Pick me ;Dlol, love it, more of these please
Website we only just got broadband! Us poor old people on this rock, and the mainland being 10 years ahead ::)
Well what would i do with that. Bet i would make the local notice board, (we have three of these newly put up this month at the end of each road)
Everyone would be round to have a look !!
What more reason do you need ;D ;D
Ian, i'm still not 100% sure if i'm going to add WC to my business, so do i qualify ?Art, this is for window cleaners only, if you do this add your details you may just win, you dont have to be 100% sure on something that costs you £0.00 you do have to have insurance though as entry will be invalid otherwise. add your relpy and try your luck, there will be an added twist to the comp as well as the website but will add that nearer the end time ;)
Arthur
the added twist being you've gotta pay for your domian name, hosting and updates ;DIan, i'm still not 100% sure if i'm going to add WC to my business, so do i qualify ?Art, this is for window cleaners only, if you do this add your details you may just win, you dont have to be 100% sure on something that costs you £0.00 you do have to have insurance though as entry will be invalid otherwise. add your relpy and try your luck, there will be an added twist to the comp as well as the website but will add that nearer the end time ;)
Arthur
Ian, i'm still not 100% sure if i'm going to add WC to my business, so do i qualify ?Art, this is for window cleaners only, if you do this add your details you may just win, you dont have to be 100% sure on something that costs you £0.00 you do have to have insurance though as entry will be invalid otherwise. add your relpy and try your luck, there will be an added twist to the comp as well as the website but will add that nearer the end time ;)
Arthur
so have many others but this comp is for everyone, an added site will help anyone trust me on that one. But I do understand what you say. if you do want to enter tell me why you should get the site it really is that simple and someone will win this site regardless if there is 3 in it or 3000, ;DIan, i'm still not 100% sure if i'm going to add WC to my business, so do i qualify ?Art, this is for window cleaners only, if you do this add your details you may just win, you dont have to be 100% sure on something that costs you £0.00 you do have to have insurance though as entry will be invalid otherwise. add your relpy and try your luck, there will be an added twist to the comp as well as the website but will add that nearer the end time ;)
Arthur
I've got more insurance than you would believe :D
I'll leave it mate. I've already got a site so it wouldn't be fair if i won it
Well i'll have a blast at winning it then.love it Art, lol.................this what I want to see, do better people if you can, ::)
I come from a poor background and had to walk 10 miles to school every day without any shoes.
Since starting my business i now have a bicycle with a basket on the front and a rack on the back that i tie all my gear onto and off i go.
So if you gave me the website i might get enough new work to buy a bigger bicycle. Maybe even one with gears. :'( :'(
Thank you.
Gutted i told ya last night i don't need one now :( Gutted. AbsoLUTELY. GUTTED. If i should happen to win, can you make one for the ethnic lesbian transexual awareness foundation. It's a cause close to my heart and they need all the help they can get after the National Lottery only gave them £500,000 last year for their christmas play :-[ Go on Ian.....where's ya heart? ;Dlol, sry but cant do that unless they are window cleaners, comp is for window cleaners only as is our webdesign service ;)
Ian, Some people are cautious about giving out there personal details over the net. Name and contact number fine, but addresses, some may not like that idea.anyone that looks at this is welcome to call me direct on 01234 870 225 or 07788732 789, this is the reason i asked for details to be emailed to comp@windowwashers.co.uk
Doesn't bother me as i welcome stalkers with open arms :D
Arthur
im not surprised. names, address, tel numbers whats all that about ???Name and number is so I can call the winner to discuss the website ADDRESS IS SO I KNOW THE AREA THE WINDOW CLEANER IS IN AS THEY WILL GET A PLACE ON www.windowwashers.co.uk area page included with the website, NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON aprt from the comp, if you dont want to enter this is your choice, This is a comp and all comps have set rules.
Pick me ;DYour entry is in.
Website we only just got broadband! Us poor old people on this rock, and the mainland being 10 years ahead ::)
Well what would i do with that. Bet i would make the local notice board, (we have three of these newly put up this month at the end of each road)
Everyone would be round to have a look !!
What more reason do you need ;D ;D
Well i'll have a blast at winning it then.
I come from a poor background and had to walk 10 miles to school every day without any shoes.
Since starting my business i now have a bicycle with a basket on the front and a rack on the back that i tie all my gear onto and off i go.
So if you gave me the website i might get enough new work to buy a bigger bicycle. Maybe even one with gears. :'( :'(
Thank you.
Is this open to noooooooooobs,if so I'm in!!this is open to old and new, hot or not, as long as your a window cleaner then you can enter, you just have to be insured.
Lee
Ok, I would like to win this site as I am aiming to double my customer base by March 2008, and believe that a professional website would enable me to do this, as almost everybody has access to the 'net.Your entry is in.
I suffer from chronic arthritus but try my hardest not to let my illness get the better of me through painkillers, blanking out the pain daily, sheer determination and perserverance to work in order to pay my mortgage.Your entry is in.
I know how to build a DIY hot water system using a calorifier tank and utilise the heat that would normally be wasted through a radiator which I've shared on this CIU forum with others who don't know.
I can manage to build a website home page or 4 (www.EasyClean-WindowCleaning.co.uk) but don't have the knowledge to build a website so that I can receive online payments by paypal or nochex or internet bank transfer although I have a very vague idea of it all. 'Window Washer' knows how to build websites for window cleaners, as he persistently perserveres in plugging us all at every opportunity. "Failure cannot live with persistency" :)
I can't see that many now, how many words have you got on there? It would take all night to read it all. :oYou do not have to read it all, just enter, you know you want to. ;)
Good idea though cos you would get your site proof read for no effort and it could encourage lots of us to have a good look at it. ;)
I now find the structure and presentation of his site that of a much larger organisation.At times you can still tell it's Ian talking, but anyone coming across it fot the first time couldn't fail to be impressed.
I wondered for a while why if we are his main springboard for a web designing window cleaner, designing sites specially for us he had that message about monkeys at the side of his posts. He has now done something about that.
When you look at this forum it does have people who have been here many years, but by enlarge people come on for a few months or a year, post a lot and ask questions, and then leave or drift away. This continual stream of Newbies can only be a good thing for Ian. Many of them need a website and even if they know how it is far more cost effective to let window washers deal with it. So what I am saying is Ian is an asset to the forum, provides a usefull service, and has stumbled across a pretty solid business plan.
We see no comps on here. So We are starting one now,
To Enter all you have to do is tell us the reason why we should pick you as the winner for a new web site , if you could add picks aswell that would be good but will make no difference to the ourcome of this competition, once you have added your relpy on here, you have to email your name, telephone number and address to: comp@windowwashers.co.uk to be a valid entry, if you do not email your details you will not be entered to the comp: N.B details will only be used by Ian Wicks at windowwashers for contacting you
this comp is on 2 other forums aswell. details of other forums can be emailed if needbe so you can check on your competition.
this is open to traditional window cleaners
and water fed pole window cleaners
everyone is equal, and all have a fair chance.
total web design cost will be £0.00.
comp will end 5th december 2007 at 11:59 pm
anyone that is a window cleaner can enter, all you have to do is answer the next question as a yes
Do you have public liability Insurance ?
this will be checked before winner is announced.
GOOD LUCK ALL
We will be hosting the site on our server, if you already have hosting, then we could always upload it to your host for you. (please remember the site includes hosting for a year anywayWe see no comps on here. So We are starting one now,
To Enter all you have to do is tell us the reason why we should pick you as the winner for a new web site , if you could add picks aswell that would be good but will make no difference to the ourcome of this competition, once you have added your relpy on here, you have to email your name, telephone number and address to: comp@windowwashers.co.uk to be a valid entry, if you do not email your details you will not be entered to the comp: N.B details will only be used by Ian Wicks at windowwashers for contacting you
this comp is on 2 other forums aswell. details of other forums can be emailed if needbe so you can check on your competition.
this is open to traditional window cleaners
and water fed pole window cleaners
everyone is equal, and all have a fair chance.
total web design cost will be £0.00.
comp will end 5th december 2007 at 11:59 pm
anyone that is a window cleaner can enter, all you have to do is answer the next question as a yes
Do you have public liability Insurance ?
this will be checked before winner is announced.
GOOD LUCK ALL
Does the prize have to be on web space hosted by the host of your choice or can it consist of the files necessary for the winner to upload it themself to their own chosen web space? I'm sure that you appreciate the potential importance of this difference regaring future editing, general control etc.
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I won't be entering then.
Although I would not have a problem giving out certain personal details, I would stop short of giving out the ftp password and user name to access my domain name.
The problem is that many people are not aware of some of the finer points concerning domain name registration. I have known people to pay someone to design a website for them, but end up never having any control over the subsequent editing or other alterations. This can be because the site is hosted on the designer's server. It can also be because the domain name is registered to the designer.
Do I get a prize for saying why I would NOT want to win this prize ? ;DNo prize for that sry, but like to clear up one thing, domain names we register are registered to the person/company and not us, we give access to the website once complete, so can be edited ect if needbe.Quote
I feel you have had a bad time somewhere along the line, not every one is out to con people. I am totally honest as many on here already know, if you dont want to enter thats fine plenty other have and will, as for ftp password ect, this would only be used by me to upload the site and check it works correctly, I do not want to just send out the site on disk because not everyone knows how to upload a site and if it gets done incorrectly it will reflect badly on my company.
Ian
p.s ftp passwords can be changed after upload, you seem to know a bit so you should already know that ;)
If Ian was anything other than straight as an arrow them i'm sure people would have been on here by now saying so.I am working on that already ;)
I think there is a gap to go a bit further than Ian does though. In terms of start up advice- trusted suppliers- suggested minimum equipment- marketing designing a suitable leaflet- stationery stamped envelopes pay online slip wording- Advice ie get a business account.....
A sort of package.
Hi,Your entry is in.
Pick me, I try hard every day to keep every one happy!
Gazza ;D ;D
please,please pick me ian awebsite would be the icing on the cakeYour entry is in.
So this wide mouthed bullfrog goes around the jungle telling everyone he designs Websites and checks pli. The he comes across the Lion who roars"I eat website designing Wide mouthed bullfrogs!"that has totally losed me :-\
"Ulp, you don't see many of them about do you?..."
pick me ian we have been in the same boat together alately with the vans pli lyning and getting wfp up and running and all that if you can remember and had many a convisationYou are now in comp.
Who's winning at the moment Iando you really think I am going to say that Art, that would take the fun aspect out of the comp, and everyone needs a bit of that from time to time ;)
Just a couple of questions i thought that may be of interest, then again maybe not who knows!?good question will be 4 pages in total, can be extended if need be.
1) How big are you allowing the website to be? how many pages??? by just saying a website its sounds very open ended???
2) What happens if the winner doesn't like the design of the site? is it to their preference or yours? how much input will they be allowed to have??
more than a couple of questions but i thought they were all valid
i think you misuderstood WW, what will you do design a template layout and seek the approval before going ahead with any content?something along that sort of line unless the person that wins has one they want me to re gig.
I have been window cleaning for over 23yrs. I have kept ahead of most of my fellow window cleanners in many ways. I have thought about a website many times to promote by business.You are now in comp.
However I have a good well established round, but feel a website would bring jobs from all over the place that would not fit in well, and would not get much work from it.
I will spend monney to promote my business but it has to have a return.
So Prove to me by building me a website im wrong? ;D
Roy
The reason I should win this comp is clearYour entry is In.
I clean windows far and near
That's all you need to know
But to Joe Public I need to strike a blow.
They see me on the street
And sometimes come up to greet
But I need to be seen on the web
If my children are to be well fed.
I was wondering, do you need a panel of well established and respected prominent forum members to help with the judgeing?I will be having a few judges aswell as me (they will read the posts on the forums . I would not put the details on here cause everyone could just read the posts ::)
Thought not.
Well how about the next best thing- you pick the best four entries- then without attaching names post the salient bit and we can poll for the winner.
We see no comps on here. So We are starting one now,LESS THAN 60 hours left to enter for a website that cost you £0.00 and it is free to enter.
To Enter
all you have to do is tell us the reason why we should pick you as the winner for a new web site with a reply on this post
once you have added your relpy on here, you have to email your name, telephone number and address to: comp@windowwashers.co.uk
to be a valid entry
please include your ciu user name, if you do not email your details you will not be entered to the comp: N.B details will only be used by Ian Wicks at windowwashers for contacting you
this comp is on 2 other forums aswell. details of other forums can be emailed if needbe so you can check on your competition.
this is open to traditional window cleaners
and water fed pole window cleaners
everyone is equal, and all have a fair chance.
total web design cost will be £0.00.
comp will end 5th december 2007 at 11:59 pm
anyone that is a window cleaner can enter, all you have to do is answer the next question as a yes and add reply why you think you should win on here
Do you have public liability Insurance ?
this will be checked before winner is announced.
GOOD LUCK ALL