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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: petski2 on March 12, 2009, 08:32:39 pm

Title: Best form of advertising.
Post by: petski2 on March 12, 2009, 08:32:39 pm
Ok guys and gals which has worked best for you? :D
We are already in Yellow Pages,done leaflet dropping,done leaflets in shop windows,no good at the old face to face business lol ::)
I know some will say knock on doors etc but believe me lol I would put off potential customers with the way i talk ::)
Anyhow its the con roof and upvc side we are wanting to push so any input as to best results from ads would be great :D

Thanks in advance...Pete
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: DaveG on March 12, 2009, 08:35:54 pm
Have you got a sign written van?
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: Nathanael Jones on March 12, 2009, 08:55:32 pm
Have you got a sign written van?

Best money you can spend on advertising!
Also a high vis vest/jacket with your company details on the back works wonders and only costs a few quid.
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 12, 2009, 09:01:02 pm
Ok guys and gals which has worked best for you? :D

... no good at the old face to face business lol ::)

I know some will say knock on doors etc but believe me lol I would put off potential customers with the way i talk ::)

Thanks in advance...Pete

You're putting yourself down Pete. You come across perfectly lucidly on here and that will come across to your potential custies.

Dress smart, smile wide and leave a card - that's it. They may not say yes there and then but they will later. (When they see your sign written van!)
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: jouk45 on March 12, 2009, 09:01:22 pm
get your buisness on gumtree, i get loads of work from it, better than any advertisment i have ever done, and it is all completley free, and no after sales calls like the rest of them
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: sparklebright on March 12, 2009, 09:03:16 pm
Ok guys and gals which has worked best for you? :D

... no good at the old face to face business lol ::)

I know some will say knock on doors etc but believe me lol I would put off potential customers with the way i talk ::)

Thanks in advance...Pete

You're puting yourself down Pete. You come across perfectly lucidly on here and that will come across to your potential custies.

Dress smart, smile wide and leave a card - that's it. They may not say yes there and then but they will later. (When they see your sign written van!)
I agree, people are after a window cleaner not a Lawyer, so as long as your polite you'll be fine.
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: petski2 on March 12, 2009, 09:59:27 pm
Cheers for the answers guys,old van was sign written but part exed it recently so gonna get this new one signed soon.
Lol I type sooooooo much better than I talk ;D

Will have a look at gumtree.
Once again many thanks guys

Pete
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: geefree on March 12, 2009, 10:00:59 pm
hey pete, how did you go on with that quote?

did you ring me last saturday morning, and leave a message,..withheld... but sounded like you ?

 ;)
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: peter holley on March 12, 2009, 10:12:17 pm
for window cleaning i go door knocking...for pushing upvc and con roofs, i do leaflet drops.....and i target houses that need the gutters and fascias cleaned or houses for sale, etc,.... i offer afree window clean with every fascia and gutter clean :o all tied in the price ... ofcoarse....lol ::)
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: mileslake on March 12, 2009, 10:28:25 pm
leaflets. Done very well. Prepare for the knockers.       10000  plus a few magazine adverts produced £25k p.a.  in 14 months. Never canvassed once.


Vast majority from leaflets. plus the rest  from www   and yell. com.     all are good.   leaflets the best. You get good customers thru leaflets.
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: petski2 on March 13, 2009, 09:43:06 am
Thanks again guys.
Gazza no I didnt ring you mate.
Left the lady a quote but quoted a little above normal as we would have had to get hold of a triple from somewhere and she hasnt got back to us :(
Thanks anyway Gaz.
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: NWH on March 13, 2009, 07:01:11 pm
leaflets. Done very well. Prepare for the knockers.       10000  plus a few magazine adverts produced £25k p.a.  in 14 months. Never canvassed once.


Vast majority from leaflets. plus the rest  from www   and yell. com.     all are good.   leaflets the best. You get good customers thru leaflets.
A weeks wages this bloke works for YELL.COM.
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: mileslake on March 13, 2009, 09:00:37 pm
No only about £2,000 p.a.  from yell.com .  Same from website. The rest from leaflets and recos from leaflet customers.
Title: Re: Best form of advertising.
Post by: ftp on March 14, 2009, 06:29:19 am
Figures can be misleading - i got £1000 last year from one business card. It's the number of jobs we should be looking at not the turnover.

If Yell.com got me one job of £2000 all year then that's great.......... or is it? One job from them is pathetic really.