Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: geefree on January 22, 2008, 05:35:23 pm
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Thought this could be interesting and help point some of us on the righ road, after all
its a "ASK THE AUDIENCE " type of question and they are rarely wrong . ;)
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Thought this could be interesting and help point some of us on the righ road, after all
its a "ASK THE AUDIENCE " type of question and they are rarely wrong . ;)
Leaflets and canvassing have to be the best ways because you get to target which jobs to call on/drop them at.
I suppose the best way is to leaflet and follow up several days later by canvassing. I used to canvass only. These days, when I get around to it, I leaflet only.
It depends what you mean by best really. Canvassing is better for getting a quicker flow of work going but leafletting is better if you want it to trickle in over a longer time period - or that's what I've found anyway.
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Hi shiner, yes i realised that as i posted it but rather than change it or mention it i just thought i would let it run, i suppose i should have ommited canvassing and leaflets from the poll, but lets just let it run now, you never know all the big boys may come on and change to van sign lol
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Anything God-Squad-ish usually pays.
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Anything God-Squad-ish usually pays.
eh?
canvassing and word of mouth neck and neck so far
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dont understand !
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God moves in mysterious ways!
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Is this a theo debate ? i always get the wrong thread :-\
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keep them coming guys only 27 votes so far.... can you all see the results at the top as i can?
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You are male and you live in wakefield !......and you want to be top ?
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You are only aloud to come to the top after you have done a 23 hr shift !
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you a halifax guy jonah?
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You are male and you live in wakefield !......and you want to be top ?
jonah what do you mean?..... i can see the results of the poll so far at the top of the thread and i was simply asking if other people can, or since i started the poll, is it only me who can see it.... male, wakefield
......please tell me what has that to do with this topic.
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word of mouth way out in front at the moment guys. :D
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46 and counting .. lets get to 100
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:)
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when i 1st started i got lots of calls from a £10 advert in a parish magazine. Most of my work actually. Sometimes when i drive down a road and like the look of the properties i will leaflet them and get quite a good response from that too.
I personally don't door knock because i don't feel comfy doing it, but that is supposed to bring better results. I think doorknocking is more effective in towns where people are used to it, rather than villages where people think you are casing the joint out.
As time has gone on i now pick up most work by word of mouth. I still leaflet good looking houses though and now very few from the parish mag advert.
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To start off it has to be door knocking, and the best customer is her in doors. If you come across the male of the house it's normally a grunt "no thanks."
Leaflets have a very low percentage return as most people never look at it and just bin it.
Business cards I found work better.
But what comes tops is word of mouth, this is provided you do a good job. If customers are not refering you, then something you may need to think about is your work ethic.
Word of mouth is tops for me.
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good replies... word of mouth hands down in the poll still
heading towards 100
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300 people viewed come on lads 73 votes so far surely this will help us all ;)
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Just waiting on something and fingers crossed my new advertising venture will be on here for all to see. watch this space if i can pull it off
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word of mouth is great ,but it would take a very very long time to build a round on word of mouth .
canvassing is the obvious answer if you want fast results
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i agree but word of mouth is winning the votes here, i presume most who are voting already have established rounds, and are voting regarding what works best for themselves at present, and fair enough.
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leaflets anyday, as you can target the properties that you want to clean.
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Great post!! ::)
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thank you ;D
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We have a winner ::)