Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: Pete_Riley on May 19, 2004, 12:04:42 am
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What other forms of advertising do you guys use to get business,apart from flyers and door knocking.Any comments welcome.Thanks
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Hi Pete,
By far my best source of new work with no effort comes from a hairdresser,
I had a word with the owner, who put a pile of my flyers on the counter,
The work started to come in within a couple of days and all of it has been good quality work.
Its a matter of principle with a lot of women, (If your good enough for mrs A you can be sure mrs B will want you!)
Neil
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Thanks Neil,I will give that a go m8.
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I have my name and phone number on my van that brings in some work, also I have a add in Yellow Pages( that does not work for everyone, it depends on your area and how many other window cleaners are in ) I get asked to clean freinds of my customers, and stopped in the street
John
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Majestic,is your van sign written.I am thinking about magnetic signs do you know anything about them.cheers
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my personale thoughts are magnets look taky and they cost a lot but if you can not put perm sighns on tha van a sighn is a sighn
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Peter
Yes it has my name, phone number, and web address on it . I just had a look in Yellow pages for the nearest sign writer , there are lots about now
John
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I was also thinking about magnetic signs and found them cheap on ebay
£20 + £6 p&p
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14048&item=3193002927&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Paul
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Hi,
I've been cleaning windows for over a year now and have tried various forms of advertising which were:
Leaflets: I had around a 2% success with these. You can push 100 out in an hour and for a five hour day, you'll get around ten phone calls. Now and again you'll hit a good area and get lots, but that is rare. However, customers tend to grab you over the months, since they have a good idea of who you are.
Local Pages: This was a waste of time as the phone calls I've received have all been for areas I don't want to branch out in. I tend to pass these calls out to other window cleaners who do the areas. It was an expensive mistake at £230.00 for my advert.
Canvassing: I tried, but quickly got disheartened after about fifty refusals, because they already had window cleaners.
Grabbed in the street: Look as smart as you can, shave; remove bones through your nose and piercings in eyebrows - I picked up another three customers today. Rather than use your car for short distance drive-betweens - WALK, and be seen. Appear friendly and approachable (unlike my window cleaning missis who avoids potential new customers towards the end of the day when she's knackered - grumpy cow!).
Other Window Cleaners: Every time you see one, say 'ello and have a chat. The decent ones will ask for your number, so they can pass on work they don't want. Do the same for them. Try not to poach their customers - some get upset.
Time: The bigger your operation gets, the more customers come your way. I'm refusing more work than I'm taking on as I don't want to branch out in anymore new areas. Be patient.