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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: vangaurd on June 23, 2006, 08:17:45 pm

Title: advertising
Post by: vangaurd on June 23, 2006, 08:17:45 pm

hi lads for what its worth i have tried all the local press to advertise but the work is just not comming in , it has cost me a fortune in ads whats the story you pay £70.00 per week and get 1 or 2 jobs so much for the local press iam now going to place my ads in the bt phone book cost 400.00 per year i would like to now how the guys in jarrow and shields get there jobs oh i forgot if you charge 15.00 to clean a 3piece you must be good "

Title: Re: advertising
Post by: andy roberts on June 23, 2006, 09:47:07 pm

The phone book/yellow pages didn't work for us so I ditched the idea. That was costing in excess of £2,500 p.a.

We work by using adds in local paper, flyers, direct sales letters & most importantly word of mouth. Also, we sponcer a local darts team that splashes our logo all over the place.

I didnt get the bit about cleaning a suite for £15.00. If thats what your saying then they must be mad. We charge £150 to clean a 3 pc suite.

Regards  Andy

Title: Re: advertising
Post by: Bill Robinson on June 23, 2006, 09:52:32 pm

i get 1 or 2 jobs per week from yellow pages northumberland area

Title: Re: advertising
Post by: stevegunn on June 23, 2006, 10:31:26 pm

Vanguard what area are you in?

Ref ads I'm from Sunderland originally and advertised in the echo using my shields number not one enquiry followed up 2 weeks later using my mothers number same ad Sunderland number got about 15 enquiries.Sunderland folk want to use Sunderland companies same in Shields.

Title: Re: advertising
Post by: John Kelly on June 23, 2006, 11:07:56 pm

Those Sunderland folk are probably terrified some Toon supporting normal person is going to invade their strange little house.