, and another one some guy undercut me by about 40% and won it, that was £800 a month gone.
I am pleased that I always kept a proportion of resi work on the go otherwise I would have had a big problem.
But the monthly BACS transfer/cheque is nice to receive
I think it's worthwhile just improving your resi work myself, but maybe I'm just getting old and careful ::)
I got asked to quote a load of argos stores last year, they wanted them done for about £8 each, I kid you not. Someone will do it, and if they have loads of other work around it, it'll work for them, but no thanks
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These are the reasons I've not got too involved in commercial in the past.......think I'll continue going for res work and just take what commercial stuff comes my way.
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Got to be in the right place at the right time and have friends/contacts who want to work with you.
Drop everything to get it quoted asap, go in as competitive as you feel you can and then figure out how to make it work.
Don't expect to make a lot of money out of it, but it is very steady and reliable.
Some on here will probably contradict the above but just my experience.
nope I won't contradict, that pretty much sums it up ;)
I agree with the above.
I used to have a fair amount of commercial, I now concentrate on resi.
The problem with commercial can be that you have a few very large jobs, that take up most of your time, and make most of your money. The problem with that is that when said company pulls the contract it can be a jolt. I had a job go from just over a £1000 a month to £300, and another one some guy undercut me by about 40% and won it, that was £800 a month gone.
I am pleased that I always kept a proportion of resi work on the go otherwise I would have had a big problem.
But the monthly BACS transfer/cheque is nice to receive
I think it's worthwhile just improving your resi work myself, but maybe I'm just getting old and careful ::)
I got asked to quote a load of argos stores last year, they wanted them done for about £8 each, I kid you not. Someone will do it, and if they have loads of other work around it, it'll work for them, but no thanks
It wasnt interserve who asked you to quote the Argos was it?
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No it was a welsh company. Not sure now even that they had the job. But walked away can stay at home and lose less money! ;D
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I would walk away too
Interserve have Argos,Boots,William Hill,HSBC and now Ladbrokes
Nationwide have ASDA,Morrisons,RBS and Natwest
They do them for peanuts but because it is on a national scale they make profit due to clients and compact scheduling.
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No it was a welsh company. Not sure now even that they had the job. But walked away can stay at home and lose less money! ;D
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Was the welsh company pedus?
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No it was a welsh company. Not sure now even that they had the job. But walked away can stay at home and lose less money! ;D
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Was the welsh company pedus?
Yeah that's the name, couldn't recall it.
As I've said on another post, a lot of the big boys throw in the windows and make the money from general cleaning.