Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: drakestar! on September 04, 2007, 05:12:57 pm
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ive never done this before so i need some feed back from you guys who have. also im trying to get commercial work instead of houses & want to know if you just get loads of people ringing wanting there houses cleaned from all over the place, which is exactly not what i want. thanks
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hi there
i have a peugeot expert that is sign written all over the van and it works for me :) i get alsorts of people stopping me and asking for there windows to be cleaned commercial and domestic i have my phone numbers on the back doors and people have even phone when they have been in there cars
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ive never done this before so i need some feed back from you guys who have. also im trying to get commercial work instead of houses & want to know if you just get loads of people ringing wanting there houses cleaned from all over the place, which is exactly not what i want. thanks
I've only had mine written for 3 weeks but I've had nothing from it directly. However, there is no way of knowing if my turning up in a signwritten van to quote has got me any recent jobs or not. I suppose if someone was wavering due to some stereotypical image of a W/C then a signwritten van may have swung it.
I have had one job due to having a signwritten T-shirt though ;D
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ive got the t-shirts on the way! hope they work for me to!
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sign writting a van has got to help get more business, i still get from people now "i have been looking for a window cleaner for ages" they they live 2 doors down from where we clean and have done for years d'oh they must have had 3 knocks and 50 leaflets in that time...Crazy ::)
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I have the magnetic strips for the car and yes it works
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how much?? great idea but where did you get them from? thanks
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how much?? great idea but where did you get them from? thanks
did a search on google for magnetic care signs, they are cheap to I was suprised aswell how cheap they are.
have a look:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=magnetic+signs+UK&meta=
If you have a van go for sign writting instead of magnetic signs as looks so much more professional IMO
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I cant remember where I got them from the details are in last years accounts with the accountant and I havent a link. However there are loads out there and they are well worth it.
Steve
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ive had magnetic signs cost me £50 for both sides of combo size van. got them done locally
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sign writting and signed uniforms work well for me
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I have the magnetic strips for the car and yes it works
Not to sure if it would work on my range rover hse sport 4.2 ltr... Customers might think i'm earning to much ;D
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I paid £23.50 to have the sign writing for my astra van on both sides and the rear tailgate from ebay.
They are made in one coulor and quite easy to fit
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These people have front, back and sides for £28 inc postage: -
Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CUSTOM-SMALL-VAN-GRAPHICS-DECALS-STICKERS-VINYL-SIGN-x4_W0QQitemZ230167529119QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36677QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
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well, iive had my van sign written for a year, i would say ive had about 5 calls from it lol!!
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sooooooo many people come up to me and ask when im passing or in a street, its easy to see what i am and what i do. i also have t shirts, people always ask me, "what is a ladderless widow cleaner?" which starts a good conversation and usually gets me the buisness
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/VWSaxon/vanew4.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/VWSaxon/vanew.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/VWSaxon/uni.jpg)
im nto meaning to blow my own trumpet. but i think my image looks very good. beats any old car and people with their scruffs on!
window cleaning is how i live, i might aswel make a super job of it. what i have put in, is now coming back :)
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Bit bright for me. Is that water on your t-shirt or has a bird done a big dollop
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Wicked image and a good play on words to attract attention!
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Bit bright for me. Is that water on your t-shirt or has a bird done a big dollop
Old age must be taking it's toll on you if you think that's bright!!!
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Wicked image lwc. Really looks smart and pro. Looks like your putting a lot of care and effort into your business. More than some people do ;)
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My visions ok I think its me age ;D
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i like that... and the ladderless bit....
i was afraid of doing something like that as i wasnt sure how people would react to wfp ... and i didnt want wfp to be advertised alone like that.... maybe its me.... i may not be as astute....
i may have my van sign written with window cleaner being very prominant... and then something like... " we also use the pure water, reach and wash system"
whats your view?
Cheers,
Gary.
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Ladderless Window cleaner, Looks great mate.
Anyone evlse have pics of there vans and tops?
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I have now lost count of the amount of work having my van fully signed has brought in.
Though I would not necessarily say I've had many phone calls as a result of it.
I've been parked in the local Tesco and had people come up and tap on the window, or parked up having a cuppa and have the same thing happen.
It's image isn't it, It's there in peoples faces all the time, it's continual advertising.
It cost me £250 to get my van signed, and it is money very well spent indeed.
But if you do go for it, keep it simple, make sure that people know in an instant what it is you do.
your name isn't totally relevant, what you are and what you do needs to be the thing that stands out the most.
Look at the various vans that pass you, some look really smart with their sign writing, but by the time you've worked out what the hell they do it's too late and they are out of sight!!
I'll take a couple of pics of my own van and slap it on here later, it's nothing special, but it's simple and stands out (the sign writing that is!)
Ian
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Very true, theres a bloke near me that just has window cleaner and the phone number. Cant mistake that for anything else.
Mine has the 2 phone numbers and web address and I get contated by all 3. It mainly comes from being parked up
Steve
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when i first put my sign on, i regretted it as people didnt have a clue what it was like a year ago. but now, sooooooo many people come up and ask me what i do
i reakon i get more work as its different!
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this is my new van design, what do you think/ ::)
(http://www.mlidia.com/projects/van/vannew.jpg)
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you want the truth, over complicated, the text is too small on an already small van. Less graphics, increased text size. The graphics are surplus to requirments, instead get the designer to make the text more vivid, with drop shadows, gradients and more rich. This way it will look more proffesional.
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this is my new van design, what do you think/ ::)
(http://www.mlidia.com/projects/van/vannew.jpg)
Van design does look nice, is a bit much to take in IMO, the round blue bits near the back are they meant to say something?
Are you a window cleaner or just a cleaner? I see water fed pole on the side if you are a cleaner more than a window cleaner I would ditch the bubbles and the blue round bits and put straight text if you are a window cleaner more keep the bubbles and ditch the round blue bits at the back, your website is at the bottom so if cars go past you cant see it and also when parked in car park etc, I would reverse it as your site says your name anyway and as it is an advert people are far more likely to go to your website than call you in the first instance (dont know why just happens).
Please dont think I am putting down your van as thats the last thing I would do it is purely my opinion ok.
I love the colour of it ;)
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yeah orange and blue is my favourite colour combination, they are opposites and complimentary colours!
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To be honest we have only probably had between 10 and 20 new customers in 4 months directly from the sign writing on our van, but what I think it does do is it reassures people that we are "professional" people who run a "proper" business and that has without a doubt helped us.
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yeah orange and blue is my favourite colour combination, they are opposites and complimentary colours!
Luke we must be simalar, they two are my fav colours not sure if you noticed that by now ;)
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I have picked up lots of work from having a signwritten van 8)
I have now a got a ldv pilot van and it cost me 180 to have it signwritten, i even got someone come out and ask me for a quote when i was collecting and when i was sitting outside the shops having my lunch. Customers have commented on how much more professional it looks
Brett
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My van has brought quite a few jobs in and some quite nice ones too.
Also got T-Shirts Sweatshirts & Jackets
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sooooooo many people come up to me and ask when im passing or in a street, its easy to see what i am and what i do. i also have t shirts, people always ask me, "what is a ladderless widow cleaner?" which starts a good conversation and usually gets me the buisness
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What exactly is a ladderless widow cleaner? ;D
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sooooooo many people come up to me and ask when im passing or in a street, its easy to see what i am and what i do. i also have t shirts, people always ask me, "what is a ladderless widow cleaner?" which starts a good conversation and usually gets me the buisness
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What exactly is a ladderless widow cleaner? ;D
lol! ;D oops
even i couldnt answer that one
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Sign writing cost me £170. That included him coming up with designs & fitting.
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I love it when you have a van with ladderless window cleaning painted on the side of it and then a set of ladders on the top. Always tickles me. ;D
I think that it's always worth getting the sign writing mine was £150. But a one off payment for as long as you have the van, can't be bad.
Simon.