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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: drive surgeon on October 27, 2008, 05:26:58 pm

Title: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: drive surgeon on October 27, 2008, 05:26:58 pm: does anyone drop in leaflets or business cards at business estates with units or factories? just wondered if you get much response as some industrial esates need cleaning badly!
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: darrenbale on October 27, 2008, 05:28:53 pm: We get some response from doing this, although I generally just target estates where we already customers, that way they are already familiar with our company being around.
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: drive surgeon on October 27, 2008, 05:31:37 pm: cheers darren will give it a try.
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: darrenbale on October 27, 2008, 05:32:02 pm: no probs.
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: darrenbale on October 27, 2008, 05:32:24 pm: where are you based by the way?
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: drive surgeon on October 27, 2008, 05:34:46 pm: merseyside. :)
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: drive surgeon on October 28, 2008, 10:37:20 am: was going to head off today with my leaflets and cards to industrial estates but i got an ear infection and im off work, gutted! :'(

there is snow on the way so im not expecting any calls! :-\
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: darrenbale on November 04, 2008, 02:11:36 pm: hows the ear doing now?
have you got out there and done some cold-calliing yet?
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: drive surgeon on November 04, 2008, 04:39:42 pm: hi darren, yes i have been cold calling around a few business estates, no response as yet but im not expecting much at this point really. im trying allsorts to get work at the mo! :o
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: darrenbale on November 04, 2008, 06:47:52 pm: yh i know the feeling mate.

I found that it takes a few weeks to get any response from places, sometimes it helps to go back again.
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: drive surgeon on November 04, 2008, 10:18:30 pm: yeah well i might send them another letter in the post, keep pestering them hey! its weird cos sometimes i can i leaflet a street for years and get no response, then the next year i could get 5 people wanting it?? you never know. the more they see your leaflets the more chance you got!
Title: Re: anyone get much response cold calling around factories and business estates?
Post by: darrenbale on November 04, 2008, 11:23:07 pm: i think its a physcological thing, they see your name a few times and subconsciously that builds trust in their mind.