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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: VSP Home Care on February 06, 2012, 11:13:35 am

Title: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: VSP Home Care on February 06, 2012, 11:13:35 am: Following on from Erith's thread I'd like to know what your figures are regarding new customers and where they come from regarding advertising.

Personally I think Domestic and Commercial customer gathering needs to be split for now, lets look at domestic first please. :)
Title: Re: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: Richard BF on February 06, 2012, 11:38:04 am: I did a combination-

Leaflet drop
Door knock
Title: Re: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: bobby p on February 06, 2012, 11:51:18 am: everybody should try a bit of all that list,then you can settle on what works best for a while then switch strategy . i hated door knocking (but got good results) so i fell back on leafletting. 4 yrs in to this biz i now employ 2 parttimer leafletters and a considering doing a leafletting service as a sideline after somebody asked me what i charge
Title: Re: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: Erithwc on February 06, 2012, 12:07:00 pm: I get most of my business by standing on street cornner's :-* :-* ;D ;D
Title: Re: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: carl stanton on February 06, 2012, 12:07:56 pm: if you pick up 2 or 3 jobs, monthly work more so, then the web stuff has paid for its self!

i website is nothing special, knocked up a temp one at mo, but i get work of tinternet
and my wife gets work of the internet with her site which piggy backs on my site at
http://nailomi.co.uk (a shamelless link i know ;D)

most people use internet to look for stuff, and you have to think ahead!!
Title: Re: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: carl stanton on February 06, 2012, 12:10:30 pm: Quote from: Erith Window Cleaning on February 06, 2012, 12:07:00 pm
I get most of my business by standing on street cornner's :-* :-* ;D ;D

I would say you 'TRY' to get most of your buissiness by standing on street corners ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: VSP Home Care on February 06, 2012, 12:19:21 pm: Quote from: carl stanton on February 06, 2012, 12:10:30 pm
Quote from: Erith Window Cleaning on February 06, 2012, 12:07:00 pm
I get most of my business by standing on street cornner's :-* :-* ;D ;D

I would say you 'TRY' to get most of your buissiness by standing on street corners ;D ;D ;)

Ouch lol...... ;D
Title: Re: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: AS Window Cleaning on February 06, 2012, 07:04:54 pm: Quote from: carl stanton on February 06, 2012, 12:10:30 pm
Quote from: Erith Window Cleaning on February 06, 2012, 12:07:00 pm
I get most of my business by standing on street cornner's :-* :-* ;D ;D

I would say you 'TRY' to get most of your buissiness by standing on street corners ;D ;D ;)

;D ;D double lol.....

but u didn't have in pole people seeing you at wor and coming across....

I'd say 75 percent is word of mouth, and 20 percent from people seeing us at work, leaving 5 percent as other..... but we haven't leafleted for 7 years, so will see what happens when we start next month!

ironically, most traffic thru website is from existing customers wanting to get in touch!
Title: Re: Where do you gain the most Domestic only customers
Post by: PurefectWindowCleaning on February 06, 2012, 07:28:59 pm: Ive found that the best method is leafleting, followed by being approched as a result of working on these houses.

Ive never advertised in any other way for domestic work.