Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ian Lancaster on October 15, 2013, 11:00:56 pm
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Got this email via my website a couple of weeks ago - tomorrow's the day, I'll let you know how I get on. ;D
Hi Ian,
Fulston Manor School has contacted you from the company website, here is the information supplied:
Name: Fulston Manor School
Email:
Phone:
Premises address: Kent
How the client heard of us: website
How we can help:
Good afternoon
I am a business studies teacher at Fulston Manor School and we are teaching our Year 10 students about Franchises and why to run a business as a Franchise. We were wondering if you would be able to come in and speak to the students about the advantages and disadvantages of being a franchise.
Kind Regards
Karen Franks
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wind up
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Good luck with that.
Public speaking is always an education about the self.
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I have done talks at schools, isn't that bad, be prepared for awkward questions ;D glad to see schools doing this to be honest it is a good thing in my book
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Got this email via my website a couple of weeks ago - tomorrow's the day, I'll let you know how I get on. ;D
Hi Ian,
Fulston Manor School has contacted you from the company website, here is the information supplied:
Name: Fulston Manor School
Email:
Phone:
Premises address: Kent
How the client heard of us: website
How we can help:
Good afternoon
I am a business studies teacher at Fulston Manor School and we are teaching our Year 10 students about Franchises and why to run a business as a Franchise. We were wondering if you would be able to come in and speak to the students about the advantages and disadvantages of being a franchise.
Kind Regards
Karen Franks
Excellent. I reckon they've got the right person too. No bigging it up. No putting it down. Just an honest, what it says on the tin, discussion.
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I have done these for the fire service , nerve wracking at first but if you know your subject well its easier.
You probably know the subject better than most so should be fine .
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Make sure you walk away with the window contract ;)
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Robert how much do you pay for your web site. instalments or a one off fee.
ive been looking to get one done, £5 per month seems cheap. i take it the more pages you have the more costs. ;)
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hi , i paid £100 one off fee then 5 a month for hosting , pretty good value.
You can also have one thats £5 a month with no one off fee , think its less pages.
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Got this email via my website a couple of weeks ago - tomorrow's the day, I'll let you know how I get on. ;D
Hi Ian,
Fulston Manor School has contacted you from the company website, here is the information supplied:
Name: Fulston Manor School
Email:
Phone:
Premises address: Kent
How the client heard of us: website
How we can help:
Good afternoon
I am a business studies teacher at Fulston Manor School and we are teaching our Year 10 students about Franchises and why to run a business as a Franchise. We were wondering if you would be able to come in and speak to the students about the advantages and disadvantages of being a franchise.
Kind Regards
Karen Franks
Excellent. I reckon they've got the right person too. No bigging it up. No putting it down. Just an honest, what it says on the tin, discussion.
Thak you Sir, for those kind words :)
I must admit I was a bit nervous to start and the joky bits I put in to break the ice were met with huge indifference :'( Once I got underway it was fine and I enjoyed it. The kids sat quiet and listened to me, no heckling and no fidgetting so I had that to be thankful for.
No awkward questions either - one lad wanted to know if Franchising was less stressful than Employing and also what sort of return I get from my Franchisees. Turns out he's already an entrepreneur - started a car washing service two years ago with a mate, so far they've banked £9,000 between them :o
All in all a rewarding experience.
I could get used to this ;D
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Nice one Ian. I think when schools do stuff like that, it's a good sign of attitude of the teaching staff. Only good can come from that.
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Well done Ian!
And no one shouted out... Can I get a burger and shake with those franchises?... Strange that!
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And the good thing is when you give a presentation/talk no-one except you knows if you missed out a sentence so unlike your customers they don't shout "missed a bit!" ;D
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And the good thing is when you give a presentation/talk no-one except you knows if you missed out a sentence so unlike your customers they don't shout "missed a bit!" ;D
Even if he did miss a bit, I'll give him a "G" anyway :)
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Congratulation Ians. Well done. Its gets easier after you have done it a few times, especially when you get good feed back from members of the audience.
Having listened to numerous talks over the years, I've never understood why the need to start with a couple of jokes to loosen the mood.
The audience knows what you are there for so I feel that it is more frustrating for them as they except you to get on with it - well that's how I felt listening. Your talk should have a short begining to introduce what you have to say, the main section where you discuss the pros and cons of your subject, a question time from the audience and then a final summary designed to leave them with the next step to take if they are interested.
Was that the next Richard Banson asking the questions? Who knows?
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And the good thing is when you give a presentation/talk no-one except you knows if you missed out a sentence so unlike your customers they don't shout "missed a bit!" ;D
;D ;D ;D
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And the good thing is when you give a presentation/talk no-one except you knows if you missed out a sentence so unlike your customers they don't shout "missed a bit!" ;D
Even if he did miss a bit, I'll give him a "G" anyway :)
That's going back a bit! Nowadays it's all soft and fluffy and the school overseer has to comment on something commendable and give other counsel "privately".
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They paying ya as I couldn't take time out as I'm busy every day !!! Would have to book in when working out my months work or no chance !!! But glad it went well 😜it's good that some people now take window cleaning business's seriously as we all get looked down on as basic scummy cleaners when we triple ae office folks wages and have nice early finishes. Mind you we start at 4.20 am 😜
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So did you get the schools window cleaning contract Ian?
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Sounds great, well done. Did you manage to find any new budding franchisees? ;)
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Got this email via my website a couple of weeks ago - tomorrow's the day, I'll let you know how I get on. ;D
Hi Ian,
Fulston Manor School has contacted you from the company website, here is the information supplied:
Name: Fulston Manor School
Email:
Phone:
Premises address: Kent
How the client heard of us: website
How we can help:
Good afternoon
I am a business studies teacher at Fulston Manor School and we are teaching our Year 10 students about Franchises and why to run a business as a Franchise. We were wondering if you would be able to come in and speak to the students about the advantages and disadvantages of being a franchise.
Kind Regards
Karen Franks
That’s fantastic and I would recommend every school to do this.
In general all schools usually do is to teach us things to memories and then end of the year do the test to see if we have memorised well, they never teach us how to make money, so this idea should be in every school.
And I congratulate you ian for doing this, I would even do further and write a book about your franchisee business and give it to every school, not only you help them learn how earn money plus it would be a great publicity for your business. :)
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Just thinking that you could catch the attention of every youngster by mentioning McDonalds as a prime Franchise example.
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Just thinking that you could catch the attention of every youngster by mentioning McDonalds as a prime Franchise example.
Yes but Mc Donalds sell rubbish to people and not exactly a good example for kids.
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And the good thing is when you give a presentation/talk no-one except you knows if you missed out a sentence so unlike your customers they don't shout "missed a bit!" ;D
Even if he did miss a bit, I'll give him a "G" anyway :)
That's going back a bit! Nowadays it's all soft and fluffy and the school overseer has to comment on something commendable and give other counsel "privately".
Wow. They are going soft :)
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So did you get the schools window cleaning contract Ian?
No. I have actually cleaned the upper windows on this school some years ago - I did the tops WFP for a mate who was still trad. Then he got his own WFP so I wasn't needed anymore ;D
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Sounds great, well done. Did you manage to find any new budding franchisees? ;)
No, but the lad I mentioned might turn out to be a serious competitor ;D
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Just thinking that you could catch the attention of every youngster by mentioning McDonalds as a prime Franchise example.
I did - they didn't even raise an eyebrow
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Just thinking that you could catch the attention of every youngster by mentioning McDonalds as a prime Franchise example.
Yes but Mc Donalds sell rubbish to people and not exactly a good example for kids.
Yes, "Selling rubbish" will be why they are so successful.
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Just thinking that you could catch the attention of every youngster by mentioning McDonalds as a prime Franchise example.
I did - they didn't even raise an eyebrow
I'm surprised.
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Just thinking that you could catch the attention of every youngster by mentioning McDonalds as a prime Franchise example.
Yes but Mc Donalds sell rubbish to people and not exactly a good example for kids.
Yes, "Selling rubbish" will be why they are so successful.
They wont be for long, people catching up and getting educated for eating rubbish these days, i remember few years back, around lunch time in High streets, there was massive queues in Mc D and Burger King, but no more, yes there are still in business, but in few years time they wont be, unless they change tack tick and sell healthy burgers or some kind of healthy food. ;)
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they allready are .. wraps and stuff! butties etc
no idea of they are actually healthy but am sure there healthier than there burgers.