Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ben Peters on April 16, 2009, 09:01:30 pm
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Hi people, just joined recently and have been reading many many good posts seems to be quite a lot of very experienced CC on here...I am going now 1 year and still going strong ;D....At the moment I am looking at various ways of promoting my business.
Anyway im looking into giving promo spotters away with cleans all labelled up with company details and the whole spree...have any of you tried this and did you think it worked?
What I would like was to get the bottles as cheap as (if anyone else is after any then we could order together and hopefully get a good bulk discount) with a good quality printed label.
I am using M-Power as my main cleaning solution and was thinking of diluting it for the promo spotters....does like sound like a good plan or do any of you do anythink better/different?
Any help or advise appreicated :)
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http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=72103.0;all
all you need to know and more.
derek
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Ben
Have you raised the point of using M-Power as a diluted spotter give away on Cleantalk forum?
I think (but maybe wrong) that once diluted it has a limited shelf life.
Just a thought, no point giving something away and it dont work - you will be remembered for the wrong reasons.
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i've been offering spotters for retail for a number of years & it works very well for me, i get the solution, 500ml bottle with labels with me info on etc, works out at £1.91-ish a bottle, i sell them on for £8- each.. thats about £6.09-ish profit... & your contact details are always in their kitchen cuboard... charlie ;D
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Charlie
Dereks doing them at the mo to sell on not sure what chemical he has ordered to use in them ???
What solution do you use then and whats the shelf life ???
cheers
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me spotters, solution & labels all come from me supplier, i don't make anything up apart from sticking the self adhesive labels on... pheeeeeeeeewwww!!!! i have to get myself in the right mood for that.. charlie
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clinton, the solution in them comes from world of clean "solutions" eco spotter.. me wife uses it in house & i get a good feed back from me customers.. charlie ;)
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Nice one charlie :)
Not a bad add on then trouble is i would and have ended up giving them away when i did them years ago ::)
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Ben
Have you raised the point of using M-Power as a diluted spotter give away on Cleantalk forum?
I think (but maybe wrong) that once diluted it has a limited shelf life.
Just a thought, no point giving something away and it dont work - you will be remembered for the wrong reasons.
Joe
As long as its diluted with distilled water it should be ok
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Charlie
Had a look at the world of clean website.
Which one of their spotters is it you use?
Fraser
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ive mixed with tap water and its been fine after 2 months or so, so i'm not to worried about it going off.
derek
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fraser, its not on their site as such, its apart of the package that covers a one off setup fee, about £25- quid.. i did ask nick what the solution was some time ago, & i'm sure he said it was eco 2, but don't quote me on that... it works very well and is made up with 5-10% phosphate (food grade) contains no bleaching agents, enzyme free, no sticky residue & ready to use.... hope this helps.. charlie ;D
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just to let you guys know, my costing for spotter bottles, labels, (including sticky back plastic over the top so label doesn't bleed ink) and onestep mixed 1 to 6. comes in just under a quid.
if i was selling them like CA i'd probably go down his route but as there freebies i'll do it this way.
derek
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Nice one Charlie, thanks for that.
Derek, It's got to be a great marketing tool at a reasonable price. Let us know how you get on with it. (Im sure you will!)
Fraser
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anyone know the shelf life of diluted m power ?
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Only thing with m power I found was pretty good as a general pre spray with plenty of dwell time ,but would not use it as a spotter as I found those stubborn stains needed something stronger like stain pro.
Since swapping back too conventional chemicals for carpets ie powerburst etc have found I hardly ever need to use a stain remover therefore I dont think m power is suitable as a stain remover .
Gone back to using micro splitters for upholstery and as a general spotter .
I find the spotters from John Kelly very good at a couple of quid a bottle and the labels dont run and I think its pureclean in them.
Andy Locke.
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Andy
Thats not a bad price if your selling them on too..
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Yes clinton considering the onesI used to get where £5.00 a bottle, mind you alot of the time I just give them out to good customers especially if they spend over a hundred quid.
Andy Locke.
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It's all about wooing your customer the promo spotters do that even to get a customer for this time only, customers aren't as loyal as they used to be so get them now and fingers crossed they come back.
Shaun
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Andy
Right on that and when you have taken a 100 quid of them it doesnt sound a lot to give them a spotter free..
Lots of clients loyal to the dollar ::)
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It's a sad fact that customers are programmed to shop around, cheaper is one reason also location as they may have moved home and also they sometimes try someone else, it's just the society we live in now, we are brainwashed into trying everything we can at cheaper prices.
Shaun
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When we started shaun it was either from y pages or a recomondation and the clients mostly stayed with us,nowadays its all the other advertising from the net where people can get more choices from the click of a button i know if i was starttig out now i would find it so much harder..
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The internet makes people shop for cheaper they think that they can find us on kelkoo or something or pricerunner ;D
Shaun
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Conditioning guys.....the marketing adopted by virtually all well known brands is centered around " how cheap the product is " or " this week only promotions " and it's cheap T V to get the likes of Dom Littlewood showing the punters how to " never pay the asking price "
All of this has a conditioning effect and it kicked in with the " out of town " retail stores 30 years ago. First of all it was Dodge City which became B & Q and a number furniture and carpet retailers followed.
We now have virtually every well known brand in either out of town business parks or shopping malls.
All are marketing on PRICE
You can join them as most of you already do, by offering FREE third carpet cleaned / free protection / or whatever, or you can slot your prices in below the most expensive but well above the cheapest.
Or you could claim to be " unique " which we all are to some extent, or claim to be the best around or you could just do each job to the best of your ability and if you are genuinely good and offer value for money you will get referrals for life. BUT YOU NEED TO REMIND YOUR CLIENTS THAT YOU'RE STILL AROUND
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Good post..
Also if your doing the job quicker the client will want it cheaper goes hand in hand.
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I'm not sure about the speed within reason but if yuo are really fast you have to get the right results if you take longer but the stain doesn't come out then they know you have tried.
Shaun