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Market Place => Cleaning Contracts and Business Leads => Topic started by: stevens on December 26, 2012, 04:53:17 pm

Title: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: stevens on December 26, 2012, 04:53:17 pm

Hi



Can anyone tell me where i can find the best place to find commercial customers for my office
cleaning business??


What are the best methods for getting customers in the commercial market place?





Thank you for your help..

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: Andrew Heald on December 28, 2012, 04:08:15 pm

Hi

I have always found the best overall method for commercial cleaning is good old fashioned telemarketing with a follow up letter or email which is what i prefer.

There is of course other methods but to be honest telemarketing is the mainstay of any marketing plan.

Give me a call if you need any help

Drew
0113 8081823

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: stevens on December 30, 2012, 04:36:30 pm

Hi Drew




Thank you for your response, i will give you a call in the new year and i will discuss further with you.


I have spoke with other office cleaning companies and they all recommend telemarketing as the best option.


One of the things i will need is data of the companies i will be calling and i am unsure where to get this from?





Look forward speaking to you soon.




With Kind Regards

Steven Skeen

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: Andrew Heald on January 05, 2013, 03:50:01 pm

Hi Steven

Hope you are OK.

The best way to build a list could be the naughty way...use the yellow pages etc and build your own list,tut tut

The way I would suggest is the Thompson local online service this is cheap and easy to use. They will give you some credits free as well.

Another way is a wish list...

Simply this is a list of companies you defiantly want as clients (for whatever reason)

Keep the list to around 10 or 20.

Start work on them and keep up with re-contacts over the Year (every 6 to 8 Weeks), and with a bit of luck you might some in.

Try and make this list high profile clients like well know and recognizable names, this will help you in the future.

Later mate

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: stevens on January 06, 2013, 01:58:16 am

Hi Drew



Thanks for that,


I have decided to try out email marketing as i done this once before and was very impressive. Have you tried this method before?? if
so how did it turn out?


A email marketing company are offering to send out 250.000 emails about my services and they guarantee 25 leads for £199.99
which i think is very reasonable.







Kind Regards

Steve
 

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: Andrew Heald on January 06, 2013, 09:10:26 am

Hi Steve

I cant say I have used anyone for that.

I would be a little skeptical of anyone with a guarantee of 25 Leads, thats one thing no-one can say..

Whats the guarantee, what do they give you if they fail to deliver the leads?

Having said all that, you may as well give it a try, where are you based by the way?

I'm based in Leeds West Yorkshire

If you need any advice or templates for your business, just let me know Steve

Drew

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: stevens on January 06, 2013, 09:00:31 pm

Hi Drew




What sort of templates do you Have?

We are based in London and we operate within the M25

Well basically they charge £199.00 with £99.00 upfront cost and once they have given me 25 leads they invoice me
for the £100.00

If they don't get 25 leads they give me back my £99.00 according to there T&C


I will let you know how i get on with them within the next few weeks.


I did try out email marketing once before and it worked very well - another company sent out only 500 emails and i got a bout 4 leads from it
and 1 small office cleaning contract and this other company is offering to send out 250.000 emails so worth a try i think.




any way i look forward to your response




With Kind Regards

Steven

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: CraigEllis on January 07, 2013, 11:51:22 am

Steven,

This sounds almost to good to be true.

Do they guarantee the leads to be within a certain area?

We are based in Worcester and I am also looking for a company to do the same kind of thing?

Regards

Craig

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: stevens on January 10, 2013, 09:06:57 am

Hi Craig



If you drop me a email i will be able to give you more details etc


cleaning@arisingcleaningservices.co.uk

Look forward to your email.


I am going ahead with this company starting Tuesday next week so you can wait for my feedback or if you email me i
can give you the details of the company.





Regards

Steve

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: JandS on January 15, 2013, 06:47:14 pm

250,000 e mails.
How many office based businesses are there
in any one area?
Probably London apart probably none.

Title: Re: How to find commercial clients in need of cleaning services?
Post by: Smudgeoff Cleaning Services on January 30, 2013, 08:24:23 am

Quote from: stevens on January 06, 2013, 01:58:16 am

Hi Drew



Thanks for that,


I have decided to try out email marketing as i done this once before and was very impressive. Have you tried this method before?? if
so how did it turn out?


A email marketing company are offering to send out 250.000 emails about my services and they guarantee 25 leads for £199.99
which i think is very reasonable.







Kind Regards

Steve
 

you can get 30,000 a month free on mailchimp.

Darren