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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike Halliday on October 26, 2008, 11:02:17 am

Title: Jan & Feb
Post by: Mike Halliday on October 26, 2008, 11:02:17 am

with the talk about Xmas coming up I think its more important to start thinking about Jan & Feb

So...... prime every customers for cleaning at this time, tell them the truth, things tend to slow down a bit in Jan & Feb so you offer a number of special offers at this time, Tailor each special offer to them, if they have a leather suite tell them you do a special deal on leather cleaning, if you  only clean the downstairs tell you you are doing 3 bedrooms for the price of 2.

Tell them you'll  give them a ring in Jan & Feb to see if there is anything they need doing ( I say tell them not ask them )

if you wait until Jan, look at your diary and see its empty, it because you didn't do the ground work now ;) ;)

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Mike Osbourne on October 26, 2008, 02:24:46 pm

Nice one Mike

Jan/Feb does look scary at the moment.

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Mike Halliday on October 26, 2008, 02:36:38 pm

Mike it looks like I preaching a little bit, but every year in Jan & Feb we get people asking how to get work in the slow period and really we should plan for it now.

I've been stockpiling leaflets (even some special 'January discount'  leaflets from  this year  ) so I don't have the expense of buying them in Jan & Feb

might be worth sending out sales letters to hotels and restaurant or other places  who do Xmas parties trying to get work in Jan when its all finished

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on October 26, 2008, 02:46:17 pm

Sometimes it's worth advertising in the quiet times when you may not get the best results per % but it will keep you in work (providing you gat a decent return) you will be surprised that when you get naturally busier that some of these leaflets etc will call you in the busier periods, you nevere really lose out with marketing.

Shaun

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Mike Osbourne on October 26, 2008, 03:48:59 pm

Well I'll be taking these guys' advice, no point getting to the middle of Feb then posting had nothing and what should I do, cos it's too late then.

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: COLIN BRIGHT on October 26, 2008, 05:01:47 pm

fully booked in Jan and Feb ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



Sorry,just woke up but had the strangest dream.

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Russell Morgan on October 26, 2008, 05:39:03 pm

im in the process of sending out a few hundred letters and got 50,000 flyers going out in the next couple of weeks, its quite busy at the mo in my area for some reason ???

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on October 26, 2008, 05:50:23 pm

Was it a nightmare Colin? every job was a carpet cleaned for a fiver and buy one get one free ;D

Shaun

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Jon Tabbener on October 26, 2008, 09:09:37 pm

Has anyone got any good offers to go out on leaflets to get work in Jan & Feb

cheers

Jon
Eclipse Carpet Care

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Mike Halliday on October 26, 2008, 09:13:48 pm

how about these ;)

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: Jon Tabbener on October 26, 2008, 09:42:54 pm

Thanks Mike

I've just had my 1st 10,000 leaflets printed & i'm using 2 of those offers aleady  ;D , that was thanks to one of your leaflets you sent me a while back.

Many Thanks

Jon

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: clinton on October 27, 2008, 07:48:50 am

Same here i have had some printed and dell last week and used two of the offers that mike gave me.

Had mine done by dp of hull and the quality was top  :)

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: brian willis on October 27, 2008, 04:43:09 pm

same here had 10000 done by dp spot on.
mine are pink. yes pink.

Title: Re: Jan & Feb
Post by: David_Annable on October 27, 2008, 06:52:30 pm

Hi

I find Jan & Feb quite relaxing, is it just me?

Dave