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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Marc Stock on May 11, 2018, 04:42:23 pm
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Ok so. Calendar all printed off. I have highlighted the rounds that need improvement in customer numbers, i am focusing on June bookings for the rest of this months canvassing. Some rounds are one or two extra needed, others are eight or so. I am out canvassing existing rounds to bring my numbers up.
Its the 1st time i have actually gone door-to-door for 3 years, and i'm feeling a little intimidated. :o I know ill be ok when i get into the swing.
Will be going out when the kids go to bed, so around 7pm. Im not expecting much today, just want to get "into the swing" of canvassing for new work and hopefully push that figure closer to my target before i take on another van and a man.
wish me luck
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Good luck Marc , I hope I never have to canvass again in my life :)
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Good luck mate.
P.S. Take your lid off! ;D
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yep - good luck, but imo friday evening is a bad time, end of the week people tend to want to unwind or are getting ready to go out
be interested on how you get on - post figures of how many knocked - how many answered - any gains
Darran
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Let the games commence.
With a load of new work comes first cleans, Messer's, non payers, skippers etc.
I've taken on 150 new ones since Jan and it been a headache. Lost 4 this week.
But can't moan I'm fully up to date and am now on holiday until the 29th may whoo hoo. ;D
Friday would be the last day I'd choose btw
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There's going to be disappointed faces when they open the door and realise your not the delivery driver for the takeaway they've ordered ;D .
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if i was canvassing id do mon- thurs 7pm-9pm (any of these evenings or all of them)and saturdays after 10am.......personally i wouldnt do friday evenings or sat/sun evenings.....
many years ago (in the nineties!) id go canvassing 3 or 4 days a week for an hour or two...(never more than 2 hours at a time though)
some evenings id get diddly squat...others 3 or 4.....its a numbers game.....
good luck marc! :)
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Good luck Marc , dont forget there is more to life than money . ;)
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Ok Fella's
So like i said, i concentrated on specific areas within my rounds, i didn't get started till 7:45 and decided to have a look at cutting my teeth in my Chobham round. I knocked probably 30 houses, and...i got two signups tonight.
Both Bi-Monthly, one £48 and one £45. A bit lower than I wanted, but that's taken the Chobham round up from £296 for the day to £389 and up to 8 jobs, from 6. I was often finished on this round by 3pm so those extra jobs should bring it closer to 5pm 8)
Very pleased with this, as this is the sort of revenue i need to be bringing in to afford to pay someone . Next round to look at is a quarterly round i have in Weybridge. Might do that on Sunday.
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Good luck Marc , dont forget there is more to life than money . ;)
Its not about the money. Its about making the business work for me, not me for it.
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Good work Marc, 2 is better then not getting a hit and they sound like good money! Keep chipping away 👍🏿
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Good luck Marc
A wiser man than me said "Every No brings you one step closer to a Yes"
An even wiser man once said "One day Rodney we'll be millionaires"
Again! Hope it all works out for you and respect for giving it a go.
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
Ive done a tonne load of door knocking over many many years,,,,,,,,,,, not work related. Ive also canvassed my rounds up and so i know how hard it is to knock on complete strangers doors, to be and to judge within first couple of seconds of your intro and ive worked many years in sales. So i sympathise with anyone having to do so, but! Im not too pleased if anyone knocks on my door selling gone 7 (well, gone six to be fair) never mind close to 8pm
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
Ive done a tonne load of door knocking over many many years,,,,,,,,,,, not work related. Ive also canvassed my rounds up and so i know how hard it is to knock on complete strangers doors, to be and to judge within first couple of seconds of your intro and ive worked many years in sales. So i sympathise with anyone having to do so, but! Im not too pleased if anyone knocks on my door selling gone 7 (well, gone six to be fair) never mind close to 8pm
I agree.
Although you can canvass anytime anyday personally I wouldn't knock any later than 8 and no earlier than 10
But anyone who knocks is braver than me because I hate it, I've done it but it's really not my thing.
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness. There goes my pitch, next clean date on bill 2 months in advance, sold, sold. Biggest bugbear with these customers was thier window cleaner texting the night before giving less than 24hours notice, it irritates them.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
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Only time will tell, you cant be sure until you do them for a while.
Anyway, say what you like. Im pushing it forward, my way and if you want to be negative, well go ahead...really please...because 3 or 4 years down the line when i have a few vans and staff, me and the missus will have the time to do stuff together without having to squeeze everything into a weekend.
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
Nope its about sticking to your schedual. As I give next clean dates on the bills and this is a very strong selling point.
You might laugh and find it amusing, but people do like to know well in advance when you are coming, and many find it an irritation to get a text less than 24hours before that their window cleaner is coming. All my customers get 2 months notice on the clean date, and i stick to that date, it works very very well and is unique in my proposition against my competitors.
I know i am in the minority here, so you dont need to point it out. The snob thread is completely unrelated as she wanted to call me as and when she wanted to, not on the next clean dates on a bi monthly window clean that i would have given her.
Anyway i have a fun day ahead with the family so i wont be on here this weekend. Im not putting up with being a target of ridicule, i know my way works, and the negative ridicule that some like to dish out proves only one thing, many window cleaners have some kind of superiority complex over thier customers.
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
Nope its about sticking to your schedual. As I give next clean dates on the bills and this is a very strong selling point.
You might laugh and find it amusing, but people do like to know well in advance when you are coming, and many find it an irritation to get a text less than 24hours before that their window cleaner is coming. All my customers get 2 months notice on the clean date, and i stick to that date, it works very very well and is unique in my proposition against my competitors.
I know i am in the minority here, so you dont need to point it out. The snob thread is completely unrelated as she wanted to call me as and when she wanted to, not on the next clean dates on a bi monthly window clean that i would have given her.
Anyway i have a fun day ahead with the family so i wont be on here this weekend. Im not putting up with being a target of ridicule, i know my way works, and the negative ridicule that some like to dish out proves only one thing, many window cleaners have some kind of superiority complex over thier customers.
I’d hate to have a schedule as strict as that. I can’t beleive it’s even possible, do you not get effected by rain, snow, ice, illness, equipment failure...........?
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
Nope its about sticking to your schedual. As I give next clean dates on the bills and this is a very strong selling point.
You might laugh and find it amusing, but people do like to know well in advance when you are coming, and many find it an irritation to get a text less than 24hours before that their window cleaner is coming. All my customers get 2 months notice on the clean date, and i stick to that date, it works very very well and is unique in my proposition against my competitors.
I know i am in the minority here, so you dont need to point it out. The snob thread is completely unrelated as she wanted to call me as and when she wanted to, not on the next clean dates on a bi monthly window clean that i would have given her.
Anyway i have a fun day ahead with the family so i wont be on here this weekend. Im not putting up with being a target of ridicule, i know my way works, and the negative ridicule that some like to dish out proves only one thing, many window cleaners have some kind of superiority complex over thier customers.
So it wasn't tardiness then it was lack of notice. But just wait until you have as much work as you're seeking. Your stress levels will go through the roof. Your system only works when you have spare time.
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
Nope its about sticking to your schedual. As I give next clean dates on the bills and this is a very strong selling point.
You might laugh and find it amusing, but people do like to know well in advance when you are coming, and many find it an irritation to get a text less than 24hours before that their window cleaner is coming. All my customers get 2 months notice on the clean date, and i stick to that date, it works very very well and is unique in my proposition against my competitors.
I know i am in the minority here, so you dont need to point it out. The snob thread is completely unrelated as she wanted to call me as and when she wanted to, not on the next clean dates on a bi monthly window clean that i would have given her.
Anyway i have a fun day ahead with the family so i wont be on here this weekend. Im not putting up with being a target of ridicule, i know my way works, and the negative ridicule that some like to dish out proves only one thing, many window cleaners have some kind of superiority complex over thier customers.
So it wasn't tardiness then it was lack of notice. But just wait until you have as much work as you're seeking. Your stress levels will go through the roof. Your system only works when you have spare time.
My working week only consists of 4 work weeks per month. Any extra weeks or days are free days to book extra cleans, or contingency days. I have always worked like this.
I am still only working a 4 day week as well as i am tightly packing in targeted work, and when i hit the 60k barrier, the work will be oganised in such a way that the demographic is maximised vs revenue per van.
I will then repeat this process.
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Marc - if your plans are to expand over the next few years by employing & having a fleet of vans you need to make some changes, what you are doing isn't going to work,
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
Nope its about sticking to your schedual. As I give next clean dates on the bills and this is a very strong selling point.
You might laugh and find it amusing, but people do like to know well in advance when you are coming, and many find it an irritation to get a text less than 24hours before that their window cleaner is coming. All my customers get 2 months notice on the clean date, and i stick to that date, it works very very well and is unique in my proposition against my competitors.
I know i am in the minority here, so you dont need to point it out. The snob thread is completely unrelated as she wanted to call me as and when she wanted to, not on the next clean dates on a bi monthly window clean that i would have given her.
Anyway i have a fun day ahead with the family so i wont be on here this weekend. Im not putting up with being a target of ridicule, i know my way works, and the negative ridicule that some like to dish out proves only one thing, many window cleaners have some kind of superiority complex over thier customers.
I’d hate to have a schedule as strict as that. I can’t beleive it’s even possible, do you not get effected by rain, snow, ice, illness, equipment failure...........?
I have been through this before. Of course mitigating circumstances come up. But its rare and easily dealt with on a 4 working week month.
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Marc - if your plans are to expand over the next few years by employing & having a fleet of vans you need to make some changes, what you are doing isn't going to work,
Ok...so what changes?
How do you know it isnt going to work?
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I know because I am years past your target,
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Right...well email me info@stockclean.co.uk and exchange phone numbers your advice and guidance would be welcome i have an hour or so to chat . But im guessing you won't bother, and in fact your response of "it wont work" is probably just something to write whilst you sit in your undies. ;)
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If you want my advice you can pay for it, what's the going rate that Pryors charge for an hour? £250 plus vat?
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Ok so the advice you just offered on this forum was a freebie? Advice to make some....changes? Whatever that might be. :) i will ponder on your awesome wisdom.
Very valuable. I thank you for the free sample. ::)roll
Let me just add, those who have advice to give generally give it freely. I know because i have gained some valuable advice free of charge from a number of forum members on here, (odbodds and others) and its very much appreciated and builds a good forum community spirit.
Now if you are referring to Lee, as an advice giver. Let me let you in on a secret, Lee was probbably fed up with being inundated with questions about his rapid expansion, and the questions of how can they repeat his results. Id imagine that running a business and growing it the way he has requires a lot of time, if i was him i would do the same, charge for advice simply to reduce the ammount of people calling up taking time out of the day, him charging isnt about trying to get more money from you, its about him not spending hours a day answering mindless questions that he could better spend his time on.
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Ok so the advice you just offered on this forum was a freebie? Advice to make some....changes? Whatever that might be. :) i will ponder on your awesome wisdom.
Very valuable. I thank you for the free sample. ::)roll
Let me just add, those who have advice to give generally give it freely. I know because i have gained some valuable advice free of charge from a number of forum members on here, (odbodds and others) and its very much appreciated and builds a good forum community spirit.
Now if you are referring to Lee, as an advice giver. Let me let you in on a secret, Lee was probbably fed up with being inundated with questions about his rapid expansion, and the questions of how can they repeat his results. Id imagine that running a business and growing it the way he has requires a lot of time, if i was him i would do the same, charge for advice simply to reduce the ammount of people calling up taking time out of the day, him charging isnt about trying to get more money from you, its about him not spending hours a day answering mindless questions that he could better spend his time on.
Exactly right.
I would get about 10 calls or emails a week from people all over the country.
I still get a few and dont mind having chats on the phone for 10 minutes here and there with like minded people. What Mark has said in his last paragraph is exactly right. Not only that but I would get told 6 months after a meeting with someone how my advice added £20k to their business this year or cured the endless problems they had. Its one thing to feel I helped someone and thats great but often the advice I give took me years of my life to learn and tens of thousands of pounds in trial and error. So if I help someone to jump passed all that why shouldnt I get something in return.
If someone really wants to take their business to the next level and have help from me what I charge is the equivelant of a decent water fed pole! Its nothing.
Consulting is a common thing in most businesses.
Oh and as a quick update. We have 86 new customers this week so far and im off to the office in a min to join my manager there to try and get that to the magic 100. So my 86 is a yearly increase of just over £13,000 (window cleans only) within the 86 we have nearly £5,000 of add on services with the first cleans. Boom.... ;D
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Marc you know what you're doing, you know what you want to do and where you want to get to. Just crack on with it. Why the need to turn it into a constant blog? It just leaves you open to ridicule. Surely you'd be better putting the time into canvassing than constantly updating and answering back to people that disagree.
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You know what thats a good point.
Why bother updating everyone.
Ill just let the forum main subjects to focus on brush types, resin brands, and pump controller issues...awesome ::)roll
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
Nope its about sticking to your schedual. As I give next clean dates on the bills and this is a very strong selling point.
You might laugh and find it amusing, but people do like to know well in advance when you are coming, and many find it an irritation to get a text less than 24hours before that their window cleaner is coming. All my customers get 2 months notice on the clean date, and i stick to that date, it works very very well and is unique in my proposition against my competitors.
I know i am in the minority here, so you dont need to point it out. The snob thread is completely unrelated as she wanted to call me as and when she wanted to, not on the next clean dates on a bi monthly window clean that i would have given her.
Anyway i have a fun day ahead with the family so i wont be on here this weekend. Im not putting up with being a target of ridicule, i know my way works, and the negative ridicule that some like to dish out proves only one thing, many window cleaners have some kind of superiority complex over thier customers.
2 months notice!!at lot can happen in 2 months!i think your nuts personally..... ;D
i dont even notify most of my customers and just turn up and clean.the ones i do are usually for access or notification(larger posh houses)and this is done by text night before...i normally stick to my schedule give or take a day or so(apart from xmas/ holidays)
so what happens if theres access issues?2 months notice and their bound to forget to leave the gate unlocked.... ::)roll
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You know what thats a good point.
Why bother updating everyone.
Ill just let the forum main subjects to focus on brush types, resin brands, and pump controller issues...awesome ::)roll
Sometimes doing things this way is good for accountability, tell people you're going to do something and then to remain consistent you have to do it.
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
Nope its about sticking to your schedual. As I give next clean dates on the bills and this is a very strong selling point.
You might laugh and find it amusing, but people do like to know well in advance when you are coming, and many find it an irritation to get a text less than 24hours before that their window cleaner is coming. All my customers get 2 months notice on the clean date, and i stick to that date, it works very very well and is unique in my proposition against my competitors.
I know i am in the minority here, so you dont need to point it out. The snob thread is completely unrelated as she wanted to call me as and when she wanted to, not on the next clean dates on a bi monthly window clean that i would have given her.
Anyway i have a fun day ahead with the family so i wont be on here this weekend. Im not putting up with being a target of ridicule, i know my way works, and the negative ridicule that some like to dish out proves only one thing, many window cleaners have some kind of superiority complex over thier customers.
I’d hate to have a schedule as strict as that. I can’t beleive it’s even possible, do you not get effected by rain, snow, ice, illness, equipment failure...........?
It may work for now with not that much work and just cleaning on his own, the difficulty to sticking to planned dates two months in advance will be realised when employees come in.
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All the best.
Side note: what reception did you receive marketing at those times?
The response was generally very positive. It was either no" thanks, i already have someone" to which i would reply with a big smile "and i take it your happy with the current cleaner" and normally they say yes and sometimes they say no and thats what happened last night, both these new signups are not happy eith their current cleaners for mostly tardiness.
But when i door knock i get right to the point, i stick a massive smile on my face and thats it really...off i go.
Congratulations, you’ve just added two more messers to your round!
Tardiness? Seriously I doubt that unless the meant that he should turp when they wanted him.Oh wait.. ;D
http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=212428.0
Nope its about sticking to your schedual. As I give next clean dates on the bills and this is a very strong selling point.
You might laugh and find it amusing, but people do like to know well in advance when you are coming, and many find it an irritation to get a text less than 24hours before that their window cleaner is coming. All my customers get 2 months notice on the clean date, and i stick to that date, it works very very well and is unique in my proposition against my competitors.
I know i am in the minority here, so you dont need to point it out. The snob thread is completely unrelated as she wanted to call me as and when she wanted to, not on the next clean dates on a bi monthly window clean that i would have given her.
Anyway i have a fun day ahead with the family so i wont be on here this weekend. Im not putting up with being a target of ridicule, i know my way works, and the negative ridicule that some like to dish out proves only one thing, many window cleaners have some kind of superiority complex over thier customers.
I’d hate to have a schedule as strict as that. I can’t beleive it’s even possible, do you not get effected by rain, snow, ice, illness, equipment failure...........?
It may work for now with not that much work and just cleaning on his own, the difficulty to sticking to planned dates two months in advance will be realised when employees come in.
A local guy round here has after 7 years stopped working that way. He was giving approximate tines too that he had to stick to two months ahead. Eventually it becomes unmanageable as it did for him as I told him it would. Saying “I told you so” is a wonderful feeling isn’t it? ;D
Not too busy window cleaners can offer all sorts of things that busy ones can’t. Going by Marc’s other thread, he obviously realises the importance of not bending backwards to meet customers’ needs and I’m sure eventually he’ll realise that what he currently offers isn’t sustainable long term. Also to be frank, whatever approach you take will not be popular with everyone which is why ultimately you have to do what’s best for you.
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Going by the title of thread I was hoping for some stuff good old fashioned rumpy pumpy action.
Exchanging bodily fluids and all.
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Going by the title of thread I was hoping for some stuff good old fashioned rumpy pumpy action.
Exchanging bodily fluids and all.
Get back to your mice and crosswords. ;D
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Going by the title of thread I was hoping for some stuff good old fashioned rumpy pumpy action.
Exchanging bodily fluids and all.
Sounds like she'll get 2 months notice...of any action! ;D
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so what happens if theres access issues?2 months notice and their bound to forget to leave the gate unlocked.... ::)roll
They dont forget Dazmond. That's the point. They note the date down, and i do it on the date. No need to text, turn up and clean. Its got a great big arrow on the bill with the words YOUR NEXT CLEAN DATE. I have been doing it like this for years with no issues at all.
If you run your window cleaning round on any cleaner planner software, or any booking system and clean the properties on the dates your schedual says so, its no flipping different.
I still dont get it how its a problem. I honestly am baffled by the sheer volume of hostility to this idea.
It works well. I dont need to text people the night before.
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It works well because you dont have a full round if you had 5 full days every week then it wouldn't work so well. And it certainly won't work well when you have your employee working to those exact dates.
Each to their own.
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There was a time when i did have 5 full days a week. And it worked then.
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I totally respect if it works for you Marc and I’m not going to question it but it wouldn’t work for me.... I just think it’s tying into something where anything could happen such as van breaking, family issues etc etc.. as I say always, each to their own and good luck mate
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Marc just join some local facebook groups and put posts up on those.
You will be surprised on how many customers you could gain.
I’m always against leafletting and social media as always felt that the personal touch of canvassing was the king but since putting a post up on a page with 36k members on it took just 5 days to gain over 200 customers all in the same postcode, then whilst on first cleans i was canvassing the neighbours and opposites of the customers i gained through facebook, 2 weeks later i had another full round. Yes i have had messers and many 1 off types and need to tweek it here and there but the end result is i have another 60k a year coming in all from what started as a simple facebook add.
You cant get those numbers from leafletting or canvassing unless you do it on a massive scale which adds massive costs.
This for me cost a few mins typing the post on a facebook group. I had 1 of my guys doing the first cleans as i canvassed the neighbours where we were cleaning so the canvassing cost nothing but 2 weeks of my time which i was being paid for by the first cleans being done.
Don't underestimate the power of facebook. It has huge potential.
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Marc just join some local facebook groups and put posts up on those.
You will be surprised on how many customers you could gain.
I’m always against leafletting and social media as always felt that the personal touch of canvassing was the king but since putting a post up on a page with 36k members on it took just 5 days to gain over 200 customers all in the same postcode, then whilst on first cleans i was canvassing the neighbours and opposites of the customers i gained through facebook, 2 weeks later i had another full round. Yes i have had messers and many 1 off types and need to tweek it here and there but the end result is i have another 60k a year coming in all from what started as a simple facebook add.
You cant get those numbers from leafletting or canvassing unless you do it on a massive scale which adds massive costs.
This for me cost a few mins typing the post on a facebook group. I had 1 of my guys doing the first cleans as i canvassed the neighbours where we were cleaning so the canvassing cost nothing but 2 weeks of my time which i was being paid for by the first cleans being done.
Don't underestimate the power of facebook. It has huge potential.
This is extreamly impressive!
How did you do 200 quotes in 5 days? Our best was 157 over 5 days. 94 this week.
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It was more than 200 in 5 days ;-)
All were priced through messenger sending me a photo or explaining house type. A few guys from the forum who i got some bits from saw my inbox where i showed them all the randoms.
Facebook truely is the way forward with stepping stones.
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Marc just join some local facebook groups and put posts up on those.
You will be surprised on how many customers you could gain.
I’m always against leafletting and social media as always felt that the personal touch of canvassing was the king but since putting a post up on a page with 36k members on it took just 5 days to gain over 200 customers all in the same postcode, then whilst on first cleans i was canvassing the neighbours and opposites of the customers i gained through facebook, 2 weeks later i had another full round. Yes i have had messers and many 1 off types and need to tweek it here and there but the end result is i have another 60k a year coming in all from what started as a simple facebook add.
You cant get those numbers from leafletting or canvassing unless you do it on a massive scale which adds massive costs.
This for me cost a few mins typing the post on a facebook group. I had 1 of my guys doing the first cleans as i canvassed the neighbours where we were cleaning so the canvassing cost nothing but 2 weeks of my time which i was being paid for by the first cleans being done.
Don't underestimate the power of facebook. It has huge potential.
You posted one post on a Facebook group and got 200 customers in 5 days.
I've posted to much bigger audiences much more frequently and run big advert campaigns.
That's a load of rubbish what you have just posted Mick.
Either that or you live in an area with zero shiners.
If that's the case don't think it can be easily replacated everywhere .
Yes Facebook is a good tool but to tell everyone they just need to post in a Facebook group once and get 60k of work is beyond ridiculous.
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Marc just join some local facebook groups and put posts up on those.
You will be surprised on how many customers you could gain.
I’m always against leafletting and social media as always felt that the personal touch of canvassing was the king but since putting a post up on a page with 36k members on it took just 5 days to gain over 200 customers all in the same postcode, then whilst on first cleans i was canvassing the neighbours and opposites of the customers i gained through facebook, 2 weeks later i had another full round. Yes i have had messers and many 1 off types and need to tweek it here and there but the end result is i have another 60k a year coming in all from what started as a simple facebook add.
You cant get those numbers from leafletting or canvassing unless you do it on a massive scale which adds massive costs.
This for me cost a few mins typing the post on a facebook group. I had 1 of my guys doing the first cleans as i canvassed the neighbours where we were cleaning so the canvassing cost nothing but 2 weeks of my time which i was being paid for by the first cleans being done.
Don't underestimate the power of facebook. It has huge potential.
You posted one post on a Facebook group and got 200 customers in 5 days.
I've posted to much bigger audiences much more frequently and run big advert campaigns.
That's a load of rubbish what you have just posted Mick.
Either that or you live in an area with zero shiners.
If that's the case don't think it can be easily replacated everywhere .
Yes Facebook is a good tool but to tell everyone they just need to post in a Facebook group once and get 60k of work is beyond ridiculous.
I dont lie!
I have no reason too.
I didnt say thays what you need to do! I just said what i did.
A few can confirm if they see this post my big hit through fb where i showed them as i was shocked to have gained so many myself.
Just because you havnt had a good hit rate doesnt mean someone else cant have 1.
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Also just to addd it was more than 200 customers. It built me a full round since easter weekend.
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Sorry Mick I didn't mean to sound so harsh
But those figures are just totally unbelievable.
Mind you I can't believe you get £10 for a terraced front either....
Must have landed upon a postcode where there is no competition.
I have and do get decent hit rates, I think it's better than leafletting or canvassing however my idea of good and yours is miles apart .
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Good luck Marc , dont forget there is more to life than money . ;)
My father said the best things in life are hairy (he was obviously a product of the 1970s).
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You posted one post on a Facebook group and got 200 customers in 5 days.
I've seen window cleaners advertise in local buying and selling faceache groups.
Quite often many of the replies aren't from the type of customers I really want.
"r u cheep?"
"How much 4 a house?"
You get the idea.
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You posted one post on a Facebook group and got 200 customers in 5 days.
I've seen window cleaners advertise in local buying and selling faceache groups.
Quite often many of the replies aren't from the type of customers I really want.
"r u cheep?"
"How much 4 a house?"
You get the idea.
Exactly.
Not too difficult to enquires of this type, but to get decent customers from it takes a bit more patience.
"how much for a house" is a classic :D and its quite common
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Nope im not interested in facebook. Can't stand it, and being a sufferer of mental health in the past, im staying away.
I do understand that you can grow really quickly, but at the moment i am doing specifically targeted round building to bring my existing rounds up to a level so i can get an employee running, and still be able to pay him and me and the missus, for when i enter my push to 80k
I am focusing on getting every round to at least £350 bare min per round per working day, when he works.
A few are on the £400 mark many are on the £350 mark i have some rounds only on £200 and there is one round in that only brings in £140 which is a drossy round of a couple of jobs that takes a couple of hours and im done for the day.
When i take on my employee, every day he works needs to at least bring in £350, id want to exceed this of course and a £375 £400 round value per day is what i need when he is on the payroll time to make this work for itself.
Having said that the engineering business has surged recently, so..
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I like you Marc aren’t a Facebook fanatic BUT after a post on here by someone before I decided to set one up last week, going to see how it goes for a few months and take it from there
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I’ll be interested to see how a newbie on the pole is going to chuck out £350 a day whilst maintaining your customer notifications schedule of next visit date.
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