Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: clinton on December 13, 2008, 06:09:17 pm
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Just been thinking with the new year only a few weeks away what are your plans for getting work in the new year ???
I know from last year that i had a steady jan and feb but a v quiet march :o
Is anyone going to get another service to go with c cleaning to just top the money up and to fill in the quiet days ???
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Database going out for the 5th Jan, leaflets 25th ish so hope to be very busy, going to have another go at putting another van on the road, made a balls of it last time.
Shaun
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Yes I've got someone who wants to work as and when, he's a retired BT engineer who I take out on jobs, BT engineers retire at 60 so he's not doddery.
Shaun
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BT engineers retire at 60 so he's not doddery.
Shaun
You just lifted me up Shaun.
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Shaun
Might have to do the same with mail shots :)
Are you going to get someone to run your other van then ???
no Clinton he's going to drive 2 vans ;D
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doddery?
is that a ken dod euthenism?
good with a tickling stick?
did he? no doddy.
derek
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going to have another go at putting another van on the road, made a balls of it last time.
Shaun
Brave man. It must be possible though, and at some stage you're earning without wanding.
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Hi
I agree with Shaun that the best was to get next year going is Database & Leaflets.
Dave
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So do the leaflets go out before or after Christmas
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Why would you do that shaun. It doesnt matter how busy you are, you will cut your total work load in half putting a new van on the road.
This type of business is not scalable like most others. Another van is an option when you are turning away more than 50% of enquires.
A business expands to meet demand. Not expand then create demand.
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Ian
Nothing much hapens the first week in Jan, so for me 2nd week in Jan.
Dave
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My plans for jan are 20,000 leaflets. And send out brochures to resaurants, hotels, B&Bs and get the last six months of work on the database and write to them. If that doesn't work I'm going to panic very loudly.
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This business to some extent is seasonal so the first 6 months of the year isn't as 'phone busy' as the second 6 months.
I turned down or can't do work all of the time so to fill the gaps a part time van will be used and also to go into pressure washing I can service my customers with another add on.
Shaun
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just got my first jan booking, the 6th. and 3 jobs between xmas and new year.
is that good for a newbie?
derek
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Excellent, I've got 5th - 7th booked but nothing between Xmas and New Year as I'm having a break, hopefully I'll be driving around in my new present that I wrote to Santa for, or I could get those boxer shorts again :'(
Shaun
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did you ask for a sinclair C5 as well.
fingers crossed.
derek
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Zx81
Shaun
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This business to some extent is seasonal so the first 6 months of the year isn't as 'phone busy' as the second 6 months.
I turned down or can't do work all of the time so to fill the gaps a part time van will be used and also to go into pressure washing I can service my customers with another add on.
Shaun
Why not have the other guy dueling along with yourself, you would be twice as productive, you have a buddy to talk to, you dont have to pay for a second van and can keep a beady eye on his work.
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He's pay as you go ok I'll have a van for him but he's casual and is happy to be and doesn't want a 40 hour working week every week, also you can be too quick at peoples homes.
The purpose of him is to sweep up the customers that want a job doing quickly and also pressure washing, he can do a £150 job at 10am in the morning and be back home for 1pm, he gets paid I get profit and a customer for later.
Shaun
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oooo prey tell?
Shaun
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That's a good idea Clinton, realistically you are all set up to do it just need the poles, a camera on them would be a great selling tool.
Shaun
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Have a guy working for me doing all the cc, he is pay as you go too,
works for me as i have quite a lot of contract cleaning,
gives me more time to run and market the business,
contract cleaning helps the c/cleaning and vice versa,
all my contracts have about 500 employees between them, so get custom that way
also when doing carpets we get chatting and get contracts from them for their workplace ;)
My tech is 63 ex chemdry empolyee, cleaning for 15 years now, and fit as a fiddle, owns 2 houses, so its a bonus for him
Andrew