Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Clive McDonald on February 04, 2010, 10:43:34 pm
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Yes a bit of a saga, because i wanted to sharpen my image and do a bit of a rebrand i needed a logo. I asked first on the forums both here and on nats.There are a couple of sites but i ended up briefing a graphic astist and paying sixty pounds. My brief was quite tight with a word mock up, all she had to do was my name (not slumpbuster) and window cleaner tucked in. She was hopeless, one of the most clueless people i have ever dealt with (and that includes euan).So i wrote the sixty pounds off to experience.
Next one of my custies has about ten mobeus awards so i asked him.I lost my temper with him because he took too long, but then made it up and got what i wanted for the price of a free clean.Thus my new scudo maxi is now signed up and people are now running across the street to beg me for quotes.
Where i could do with a bit of help is, the orginal logo is a vector file. He has also sent me this in jpeg form in three resolutions. One is to go on the bottom of my emails, and onto my invoice in wcp pro.
So how do i do it? Put it on the bottome of my email and put it on my invoice in wcp that is?
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Slumps, how come your water does a sanitizing clean? Do you know something different?
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I put the best case i can.I like writing copy. I can give you a lot worse examples than that.My van is a masterpeice- not the pic you looked at.
Dave's is pretty tight for commercial, this is domestic turbo charged and on steroids.
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So i wrote the sixty pounds off to experience.
To be honest, I'm not really suprised you didnt get what you wanted for that. A decent logo should cost more like £400-£600.
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Ive seen some good examples on here, matt bateman seems quite clever at imagery. I'm not good at this.
The guy who did the work has lots of mobeus statues, the ad industries oscars, and specialises in labels for bottles and has lots of household name accounts.Money wasn't an issue either for him or me.
So does anyone know how to put it on emails and into wcpro invoices?
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Show us a picture then of this wonderful logo/van signwriting
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Ive seen some good examples on here, matt bateman seems quite clever at imagery. I'm not good at this.
The guy who did the work has lots of mobeus statues, the ad industries oscars, and specialises in labels for bottles and has lots of household name accounts.Money wasn't an issue either for him or me.
So does anyone know how to put it on emails and into wcpro invoices?
Load wcp and go to Tools. From the list select 'Document Settings' At the bottom of that window you will see 'Logos' Click on it and the rest is self explanitory
Rob
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why bother slumpbuster as its only window cleaning? ::)
your only doing it part time arent ya for a few extra quid? ;D ;D
zzzzzz.............................!! ;D ;D
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This cost me an arm and a leg, so might use you jeff. Can you do big writing?
Would it be easy for me to apply?
It's for a transit mwb medium roof.
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I can do big writing. I can even do joined up writing these days.
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I can do big writing. I can even do joined up writing these days.
you moved onto pens yet though
i think slumpy is after something a little more pro than crayons ;)
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I'm guessing that you might need bigger machines for bigger writing. My logo is text only and some words are in blue, some are in a sort of red.
Looking at my van the biggest letters are about 15" high.
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Next time try putting your job for tender on getafreelancer.com. People bid for your job and you dont have to pay until you are happy with the work.
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Thanks rg1
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start a NEW MESSAGE. Go to OPTIONS. Click E MAIL SIGNATURE. Name your signature then add your logo pic and message. At the bottom, select your signature for new messages and replies. You can also change the background by using the STATIONARY tab.
This is in OUTLOOK.
Alan
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Next time try putting your job for tender on getafreelancer.com. People bid for your job and you dont have to pay until you are happy with the work.
i have used something similar in the past, it might have even been the same place
the offers were good, and i paid when i was happy
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if you want to test if it is working Clive email me design@windowwashers.co.uk
Ian
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okay, when i've done the email bit. I expect you are curious to see the logo. I never said it was anything special.
A couple of comments from dazmond and daniel have me down as a right big head sw***ing about on the forum.Well they are partly right. I often air what is on my mind on here.I wanted a hot system once, drew a blank, and had to invent one.Many have got one now, but there had to be a first,and that was me.Pretty much a similar story with the electric reel rewind.I like my van to be as advanced as possible and if a machine can do the work instead of me, i let it.As for the marketing innovation, it didn't just fall into my lap, or happen by accident, i've sweated it out for nearly three yeqrs.
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okay, when i've done the email bit. I expect you are curious to see the logo. I never said it was anything special.
A couple of comments from dazmond and daniel have me down as a right big head sw***ing about on the forum.Well they are partly right. I often air what is on my mind on here.I wanted a hot system once, drew a blank, and had to invent one.Many have got one now, but there had to be a first,and that was me.Pretty much a similar story with the electric reel rewind.I like my van to be as advanced as possible and if a machine can do the work instead of me, i let it.As for the marketing innovation, it didn't just fall into my lap, or happen by accident, i've sweated it out for nearly three yeqrs.
Why did you have to invent a hot system?
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Why? there is no need. You are cleaning windows not really selling a product.
No need for hot, no need for electric reels, no need for a brand new van etc etc. Don't even need a website.
Why make life complicated?
Maybe i've just been lucky.
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Slumps, with all this investment and worry, do you actually take pen to paper and work out if it is really worth it? How many percent extra do you earn by employing, how long before the van pays for itself etc etc.
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You have been lucky.Ripping off that gutter vac was your best bit of luck. ;D
You might be right ftp lots do it different to me and do okay
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;D I don't know who's right to be honest. I'm basically pretty shy and probably lazy regarding advertising, canvassing and chasing work - I don't do any
I'm eighty properties behind at the moment, some are well over two months due. I've found getting work so easy that I just assumed it was the same for everyone?
Maybe my luck will change or maybe I'm too cheap but so far it's been so easy.
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I quite like investing, I love a new pole, a new squeegie etc. No particular reason other than it helps to keep me interested in the job. Quite fancy a new s-max, I don't need one but will probably throw some more money at Gardiners soon. Madness really.
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okay, when i've done the email bit. I expect you are curious to see the logo. I never said it was anything special.
Clive stop poncing about, wheres this bleedin logo. Its probably crap as you havent got the nuts to show what you paid for.
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On a philosophical basis, you could have saved a pile by staying in your old house you didn't need a new one.
I'm sure you are very good at the job, even dave wants one of his little chats with you about gutter cleaning.You would probably be pretty good at almost any business but because you have found this out too late in life to do you any good you are pretty much shafted.
Whereas although i am older than you i am just starting out.
I hope this helps ;D
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I didn't say the logo was great, my favourite van livery is green thumb with the friendly little man.That is the effect i wanted to achieve, and this is the sort of thing i spend my time mulling over.I thought two weeks in the blue reef oasis batting emails and it would be sorted.That was months ago.
The best i have seen on here is jelly fish window cleaning who had a very large and friendly jelly fish on his van dripping water.Children pestered their parents into having him,and it was memorable.
I never said my logo was in this league, what i said was something about making people run across the street to beg me to clean their windows.For a bit of peace i will try and show the logo.
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Slumpy you're a fraud. :-\
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You putting that logo up for us to see?