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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Roger Slater on August 29, 2008, 07:46:53 pm
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Sorry if ive left people out but these are the best names IMO.
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I wouldnt use any of them.
I would like to use, Mr Bit Window Cleaning
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those names are all rubbish in my opinion west yorkshire windows is the best
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those names are all rubbish in my opinion west yorkshire windows is the best
West Yorkshire you say ? . . . . . whereabouts ?
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There all too long, best are always single word and doesn’t have to mean anything.
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Pay a company to do it , instead of trying to get things done on the cheap ::)
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best one ive seen is a company called aqua kadabra which means magic water
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None of the above, how about:
* C thru windows
* Windowswashed
* Easy Clean
* Sea Moor (Good for Devon) ;)
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what a great tribute lol :D
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Bodgitt and Leggitt.
We ain't going to vote for you, as it's your poll you cheeky sod! ;D
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Sorry if ive left people out but these are the best names IMO.
Thank you ;)
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versaclean???? ;D ;D
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Sorry if ive left people out but these are the best names IMO.
Thank you ;)
i voted for windowwashers , but i think its the logo website and name combined that sells
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Sorry if ive left people out but these are the best names IMO.
Thank you ;)
If Carslberg did window cleaners, they would be called Reflections ;D ;D
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personally i like using my own name as my company name but i like the name window washers the best as i think its most suited for wfp
i wished i thought of the name before Ian ;D
Brett
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xxx : Probably the best Window Cleaner in the world.
Saw a Gardener who had that on his van (But then Gardener ofcourse), thought it was excellent.
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Streaky Clean. ;D
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Sorry if ive left people out but these are the best names IMO.
Thank you ;)
If Carslberg did window cleaners, they would be called Reflections ;D ;D
Nah to common :P
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Streaky Clean. ;D
Rog are you a transvetite ?
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Streaky Clean. ;D
Rog are you a transvetite ?
No, a transvestite.
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Streaky Clean. ;D
Rog are you a transvetite ?
No, a transvestite.
That was quick I have to admit Rog.
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Do you all realise there's no mods on here now? ;D
Trev hasn't been seen in ages, and Gilesy...well I can't say too much, but he won't be here very often at all for a while...
Tosh might tell you if you're nice.
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i think my business name is the best in the market OK cleaning service ltd 15 whole years and still going strong
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Ladderless Window Cleaner to commen
Window Washers does what it says on the tin
Wally The Window Washer just plain silly but folk will remember it
Reflection Window Cleaning dont make sence. mirrors reflect not windows. o.k some windows do to if the light is right but if you played mallets mallets and timmy mallet said 'refeliction' you would say 'mirror'
Eco Window Cleaning wfp is far from eco friendly.
my dads company have what i think is a great name. 4 corners cleaning ltd
but why ask such a personal question? this thread is crying out for people to slate the company names of some very nice chaps who regulay post helpfull coments on here??
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To me, the name is irrelevant.
Its what you build BEHIND that name that counts.
Examples -
Google - you want to know something? 'google it'
M&S - quality products...but at a premium
Aldi - cheap, but not necessarily inferior quality
Intial Services - the name means nothing...the 'brand' speaks volumes.
OCS - well, do I need to say any more?
Heres just one more....
Ratners Jewelers - a joke. inferior quality. crap product. overpriced.
The name in and of itself means very little. Its what YOU build onto that name. Nobody had heard of Google before Google MADE you remember their name ;)
Ratners was a well established high street jeweler until the MD made his famous (infamous!) speech. He destroyed the 'brand' overnight.
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Eco Window Cleaning wfp is far from eco friendly.
Ohh you are so very wrong my friend 60% of my water comes from rainwater harvesting.
Because of the bucket loads of rain weve been having lately means im using 100% of the rainwater at the minute.
I have 2 x 1000 litre ibcs full of rainwater. :-*
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I think shammy davis Jnr is one of the best I've seen.
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One I saw in ireland I liked (although they are gardeners you get the idea) was "The Happy Gardeners co" Always stuck in my mind that one simple but effective.
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It is not eco at all, what about the cost of transporting the weight of the water, surely the most eco method is to use the customers own water.
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Eco Window Cleaning wfp is far from eco friendly.
Ohh you are so very wrong my friend 60% of my water comes from rainwater harvesting.
Because of the bucket loads of rain weve been having lately means im using 100% of the rainwater at the minute.
I have 2 x 1000 litre ibcs full of rainwater. :-*
Is resin environmentally friendly?
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It is not eco at all, what about the cost of transporting the weight of the water, surely the most eco method is to use the customers own water.
Are you trad or wfp?
The eco bit is meant to imply that we use pure water not fairy, and i carpet clean too using micro splitters which are very eco friendly. Do your home work before opening it.
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wfp
I thought of the eco angle , but if you need a shell tanker following you around then how can it be.
The most eco round would be have all your jobs within walking distance and use wooden ladders from local sustainable scources.
also this would give you virtually 99% gross profit.
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Bodgitt and Leggitt.
We ain't going to vote for you, as it's your poll you cheeky sod! ;D
Well somebody has you Gonk.... :P
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wfp
I thought of the eco angle , but if you need a shell tanker following you around then how can it be.
The most eco round would be have all your jobs within walking distance and use wooden ladders from local sustainable scources.
also this would give you virtually 99% gross profit.
I can not believe you are basically slating wfp as non eco friendly, are you trying to give wfp a bad name?
For the newbies on here your not sending out the right signal to noise ratio dave.
And how many wfp operators use harvested rainwater? "do you dave"
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Might as well call yourself greenpeace window cleaning! The eco thing is just a gimmick but is it lost on the general public. Do they really care that you are eco friendly. Out of the list on the poll I actually think window washers is the best. Straight to the point you know what the company does - washes windows. I suppose from a marketing point of view that one is the easiest to promote - I like it. (don't tell Ian I said that though - his ego will be through the roof!!!)
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wfp
I thought of the eco angle , but if you need a shell tanker following you around then how can it be.
The most eco round would be have all your jobs within walking distance and use wooden ladders from local sustainable scources.
also this would give you virtually 99% gross profit.
I can not believe you are basically slating wfp as non eco friendly, are you trying to give wfp a bad name?
For the newbies on here your not sending out the right signal to noise ratio dave.
And how many wfp operators use harvested rainwater? "do you dave"
In some ways dave is more eco friendly than you and I. He is DI only therefore no waste water! Don't know about you but sometimes when I see what goes down the drain waste wise it does get me down.
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wfp
I thought of the eco angle , but if you need a shell tanker following you around then how can it be.
The most eco round would be have all your jobs within walking distance and use wooden ladders from local sustainable scources.
also this would give you virtually 99% gross profit.
I can not believe you are basically slating wfp as non eco friendly, are you trying to give wfp a bad name?
For the newbies on here your not sending out the right signal to noise ratio dave.
And how many wfp operators use harvested rainwater? "do you dave"
wfp isn't realy that eco friendly even if you harvest rain water, because of what Dave said, you consume more fuel and your van wears more, so in the end, wfp isn't as eco friendly as trad. (If you want to be nitpicky) Eco is just cashing in on a buzzword nowadays, eco this, green this, global warming that. I don't see how you can be Eco with window cleaning. If you had an electric van, okay.
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to be fair it didnt even cross my mind about it being eco friendly by your name, so i doubt it would to the public either
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If you had an electric van, okay.
Thats not 'green' though. Electricity production is not eco-friendly in any way whatsoever.
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Don't know about you but sometimes when I see what goes down the drain waste wise it does get me down.
The rain water does go down the drain if you don't harvest it lololol Therefore i dont wast water or use it from the tap very often. If water metering becomes compulsory in the future then you will all have to switch to harvesting or back to the bucket squad ;D
Also i run my van on bio diesel which is very eco friendly.
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Don't know about you but sometimes when I see what goes down the drain waste wise it does get me down.
The rain water does go down the drain if you don't harvest it lololol Therefore i dont wast water or use it from the tap very often. If water metering becomes compulsory in the future then you will all have to switch to harvesting or back to the bucket squad ;D
That makes no sense. I was talking about the waste from the ro! Also what about the filters etc? You cant recycle them so what about that. Really it's all swings and roundabouts. As tim said Eco is just a buzz word. Harvesting a bit of rain water wont do a thing to reduce your carbon footprint. Weigh up all the factors and in reality nether methods are more eco friendly than the other.
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If you had an electric van, okay.
Thats not 'green' though. Electricity production is not eco-friendly in any way whatsoever.
Oh yea, of course haha
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a name is irrelevant, its how you market and brand build. Me and Ian (window washers) were debating it the other day, he seems to think his name would have an advantage over say something like mine which means nothing to do with window cleaning.
I pointed out a few well known brands that have a name that doesn't pinpoint what the product is. If you want to be big enough where by your are the only/first name people think of when they need window cleaning then you need to have a hugely powerful advertising campaign to do it. it wouldn't matter what that name is because it would be drummed in so hard it would be connected to your business anyway.
But lets face it most of us on here arn't gonna conquer world domination in Window Cleaning so its pretty irrelevant anyways. but just to go over this anyway.
The few well known brands i pointed out were
levis
coca cola
morrisons
tesco's
and play station
he said play station is exactly what it is, i said it wern't, it would be called game console or arcade console. or something that connects it to arcade games. if you heard the word play station and you didn't know what it was for how many would guess its a games console? it could be a kids toy or even something a little erotic for the missus! ;D who knows??
but the power of brand building is where you seperate yourself from your competition, while we are on the subject of playstations does anyone remember the advertising campaign they produced? when it was launched they had the word playstion and the 4 symbols together in all the media. the circle, square, triangle and cross. all it was for months was the word playstation and the symbols, kept drumming it in to your head then after they done that they took the word playstation away and just played with the 4 symbols. I remeber seeing a picture of a settee in a magazine which had 3 cushions that where shaped in a circle, triangle and a square. they then had a seatbelt/harness that showed the cross. there were lots of different variations to this as well. that is the power of heavy advertising to be able to play with people in such a way that your brand is so strong they only need the slightest inkling that is connected to your brand that they know what it is.
So in summary its not the name its the brand that sells ;) ;D ;D
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So in summary its not the name its the brand that sells ;) ;D ;D
Very true although i think Ians name gets the best of both worlds. Brand Identity is the thing that you need to build regardless of name but in ians case his name makes it easier to build the brand identity. The name explains exactly what he does.
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Don't know about you but sometimes when I see what goes down the drain waste wise it does get me down.
The rain water does go down the drain if you don't harvest it lololol Therefore i dont wast water or use it from the tap very often. If water metering becomes compulsory in the future then you will all have to switch to harvesting or back to the bucket squad ;D
That makes no sense. I was talking about the waste from the ro! Also what about the filters etc? You cant recycle them so what about that. Really it's all swings and roundabouts. As tim said Eco is just a buzz word. Harvesting a bit of rain water wont do a thing to reduce your carbon footprint. Weigh up all the factors and in reality nether methods are more eco friendly than the other.
What on earth are you dribbling on aboot ;D
I don't think you get the point, harvesting rainwater is a very eco friendly thing to do.
Because it take massive amounts of electricity to get the water to your tap, eg: Water treatment plants, hugh pumps etc..
If im not using much tap water then my carbon footprint is reducing my friend and you cant grasp the Eco concept.
I suggest you look at this and you might just get it.. www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/waterres/287169/286587/511050/
As for the ro unit you can recycle the pre filters as i have done it.
And as for the waste water from the RO, "That waste would have been waste anyway if i didnt harvest."
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If you think lugging about a 2 ton van with an extra ton of water in the back, not to mention the rescoursces that go into make your hoses, poles pumps etc is ECO, you are mistaken.
Biodeisel , well the jury is still out on that one, all it seems to do is to take away fields from food crops, there for forcing up food prices, to run one car for a year probably takes up 1 acre field.
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So in summary its not the name its the brand that sells ;) ;D ;D
Very true although i think Ians name gets the best of both worlds. Brand Identity is the thing that you need to build regardless of name but in ians case his name makes it easier to build the brand identity. The name explains exactly what he does.
you can still gain the same recognition by stating what your business does regardless of the name itself, Its all down to the advertising!
Also you then don't limit yourself to one avenue either if you wish to diversify.
look at Virgin?
Virgin Coca Cola
Virgin Credit Cards
Virgin Records
Virgin Airliners
etc etc..
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This is why trad is far superior to wfp = Wfp takes maybe 500 litres of water daily , trad on the other hand takes only a couple of gallons ! 8)
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Don't know about you but sometimes when I see what goes down the drain waste wise it does get me down.
The rain water does go down the drain if you don't harvest it lololol Therefore i dont wast water or use it from the tap very often. If water metering becomes compulsory in the future then you will all have to switch to harvesting or back to the bucket squad ;D
That makes no sense. I was talking about the waste from the ro! Also what about the filters etc? You cant recycle them so what about that. Really it's all swings and roundabouts. As tim said Eco is just a buzz word. Harvesting a bit of rain water wont do a thing to reduce your carbon footprint. Weigh up all the factors and in reality nether methods are more eco friendly than the other.
What on earth are you dribbling on aboot ;D
I don't think you get the point, harvesting rainwater is a very eco friendly thing to do.
Because it take massive amounts of electricity to get the water to your tap, eg: Water treatment plants, hugh pumps etc..
If im not using much tap water then my carbon footprint is reducing my friend and you cant grasp the Eco concept.
I suggest you look at this and you might just get it.. www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/waterres/287169/286587/511050/
As for the ro unit you can recycle the pre filters as i have done it.
And as for the waste water from the RO, "That waste would have been waste anyway if i didnt harvest."
Oh LOL you mis understood me. Read my post again and you MIGHT get what i meant.
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Dave you should work for the environment agency, i think your knowledge on our eco system is second to none. ;D
Lets have a poll
If im wrong i will shut up.
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i also think window washers is the best on here. Especially with the .com bit added on his van. The orange background is also distinctive and eyecatching too.
Others that i think are very good
mywindowcleaner.com
ourwindowcleaner.com
thewindowcleaner.com
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Know somone round here who uses the name " Mr Wishy Washy " ;D
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mywindowcleaner.com
ourwindowcleaner.com
thewindowcleaner.com
All registered, It really grinds my pole that individuals and companies buy up these domain names and have no intentions of using them but to sell them on at a profit.
People like www.tomcruise.com can have there domain names protected so why cant genuine tax registered window cleaners do the same or for that matter any genuine business.
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Looks like Reflection Window Cleaning is going to win.
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I just use my surname and tack "Services" on the end of it. When I first became self-employed (due to unemployment), window cleaning was not my only source of income. I was also doing some bits of work on a self-employed basis for an advertising company. Additionally, I was renting myself out to various places to do ad hoc driving work. Those three things are fairly diverse and "Services" was a catch all name suggested by the accountant I went to (I'm still with him 17 years later).. At that time, I had no idea which way my work life was heading. Gradually the window cleaning took over from the other bits of work until it became my full time occupation. Then I started a business account in the same name. It would just be a load of hassle to change it.
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well you know
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i like reflection window cleaners but i have my mind set on clear vision, i know somebody already has this but there a long way from me ive done umpteen searches.....
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i like reflection window cleaners but i have my mind set on clear vision, i know somebody already has this but there a long way from me ive done umpteen searches.....
Doesnt matter you can still use that name or I stand to be corrected ( again ) . ;D
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This is why trad is far superior to wfp = Wfp takes maybe 500 litres of water daily , trad on the other hand takes only a couple of gallons ! 8)
You dont have to use massive ammounts of water, I often use a third of a bucket of water to clean the glass only of an average house. I only carry about 50 litres in the van.
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im very good with water now too Jeff, I can do a domestic day with 150-200ltrs even though ive got a 500ltr tank. on commercials though its the whole 500 and often more
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This is very close between reflection and window washers i will keep the poll open for another couple of days.
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Come on people nearly 500 views and only 40 votes so far.
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perhaps we should have had more options on this as per view its obvious most are not impressed with any..
sorry but look at the stats.
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I like Crystal Clear.
A common name (as is Squeaky Clean), but common for a reason.
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mine is best anyway... but uts a secret
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This is very close between reflection and window washers i will keep the poll open for another couple of days.
Reflections name is not fair there are about 13 of them on here lol :'( there is only one of me. WW goes off crying into his coffee ;D
perhaps we should have had more options on this as per view its obvious most are not impressed with any..
sorry but look at the stats.
could be me,Matt, jeff, jackie and roger keep coming back to look
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We need a bookmaker here. Place your bets now. ;D
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no AZTEC WINDOW CLEANING in the votes then!?