Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: spark1 on November 09, 2008, 08:09:34 pm
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Some of us wont be working tomorrow ::) what a bummer.
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We will whatever the weather, got bills n wages to pay
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does look shocking tomorrow but i will still be out, why is it that when i go lazy for a week, the week after is always bad weather???!!
I need to start making more hay while the sun shines eh :(
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if its anything like tonight where i am there no chance rains
torrential and high winds. went out alittle earlier put my pole
up against my house i nearly bloody took off like mary sodding
poppins :o
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wash out i reckon................. >:(
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We will whatever the weather, got bills n wages to pay
Same here.
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Agreed anything like tonight then its a no show..
If its light rain and light wind then i will.
I'll still be out flyering if i cant get any work done thou..
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Agreed anything like tonight then its a no show..
If its light rain and light wind then i will.
I'll still be out flyering if i cant get any work done thou..
Ink runs on flyers though when i tried that... :(
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does look shocking tomorrow but i will still be out, why is it that when i go lazy for a week, the week after is always bad weather???!!
I need to start making more hay while the sun shines eh :(
Ditto :(
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Ink runs on flyers though when i tried that... :(
If theres a will theres a way Sean, I laminate all my flyers. It makes a huge difference to the resonse rate, and the customer is far more likely to read and keep the flyer as it is not so easy to just screw it up and throw it in the bin!!! ;)
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Well I have just rung 2 houses and asked them to leave padlocks off the gates, so £32 earned tomorrow at least.
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Anywhere near the suoth i dobt it`ll be worth it.
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I will be working whatever the weather as usual, I will wear my waterproof leggings, wellies, barbour jacket and hat, and I will be just fine!!! ;D
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Agreed anything like tonight then its a no show..
If its light rain and light wind then i will.
I'll still be out flyering if i cant get any work done thou..
Ink runs on flyers though when i tried that... :(
i have good quality gloss laminated flyers (and will be using a waterpoof "man bag") :P
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Tomorrow I will mainly be.......
Tiding the van
Catching up on late payers.
Book keeping
redisigning some adverts.
Catching up recorded telly and movies...
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Tomorrow I will mainly be.......
Tiding the van
Catching up on late payers.
Book keeping
redisigning some adverts.
Catching up recorded telly and movies...
Thats weekend work!!! ;)
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Ill be on my way to disney land paris so have fun guys ;D
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Ink runs on flyers though when i tried that... :(
If theres a will theres a way Sean, I laminate all my flyers. It makes a huge difference to the resonse rate, and the customer is far more likely to read and keep the flyer as it is not so easy to just screw it up and throw it in the bin!!! ;)
try laminating 1000 a week :) takes me long enough to print, cut and count, im not laminating in with that !!!
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although it is an idea i havent thought of, :) maybe i will laminate some for rainy days :)
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Well in my opinion it is well worth the effort Sean, I get about a 10% response rate from my laminated flyers, and I've even had people phone me up to say that they already have a window cleaner but they are very impressed with my leaflets and will be keeping them in case they need me in the future. I don't deliver mine in those kind of quantities, I only target large houses these days, but I have recently started putting out 100 a week all laminated and have picked up some excellent work. Most of your 1000 leaflets will end up in the bin and not even read, try laminating them and I guarantee you will see a big difference in your response rate! ;)
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Well in my opinion it is well worth the effort Sean, I get about a 10% response rate from my laminated flyers, and I've even had people phone me up to say that they already have a window cleaner but they are very impressed with my leaflets and will be keeping them in case they need me in the future. I don't deliver mine in those kind of quantities, I only target large houses these days, but I have recently started putting out 100 a week all laminated and have picked up some excellent work. Most of your 1000 leaflets will end up in the bin and not even read, try laminating them and I guarantee you will see a big difference in your response rate! ;)
I only post in areas i want work :) and my response rate is equally good if not higher sometimes, however i will laminate for times when i need too - rain, otherwise, i get a good rate of calls anyway, in fact my phone was non stop last 2 weeks just from 300 leaflets :)
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Well in my opinion it is well worth the effort Sean, I get about a 10% response rate from my laminated flyers, and I've even had people phone me up to say that they already have a window cleaner but they are very impressed with my leaflets and will be keeping them in case they need me in the future. I don't deliver mine in those kind of quantities, I only target large houses these days, but I have recently started putting out 100 a week all laminated and have picked up some excellent work. Most of your 1000 leaflets will end up in the bin and not even read, try laminating them and I guarantee you will see a big difference in your response rate! ;)
Well I took your advice on the Harris Pole, which was and is great, I think I will get myself some laminated flyers.
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Possibly post of the month Groundhog! Laminated flyers! customers must be more reluctant to throw em away.
These are just the ideas that keep this site fresh, someone on here yesterday posted that everything has been said/done. Cheers :)
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Possibly post of the month Groundhog! Laminated flyers! customers must be more reluctant to throw em away.
These are just the ideas that keep this site fresh, someone on here yesterday posted that everything has been said/done. Cheers :)
Thanks woofie and Paul, in my opinion laminating leaflets especially for higher end customers is well worth the effort. It can be time consuming, but what I do is print off a 100 or so flyers A5 size, then I sit on my sofa watching the tv and put the flyers through the laminating machine while I sit there. You can get a laminator from wh smiths for about £10 and I buy my laminating pouches from Binding Bazaar, www.bindingbazaar.com and I use the A5 250 micron size, its not the cheapest way of doing things, but I find the extra customers I pick up from doing this makes it more than worth while!!! :)
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Well in my opinion it is well worth the effort Sean, I get about a 10% response rate from my laminated flyers, and I've even had people phone me up to say that they already have a window cleaner but they are very impressed with my leaflets and will be keeping them in case they need me in the future. I don't deliver mine in those kind of quantities, I only target large houses these days, but I have recently started putting out 100 a week all laminated and have picked up some excellent work. Most of your 1000 leaflets will end up in the bin and not even read, try laminating them and I guarantee you will see a big difference in your response rate! ;)
groundhog
do you print and laminate your own flyers?
just wandering what it costs , and whether it is cheaper to get them done , or print myself
daz
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posted before i read above post .
daz
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Possibly post of the month Groundhog! Laminated flyers! customers must be more reluctant to throw em away.
These are just the ideas that keep this site fresh, someone on here yesterday posted that everything has been said/done. Cheers :)
Thanks woofie and Paul, in my opinion laminating leaflets especially for higher end customers is well worth the effort. It can be time consuming, but what I do is print off a 100 or so flyers A5 size, then I sit on my sofa watching the tv and put the flyers through the laminating machine while I sit there. You can get a laminator from wh smiths for about £10 and I buy my laminating pouches from Binding Bazaar, www.bindingbazaar.com and I use the A5 250 micron size, its not the cheapest way of doing things, but I find the extra customers I pick up from doing this makes it more than worth while!!! :)
I've decided to give this a try - I use A5 glossy colour flyers with a photograph of me in action - in better days they return about 2-3% without doorknocking and up to 20% with. Recently this has dropped to maybe 0.2 or 0.3% and 10% max with doorknocking.
I'll see how much difference laminating them makes.
I checked out Binding Bazaar, their price was £36.12 for 500x250micron inc vat and delivery. Found some on e-bay - same spec for £28.95. Quality Laminating Supplies