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Title: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: kinder clean on April 19, 2009, 01:36:36 pm
You work for one of the following, restaurant, school, office environment, pub, cinema, university etc (you get the idea)

You require the services of a carpet cleaner (lets say for arguments sake in Chesterfield)

You log on to google - would you search for :

A - carpet cleaner chesterfield

or

B - commercial carpet cleaner chesterfield

Many thanks

Paul - Kinder Clean
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: chrisdean on April 19, 2009, 01:43:50 pm
B
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: JandS on April 19, 2009, 01:45:18 pm
A
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: derek west on April 19, 2009, 02:01:47 pm
5% A
95% B
fact
well it is round here
derek
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Mike Osbourne on April 19, 2009, 02:04:04 pm
Why do you ask, because it may be the wrong question.
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 19, 2009, 02:17:00 pm
To get a more informed purchaser I'd go B, anyone who makes the effort to ask a more specific question is IMO a better quality buyer.

Shaun
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: derek west on April 19, 2009, 02:30:38 pm
oops
got it wrong way round

5% B
95% A
sorry
in a rush, cooking sunday lunch
yum
derek
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: clinton on April 19, 2009, 03:29:14 pm
Paul

Did you get mail ???
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Tony Gill Carpet Smart on April 19, 2009, 03:38:20 pm
None of the above
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Ricky M on April 19, 2009, 04:17:14 pm
Com on then Tony elaborate
age is always wise   ;D
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Mike Halliday on April 19, 2009, 04:21:51 pm
if you were having open heart surgery would you prefer the surgeon to use:

a) a andrioscopic incision.

or

b) a translational indirect incision.


do you see what I'm getting at? we are not qualified to give the correct answer.

we are carpet cleaners we don't work in restaurant, school, office environment, pub, cinema, university etc. our opinion is tainted & invalid. if you want to know the correct answer to your questions ask the people who work in those environments  
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: clinton on April 19, 2009, 04:31:56 pm
Good point there mike :)
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Mike Halliday on April 19, 2009, 04:44:58 pm
Clinton, I think this is brilliant ( and very sneaky) way to cold call on businesss'.

 walk into any business and just say....

 "sorry for bothering you, I'm trying to sort out my website with the search engines. could I ask your opinion?,   if you were looking for a carpet cleaner in this area what would you type into the search engine?"


1) this is sneaky because no one minds being bothered when given the opportunity to give their own opinion on anything ( trust me this is true)

2) nowadays all business know what its like to sort out a website and use the internet ( especially hotels & restaurants) they will be sympathetic to your plight.

and once you've got the answer to your question it's just natural to say thanks and hand them a business card saying if you need a carpet cleaner give me a call, seen you've been so helpful I'll give you my special discount
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 19, 2009, 04:45:55 pm
Too true, I used to ask my missus if she liked my leaflets or YP ads waist of time now as she knows what I'm going to write and what customer I'm after, if I show the inlaws they say 'looks expensive' and that means that I have filtered out the price shoppers but it doesn't mean my job is finished yet.

Shaun
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 19, 2009, 04:47:43 pm
Nice idea anybody would think you sold double glazing for a living in a previous life ;D

Shaun
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: clinton on April 19, 2009, 06:33:25 pm
Mike

Like that one :)

Thats a good sales ploy :)
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 19, 2009, 06:36:01 pm
We need one of your round table events.

Shaun
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Mike Halliday on April 19, 2009, 06:45:45 pm
and I'm going to put my money were my mouth is!!

I've been meaning to do some cold calling but never got round to it ( not needed to, been too busy :) )

but this week I have some spaces so will use this approach on some local businesss,

I'll let you know how it goes
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Glynn on April 19, 2009, 07:17:41 pm
A
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: C A Payne on April 19, 2009, 07:53:57 pm
C.....  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Robert Watson on April 19, 2009, 08:19:40 pm
Very good Mike. I like that.
Done similar in the past, and it does work.
Thanks for reminding me.
Rab.
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: daysdeepclean on April 19, 2009, 09:12:11 pm
Why do you ask, because it may be the wrong question.

I take it from your picture you like Swiss Tony.... My wifes mate was in that, Emma Rydal.

"A" by the way ;)
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: clinton on April 19, 2009, 09:13:09 pm
 ;D
Title: Re: Quick question - Please answer A or B
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on April 20, 2009, 07:50:25 am
First time in months and I have 1 space left for a small job this week, I think it must be the easter break that has done it although it is for Friday if I can't fill it today then there's something wrong.

Shaun