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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Lee Pryor on April 23, 2018, 07:58:26 pm

Title: Our year starts today
Post by: Lee Pryor on April 23, 2018, 07:58:26 pm
For marketing that is.

Today is the first day of our leaflet campaign for this year.

We will be doing 600K this year. In the past we have done big drops of 100k then had a break. This time we will trying 30-40K each week, every week until mid September.  I hope this will make it easier to cope with in the office as well as spreading the cost, about £70K

Our goal is get our last 2 vans out and top up the others. i want this to be our last year of this kind of growth rate, after this we will just maintain the same size each year until I open our second base in a few years time.  We are aiming for aprox 1500 new customers this year, we only actually need 1200 on the database to hit the target. That will take our monthly turnover to about £65K

Good start today with 10 new on the board, we want about 12-15 a day to be on target.

Oh and before anyone says 1500 for a spend of £70K is bad that 1500 would be worth £228,000 a year which is actually a very good return.
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Dane on April 23, 2018, 08:01:31 pm
Do you just post fliers Lee or do your staff door knock aswell? If you just post the fliers is this what you have always done or did you door knock in the beginning?

How long have you been going too?

Thanks
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Lee Pryor on April 23, 2018, 08:05:56 pm
Do you just post fliers Lee or do your staff door knock aswell? If you just post the fliers is this what you have always done or did you door knock in the beginning?

How long have you been going too?

Thanks

Good questions

We only do leaflets.

I have litterally done it all. We were even the first uk window cleaners to advertise on TV last year. I used to knock a lot years ago and was good at it. We cant make enough impact that way now as we cover the entire south east.

I have been going 14 years
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Dane on April 23, 2018, 08:08:49 pm
It’s a good confidence boost of what can be achieved for people who don’t like to door knock
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Darran Smith PRSS on April 23, 2018, 08:32:09 pm
Awesome Lee Pryor

Imagine what you could do with 10 SoftWashing Vans
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Bungle on April 23, 2018, 08:33:15 pm
This isn't fantastic news 👍

Edit: this is fantastic news*
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: John Mart on April 23, 2018, 09:07:07 pm
Have you got two vans sat idle?   :o
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: AuRavelling79 on April 23, 2018, 09:45:12 pm
Have you got two vans sat idle?   :o

Yep.  He was going to buy five vans and the supplier said "You want me to split a case for you?!?" and Lee said "tell you what I'll buy a case of ten if you throw in a couple of extras" and so they did.

True story that.  ;)
 
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Marc Stock on April 23, 2018, 10:16:59 pm
Well done fella.  ;D

I'm just about to break past my £51k ....a year.  ::)roll :-[

I'm really having to be very choosy and specific on my canvassing until i can afford to plop someone in a van so i can go at it like an opened can of baked beans.  I haven't really done any canvassing still. Just expanding exisitign rounds a little bit more, and a little bit more till i hit 60k, and then its all out for a big push to 80k and onwards. 

 
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Smudger on April 24, 2018, 08:29:47 am
Awesome Lee Pryor

Imagine what you could do with 10 SoftWashing Vans

Go broke using your stuff 😂😂
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Smudger on April 24, 2018, 08:30:23 am
Good going Lee !!

Darran
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: P @ F on April 24, 2018, 11:32:27 am
Thats great Lee !

One thing that always comes up in my head is the costings .
Once you hit that 65k a month , what will it cost you per month to stay up and running , ball park figure

Not sure if that one of those you cant ask Q's , but i just have sod it  ;D
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Lee Pryor on April 24, 2018, 11:36:13 am
Thats great Lee !

One thing that always comes up in my head is the costings .
Once you hit that 65k a month , what will it cost you per month to stay up and running , ball park figure

Not sure if that one of those you cant ask Q's , but i just have sod it  ;D

We will spend about £25-£30k a year to stay at that size
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: P @ F on April 24, 2018, 11:46:02 am
Oh , that much is it , perhaps i better stick to one van and £25 to £30 on flyers then  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Lee Pryor on April 24, 2018, 11:48:22 am
Its not really that much what talking about an £800k turnover. Also get the vat back on that amount and the rest off the corporation tax.
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: P @ F on April 24, 2018, 11:57:22 am
Yea , fair point , speculate to acumulate or whatever it is  ;D

I have Jack poop to speculate with so im out  :D
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: LBWCS on April 24, 2018, 12:42:24 pm
Time for another video
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Knocker on April 24, 2018, 02:04:57 pm
I like Lees videos....
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Marc Stock on April 24, 2018, 02:08:48 pm
You wait till he shows you the private videos.  ;D  :o
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Bungle on April 24, 2018, 05:38:54 pm
You wait till he shows you the private videos.  ;D  :o

The one with a weird looking bloke wearing a crash hat?
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Simon Trapani on April 24, 2018, 06:29:27 pm
Its not really that much what talking about an £800k turnover. Also get the vat back on that amount and the rest off the corporation tax.
Nice one Lee

Is there VAT on flyers?
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: robbo333 on April 24, 2018, 06:49:04 pm
Nice one Lee, hope it goes to plan.

I am currently undergoing a similar advertising exercise (on a somewhat smaller scale) as I got bored one evening, so I thought I would design a leaflet with some prices on.

I shall be cherry picking the properties, and at worse, I'll get fit and lose a few pounds.  ;D
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: supernova77 on April 24, 2018, 08:19:30 pm
Lee.

Will you be running another TV ad as part of your marketing this year?
Title: Re: Our year starts today
Post by: Klean07 on April 26, 2018, 08:44:31 am
Well done Lee keep going!