Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: markpowell on August 13, 2007, 12:12:30 pm
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Had two jobs last week and nohing booked for this week, i am normally away in august so got nothing to compare with, is it usually like this or am i just going through one of these quiet periods?
How is everyone else doing, and where is most of the work coming from?
Mark
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Ive got 6 booked this week all from leaflets, next week filling up too. I havent had any calls from yell etc just from leaflets with 20% off offer so it probably would be quiet here if not for leaflets.
Ollie
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hi all, aug has tailed right off for me to, cleaned a few carpets last week, got a suite wednes. the previous months & the winter i've been right busy, sept it will surely pick up!!!???? freshy
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two weeks ago earned £1,200 last week £80 ??????
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I know its unbelievable but why can we go a week without a call then the week after the phone gos wild, is it the weather?
I just seem to be busy or quiet and nothing inbetween.
Mark
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August always busiest month of the year for me in sunny Camberley, Doing 5 hrs cleaning a day at the moment which is more than enough. May and June were rubbish for me though.
Market is always up and down but August always busy.
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Just out of interest Mark how long have you been trading?
Cheers
Justin
Neil,
Did you get sorted with another machine?
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We did 22 jobs last week, only 3 booked in so far this week. 5 bookings in today, but all of them can only do next week. This game is so hit and miss, thats why we do other things.
Google working well at the moment for us. BT, Yell etc a waste of time. Have had a good response from leaflets this time of year, but have been busy so have not kept up with them.
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Been very quite for me also blxxdy annoying just been out leafleting was leafleting last week will be all this week aswell at this rate. Not easy to get this kind off work is it?
matt
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this week ive had 2 jobs cancelled 1 person ill £200 the other house move fell through £165 :'( :'( the rest of my week = 4 jobs £440 :'( but i can still look on the bright side them 4 jobs will take 8hours tops when i worked in a factory it took me 60 hours to get that :)
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its dead in our area to ???
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stacked out down here!
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Just back from holiday 67 answer machine messages to get through about 28 web enquiries, full for this week before I start ploughing my way through all the messages.
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Steve
thought you had stopped that sex line business and was just concentrating on carpet cleaning :D
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Steve how long you been on holiday? where did you go?
Mike
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2 Weeks in Egypt going to Magaluf end of the month with the lads
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that'll be a quiet week then ;D
Hope you behave yourself ;D ;D
Shaun
PS knowbody has beaten my record of 86 calls in 1 day then, Novemeber 1998.
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Did you have a super duper offer on for that many calls?
Think its quiet cos kids are off and under mums feet, had a few teachers, maybe try target them?
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That number quoted by me was over a 2 week period
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I've had 9 calls in the last week and 6 of those were sales calls
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Steve can you send me the details of the person who optimised your site please, it's very good.
Shaun
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http://www.foursquareinnovations.co.uk/
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thankyou have you got a contact name there?
Shaun
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Dr. Chris Boswell
FourSquare Innovations LLP
T: 0870 393 0044
M: 0787 676 5317
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Extremely quiet here for last two weeks, (Portland, Dorset) been scratching around and phoning past customers, although it has given me time to do some extra marketing and tidy the office ;D
Today tho about ten jobs booked in, i was starting to despair, but it seems things are picking up slightly again.
i think here because last two weeks have been sunny and hot everyones put off the inside jobs, August normally for us is crazy, rushed of our feet, so it's definitley been different this year.
Hope it's picking up for everyone else
regards
steve
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Did he get you to be No1 on search engines as soon as you put anything to be done with cleaning in your area/s
Shaun
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Took a week or so
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Steve, saw on your site you cover Peterlee. Can anyone there afford you or has it changed alot over the last 10 years. Know the area well. My mum grew up in a little village called Wingate (bout 5 miles from Peterlee) and I spent most of my summer holidays up that way.
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Steve, saw on your site you cover Peterlee. Can anyone there afford you or has it changed alot over the last 10 years. Know the area well. My mum grew up in a little village called Wingate (bout 5 miles from Peterlee) and I spent most of my summer holidays up that way.
Doing one in Peterlee then Seaham on Thursday it was a recommendation so price was not a factor
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How much did you pay for that optimisation Steve. Someone has just done it for me for £100 and he reckons it'll take about 3 Months for the site to pick it up.
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Sure it was about £130
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The Newcastle YP goes right up to the borders do you cover that also? I was up in Northumberland the other week and was surprised how far it would be for you to cover as there's not alot of population around to link to other jobs.
Shaun
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Morpeth is probably the furthest I travel unless the money is right
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Been said many times before and not many of us do it but advertising needs to be constant and consistant even during the busy times.
However i think the ecomony is playing a big part this year. House prices have slowed up big time and interest rates are set to rise again depending upon who you talk to and stocks are down so its all negitive.
Mark
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it is easy for people to be negative, high street was down at the beginning of the year and I wasn't as busy as I usually am but then POW! it went mad and has stayed mad and I mean mad even for me!! ever since probably April so I guess it's feast or famine.
YP still rubbish don't know what's up with that.
Shaun
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Hi Guys
Like Steve I've been away for two weeks (Greece) and came back to loads of enquiries via mobile , office number diverted to answering service and email.
I know I've said this on many occaisions but the internet is the only game in town.
Cheers
Doug
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Guys
one very important fact that i found out this week regarding websites.
make sure that your hoasting company is based in the UK as it make a BIG differance.
Respect
Ian harper
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Whats the actual reason for that Ian (so I can go and check with my web guy)
Pete
Guys
one very important fact that i found out this week regarding websites.
make sure that your hoasting company is based in the UK as it make a BIG differance.
Respect
Ian harper
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I haven't been on this for ages because we've been so busy but it's gone dead quiet. August last year was amazing but, so far, this month is dire. I feel so much better just knowing there are other people out there going through the same thing.
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Signed upto google adwords today, So i will see what happens, i am binning yell.com total waste of time.
Mark
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Month by month my turnover is more then the corresponding months last year.
This month, 14 days gone, my turnover is already more then Aug last year.
I'm a happy man!
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i was in the library, yesterday
now that was quiet! ???