Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: darren Jones on March 09, 2009, 05:34:08 pm
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Hi folks,
Starting my own business in carpet cleaning and was looking for some advice regarding leaflets and design. I have spent hours designing my own and my missus looked at it yesterday and could not stop laughing. She never explained why.
On a different note Does anyone know the email address for dave from chorley. As i need to get in touch with him for some advice.
Many hanks
Darren
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As it is mostly women who book us carpet cleaners then my advice would be to ask INDEPENDENT women (not wives or close related) what there opinion is - what they like what they dislike, would they likely trash it in the bin or give a ring.
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try these guys and your misses will laugh no more.
http://carpetcleaningleaflets.com/
derek
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Funny but Stockport must have more carpet cleaners per square mile than anywhere else I know, there's loads of them on here are they planning to take over?
I live in Sheffield and apart from JasonL knowone in my immediate area comes on here, Paul from Kinder clean is closest I think.
Shaun
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Darren,
My e mail is: davlee62@hotmail.com
Dave.
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Darren look at your ideal customer audience and think what they want and design to them, don't guess it.
Shaun
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This is ours, we are having great results with it.
The actual quality is superb, A6 postcards, colour both sides cost £191 for 10,000 inc delivery from DP.
Mark
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thats a nice leaflet :)
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Nice leaflet Mark, does it do well? sort the chaff from the wheat with the prices on?
Shaun
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just looked again, prices too cheap to have a 3 FOR 2 OFFER
but still a nice leaflet ;)
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Average prices, usually add a little on to cover the freebie, always try and up sell with protector, average ticket £85.00 for 2 hours ish. Keeps me busy.
Delivered about 4000 now and had a good response i would guess 3 jobs per 1000 ish.
Mark
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try these guys and your misses will laugh no more.
http://carpetcleaningleaflets.com/
derek
How long do they normally take? I,m awaiting the art work to be done from these guys at the moment!
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Colin,
Last time i spoke t mark, he was working 7 am until 11 at night 7 days a week, and was struggling to keep up with demand, im sure once he gets chance to sort it he will. I have dealt with DP for some years and have always found there service to be second to none.
Mark
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Do you get much leather work from it? I think Steve Gunn does from his leaflet but still 3 per 1000 is good.
Is it from Mark at DP?
Shaun
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Which printers did you use Mark?
They're quite nice leaflets, presume A5 but what grade?
John
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Shaun
Your right with stockport c cleaners thats why its called the c cleaners graveyard ;D
Mark
Like your post cards with the price on and want to do that next starting with the web site and least it will stop the price shopers.
Sounds like it works for you so good on you
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I posted whilst he we typing but sounds like DP in Hull that's who I use also.
Shaun
PS Derek is yours on his site?
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Shaun,
Not had any leather work as yet just cleaning, my wife nicola says we have had more like 4 per 1000, she answers the phone and always asks where they have got our details from. Yes mate Mark fro DP hull.
John,
They are A6 Postcards 300 gsm.
Mark
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Clinton I think you'd have to get alot of traffic before putting prices on websites unless you charging £20 a room.
Shaun
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Shaun
Your right with stockport c cleaners thats why its called the c cleaners graveyard ;D
Mark
Like your post cards with the price on and want to do that next starting with the web site and least it will stop the price shopers.
Sounds like it works for you so good on you
I have always advertised prices on all leaflets and advertising even yellow pages, does seem to cut out all the timewasters, i know that not everyone agrees but it works for us.
Mark
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Mark, I'm just being impatient as usual.... If your leaflets are anything to go by, I think they're worth waiting for and I'll be using DP again and again!
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I would give him a call Colin he may have forgot about you mate.
Mark
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If it works then that is real world the rest is just guess work. What are the independent competition charging around you?
Shaun
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Mark
Think your the guy who posted last yr about prices in y pages.
Just think it gives them an idea of a price and being new to web sites and leaflets i want to start doing that :)
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It was only last week I asked him to design my leaflet Mark..... Told you I was impatient ;D ;D ;D
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If it works then that is real world the rest is just guess work. What are the independent competition charging around you?Shaun
I dont really have any competition Shaun, there was 2 other reputable cleaners in Halifax, i think one used to post on here.I havent seen or heard anything of either of them for at least 6 months so im not sure if they are still trading.There are Chem dry and Rainbow guys quite local but dont affect what we do.I like to work on £40 an hour when cleaning and spend 25 hours a week cleaning, i take leaflets out 2 hours aday with the wife so an average day is 7 hours, Mon-Fri.Mark
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If it works then that is real world the rest is just guess work. What are the independent competition charging around you?Shaun
I dont really have any competition Shaun, there was 2 other reputable cleaners in Halifax, i think one used to post on here.I havent seen or heard anything of either of them for at least 6 months so im not sure if they are still trading.There are Chem dry and Rainbow guys quite local but dont affect what we do.I like to work on £40 an hour when cleaning and spend 25 hours a week cleaning, i take leaflets out 2 hours aday with the wife so an average day is 7 hours then hour travelling or so, Mon-Fri.Mark
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Aren't there any silly priced cleaners?
Shaun
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To be honest im not sure, there is someone in YP offering lounge £16, Full 3 bed house inc oven for £80.
Not sure if they are based Halifax or Bradford. We never get leaflets through tho.
Mark
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Leaflets are underated but just a ball ache getting them out and keeping motivated, if I had a reliable source I'd do leaflets and keep local but the book fills with customers so mustn't grumble.
Shaun
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Same as shaun i need motivation and am now leafleting the houses where am working :)
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That's it Clinton you could offer them a more competitive quote then the one you have already given them.
Shaun
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;D
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Good you're getting out there Clinton. If you do the same things, you get the same results. I read that somewhere. :)
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Comfort zone that's what we get into, leafleting, adverts, same customers, same prices.
Shaun
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Fear is Your Friend
Oh that's getting too deep for a weekday. :-\
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Maybe we have had it too good then for us established guys as its def harder to get new work nowadays.
Dont know how the newbies get on with new work ???
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Mark
How do you classify a lounge
To Some people a Lounge can be 30feet X14feet
Would you do that for £40
Or is the word Average your get out clause
Very nice attractive post card
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The good thing about marks post card witht the prices is it stops the price shoppers and stops the wanting a carpet cleaned for 25 pounds :)
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Ian
That's one very small lounge or did you mean metres?
John
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Small lounge John 30 x 14, what houses do you work in mate?
Ian,
The average price is a spelling mistake it should be Min price ;D
Mark
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I had prices on my leaflet, here is a pic from the leaflet I used in 2005
note the bit at the bottom which says that the price is based on £2.60/m and the exact price will be given when surveyed
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When i used to put prices on my leaflets it always said,
" based on an average size 3 bed semi, room size 12x12. extra charge applies to larger areas