Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Roy Cauldery on February 29, 2012, 06:35:31 pm
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As the title says
What other industry can you walk out your front door, go for a bit of a walk and pick up work for your own business?
Sun was out in Kent today, so did the sensible thing and went to the seaside.
Picked up the following
1 x Patio clean £120.00
2 x £30 / 8 weekly
1 x £15/4 weekly
1 x £14/4 weekly
1 x £20/8weekly
Plus quotes in at 4 other properties for additional £90/8 weekly
Plus got apprehended in the bank when doing the bank run by a girl who recognised me from when I canvassed her house ages ago,so I'me going to see it tomorrow night ;D
Plus 3 x enquiries by email today
A Bl**dy good day by my reckoning
Happy canvassing everyone 8) 8)
Target of 80 new customers by end of march - only 6 more to go!! 8)
Roy
www.phoenixecs.co.uk
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I love it too, I love the feeling of turning up at a new estate in a town I have never been to and thinking my days wages are in there....
Its a proper buzz...
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Or twelve other window cleaners ;D
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i love it!!!
picked one up the other day!! fronts only, £4!! still got a buzz tho, one more, they all count!!!
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Lol that has happened a few times but I always come out with a half decent score. Average just over 100 on my own but lowest is 40 and that was the worst ever, needed a beer when I got home after that day lol...
But to be fair the good days far outweigh the bad days so you just have to take it on the chin and start again the next day....
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Lol that has happened a few times but I always come out with a half decent score. Average just over 100 on my own but lowest is 40 and that was the worst ever, needed a beer when I got home after that day lol...
But to be fair the good days far outweigh the bad days so you just have to take it on the chin and start again the next day....
Could you email me paul@erithwc.co.uk regarding canvassing in Bexley Kent
Thanks Paul
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Yeah sure paul!!!
i'll email you tomorrow!! i get you a fronts only at £4 a clean, i target one a day!!! lol
or i'll just let George email you! lol
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What are you now my business manager mick? He showed me how to trad the other day and in return I took him out knocking for half an hour to show him the ropes, did 20 houses between us at 3 in the afternoon and I got one and he got his fronts only job. You couldnt wipe the smile off his face lol...
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What are you now my business manager mick? He showed me how to trad the other day and in return I took him out knocking for half an hour to show him the ropes, did 20 houses between us at 3 in the afternoon and I got one and he got his fronts only job. You couldnt wipe the smile off his face lol...
;D
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I felt like a proud dad when he walked down the street punching the air lol
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well done roy, thats a great result! time to extend that target ;)
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well done roy, thats a great result! time to extend that target ;)
Thanks Lee,I know but small steps at the mo :)
Will bed things down over the next month or so especially as the driveway cleaning is kicking in now(lots and lots of pre booked work over the last three months)
My new van arrived two weeks ago, so am looking at getting it busy and starting the whole process again!! ;D
Good work with the leaflets as well by the way-bet your feet havnt touched the floor! ;D
Regards
Roy
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Yeah well done Roy!!
I need to start pushing for drives and patios, did a few last year, you had any luck with selling sealing?? i'm going to try and push that harder this year, some good money to be made in it!
George!! felt like a proud dad!! Just you remember who the daddy is!! lol
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Yes me.... Lol you never answered my text about the drives this afternoon....
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im up for it!! lets go get some money!! lol
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Cool...
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Yeah well done Roy!!
I need to start pushing for drives and patios, did a few last year, you had any luck with selling sealing?? i'm going to try and push that harder this year, some good money to be made in it!
George!! felt like a proud dad!! Just you remember who the daddy is!! lol
regarding sealant- its a marmite thing for me and customers alike
I sell it and its a good product,but, and this is a big but, you have to apply it properly
I know others who would rather not seal because of the call backs you can get from it, but that is also part of customer expectation and how you educate them
Nature is very, very aggresive and will re-colonise anything outdoors in the blink of an eye, and customers really do think your putting down a magic barrier which will last for ever
They, as part of the process ,really must keep up the maintenance when your gone for years down the line
Having said that, its a massive earner if done correctley and its how I got started out - I just run out of things to do in winter so I thought I would give window cleaning a go- starting up in winter too :o
Best move I ever made
email me if you got any other questions mick :)
regards
Roy
info@phoenixecs.co.uk
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I once sold a drive clean and seal a few years ago, when the man of the house came home once the sealer was dry he took his car key and shoved it down the joint!!
I then had him complaining that the sealer wasnt strong enough lol my point is that he expected this amazing invisible barrier that was going to protect his drive forever and a day....
It is a real marmite product...
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Thanks Roy!!
i cleaned a few drives last year, and the few that did ask about sealing didn't realise the price of it, when i came back with a quote they seemed to be quite shocked!I have heard about how difficult it can be to seal a drive, I've spoke to some of the main suppliers, they just say make sure its clean and dry!!easy for them to say, they are not going to get the calls back from unhappy customers! having said that this is a service i want to offer
thanks for the offer of advise! will email when i get stuck!! lol
Mick
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Lol that has happened a few times but I always come out with a half decent score. Average just over 100 on my own but lowest is 40 and that was the worst ever, needed a beer when I got home after that day lol...
But to be fair the good days far outweigh the bad days so you just have to take it on the chin and start again the next day....
Youd be pleased with 4 a day where ive been working recently lol
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The 40 is monthly value not number of customers....
You can hit some tough spots and its hard work but I find its best to just move on to another area and start again....
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Just to follow on from yesterday and to encourage all you shy wall flower types who can't face door knocking-just get out there and do it!
My day knocking yesterday resulted in 5 new cleans, the follow on is the further 5 it generated today after people spoke to husbands etc..
It's a big boost to the bottom line, so don't be afraid,it's your business after all
Good luck ;D
Roy
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Well done Roy, I'm going out Saturday probablyhave to phone George for more support.... ;)
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i have some canvassing to do tommorow yawn really is the best part of the business imo i have never stopped canvassing even when you dont need the work you can increase profatability and time by streemlining ie. dropping the crud and replacing with sweet sweet monthy class glass