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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: sherco on April 04, 2008, 09:33:49 am

Title: Can you keep busy
Post by: sherco on April 04, 2008, 09:33:49 am

Can you guys manage to keep busy all week cc?

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: turneylogan on April 04, 2008, 11:39:49 am

Only started cc'ing as a standalone business in November last year and the answer is no. Hence the advertising spend. However, I only need 4 days worth of good jobs for it to be lucrative for me. November, half of December & 1st week of January were very busy. This year it has been very worrying. I would be interested to hear what the more established guys have to say.

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on April 04, 2008, 11:52:21 am

yes

i keep at the min two units flatout , and three agian from next week however this weeks been slow but im now takeing many calls in as the sun is shineing and makeing people feel happy again  ;D

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: Mike Halliday on April 04, 2008, 01:00:54 pm

what do you call busy? 8-5,  6 days a week?.

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: mark_roberts on April 04, 2008, 01:47:39 pm

Some people think their busy and only work to 2pm ::)

Unless you are very good at marketing and organising your marketing systems then like me you wait for the phone to ring.  Id say on average Im working 4.5 days a week first job at 9, home for around 5pm.

Having said that on Wednesday I had no jobs booked for next week but now have 4 full days.  Im never booked more than 2 weeks in advance but some seem to be booked 4-5 weeks in advance.  Its a funny old game.  Been at it for nearly 9 years.

Mark

PS. I think this year will be a difficult year esp for new starts so be careful how you market.

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: maxcarpets on April 04, 2008, 06:28:36 pm

Its not just CC, all business are up & down. You wont clean a carpet on Xmas day, but unless you book earley you wont get a table at a restaurant!
First week in Jan you will be hard pushed to get your carpets cleaned, no problem booking a table in a restauant!

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: spencer davies on April 04, 2008, 07:36:23 pm

It is difficult to maintain a good income for the first few years, we are booked (fully) for the next five weeks.

This is down to a large client base built up over the last 24 years and a continuing investment in marketing and management, we continue to try and dominate the area we are in +30 miles around.


Regards




S

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: mark shannon on April 04, 2008, 08:14:41 pm

Oh dear +30 miles nearly into my turf.

I saw one of your ad words ads for "carpet cleaning berkhamsted" should us cc north of London start worrying about SDCs service area..   ;D

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: spencer davies on April 04, 2008, 08:47:37 pm

What on earth is it doing up there?

I have even seen it on EBAY  ???


Regards



S

Title: Re: Can you keep busy
Post by: mark shannon on April 04, 2008, 08:53:36 pm

Dont worry i resisted the urge to click ;)