Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: maxcarpets on December 03, 2006, 10:26:06 am
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Hi All,
Just wondered how business was looking for the Christmas countdown in CC land. We are about a week in front but, to be honest it is not as busy as I would like. How about the rest of you?
Cheers
Justin
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Justin
About 2 weeks out at the moment but week before Xmas still completley clear.
Much better than last year.
Nobody seems to want cleaning that close to Christmas.
Cheers
Neil
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Snowed under with work right up to Christmas eve.
I put this add in local rag seemed to work for me. Regards Rob
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just got in, and 5 messages, on my phone
wanting work done .
i have done 3 jobs today, 5 leather 3 piece suites to clean this week
all recomendations!
i must admit iam shattered at the mo.
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Been fully booked upto the 23rd of dec for 2 days now, thats also working saturdays and sundays, and only had 2 days off in the last 5 weeks... Its bananas over here
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perhaps a message for new carpet cleaners would be
save your money as January can be quiet, also the BT phone bill comes and the TAX PERSON ;D
save for the raining that will probably come.
Shaun
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I Agree....... Jan was ok this year but feb and march weren't good. Novembers takings are in a seperate account for such eventualitys and i,m squared up with Mr taxman. A nice position to be in :) :)
Excellent advice Shaun
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Last year I finished on the 23rd, so hopefully we'll have a last minuite rush.
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only got 3 jobs booked between now and christmas :'(
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Whats happened there benny???
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just got in, and 5 messages, on my phone
wanting work done .
i have done 3 jobs today, 5 leather 3 piece suites to clean this week
all recomendations!
i must admit iam shattered at the mo.
That's because your too cheap put your prices up man ;D ;)
http://newcastle.gumtree.com/newcastle/40/6344940.html
Booked up till 23rd quoted £83 for a double flight of stairs yesterday told customer I could do it in the new year he offered me £50 on top of that price if I do it before xmas,why can all customers not be like that ::)
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real quiet up here in the Highlands but things can change daily so no worries :)
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ive got me and my three staff flat out until xmas and turning work down everyday >:(
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ive been that quiet ive even dropped my prices :'(
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benny mate take it all with pinch of salt mate ;)
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Benny
What sort of advertising are you doing, I know you are local to me and I am really busy,
If you need any help just give me a call or mail.
Cheers
Neil
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We do have a few spaces available at the moment but we are pretty booked up until the 19th Dec.
Also have a large job to complete sometime over the Xmas break (approx 600 sq mtrs),this is a key job so can take my time.
John
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cheers steve , now i have the feel of things i intend
to raise the bar!
i was just feeling my way for a while mate
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Nice few jobs in today, hopefully it will keep coming in up to Xmas. You can never tell this time of year.
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hi neil ive sent you an email cheers :)
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What are everybodies daily takings?
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hi neil i dont know if the email got to you but you can get me on 07881942804 or email abmcleaning@fsmail.net all the best :) :)
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I know it sounds hard to believe but other than my regular commercial jobs, just one large domestic job next week, nothing else yet for December, cant understand it, I am hoping things will change and the phone will start ringing again soon.
Nigel.
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Been booked solid until Christmas for week or so now although have kept 3 days free in the Christmas week for emergency work and for previous customers who always leave it until the last minute. Been turning away new customers for the last week.
Having said all that for the past two weeks the phone calls for new business has been very slow. Dont know why. Maybe the forcasted interest rate rise in Jan.
Mark
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We are in papers we just did 10,000 drops,not bad will do again,just did another 10,000 in another area for this week,getting a bit better,this year for us as cc has been bad :'(might be areas :-\
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Ok well 7000/wk and a couple of small local mags (2000 circ/each) is bringing almos 10 days booked up and 350/day (average). Starting to book for jan with some custards who dont mind.
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900 avg a day booked up till next nov taking bookings for xmas 2007 if custys dont mind waiting lmfho ;D
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Im the same around £1200 a day but xmas 2008 is only half full. ;)
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Whats wrong you jealous?
No bull from me but really two weeks from Christmas and your not mad business. Maybe you need to become an employee again.
Mark
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Paul, you have been going just over 3 years, many on here have over 10/15 years of repeat custys and still do massive amounts of marketing, add too that its Dec, one of the busiest months in the cc calender.
If your not fully booked in Dec you need too ask yourself why, when so many are. Have you thought about fastrack or getting an unbiased friend to look at your marketing?
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mark
No need as I have Dec mainly full and part of Jan.
I made the coment because there is so much bull on the forum from alot of people about advanced bookings from some.
In your case Mark only take it on the chin if the cap fits ;)
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Booked to the 15th, but am sure i will work every day up to christmas as iv worked every day iv wanted to for the last 3 months.
Done hardly any advertising though the last month or so and my calls have really dropped, one thing i wont be doing again and a word of advice to others is this isnt a good time of year for experimenting and change.
In the last 2 months iv changed machine, changed van, changed the chemicalls i was using, changed the way i clean and took on staff.
This leads to a lot of stress as they have all had there teething problems, and has cost me loads of time and lost me plenty of work, i wish i had of stayed as i was till after christmas now.
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I did the same Red, backed off advertising thinking the business would be their anyway. I won't do that next year. However, I am pleased to say it looks like I'll get through it anyway ( hopefully ) But i could of done without the worry of it.
Regards
Justin
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interesting Mark,
im the same been very busy, alot booked in for next week and couple week after, but phone calls for new business has stopped this week, dramatically!
this week ive only booked in 1 maybe 2.
Craig
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Craig
same for me, booked solid next week with a few spaces. Following week nothing.
Phone has stoped ringing this week apart from the I want my 3 Bedroom House cleaned for £50 pounds lot.
Dropped of very quickly though.
Cheers Neil
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So no one is expecting a last minute rush tnen? Just took a booking for the 19th, so there's hope yet!
Cheers
Justin
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Steve
You should have told me about the job when I was up at Restomate I would have run our 500 psi inline heat exchanger around and done the the job. Given a real live demo on a real life carpet
Vernon
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I'm booking in for the 19th Jan, but I've been s/e for 15 years, I was wanting a bigger rest but I hate turning work away!
I left my mobile on divert yesterday and forgot it was in my trouser pocket, got in the bath about 9pm with my trousers on the bathroom floor and guess what?
Could just reach them over the bubbles, another booking for Jan £120
Shaun
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We have bookings for Jan, but cant fill the last week in December, YET!
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Several more calls yesterday, now fully booked next week and half full following week.
Nigel.
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turned up to a 120.00 job today and for the second friday in a row no one in the house >:( >:( >:(
really getting :-X off with this .........ahahahahaagggg
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Arrived at 1.30 for a £295 job and no answer. No answer on the phone either.
Lets me get some paperwork done and waste a few minutes typing useless drivel on these boards.
Mark
BTW - Im shocked at the amount of people on the board at this time of day at this time of year!!
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Call the night before to confirm gents, saves a lot of time if it goes wrong.
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If only you were in a white collar job. You could still bill them for the time. :'(
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first 10 days of jan booked........... hopefully this is a sign of things to come!!! :)
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In my experience giving them a call the night before gives them a chance to call off or dive out.
I find that they are in anyway.
Shaun
PS I used to call th enight before, I find the eliment of surprise better.
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ooooppppppppsss.............half hour after last post today on this customer called went to do job....cust...well pleased took pics for her mum to see.
than booked in her leather suite for next week............bless them dont you just love customers.............. :) :) :)
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Booked up until 20th, PHEW!
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only done one job this week :'(
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Although there is a huge volume of extra calls this time of year, i don't find it to be any buisier than normal, we seem to be booked a coulpe of weeks in advance all the time.
i do find that the jobs are smaller as in 1-2 rooms rather than the normal 3-4 rooms per job
i think thats why it seems busier.
spring time right up until the end of summer seem to be my busiest periods with people who want the carpets cleaned for them rather than for the benifit of "other people who are coming for xmas"
has been a fantastic year all said and done
roll on 2007