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Blue Frog Systems

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1st week and new business going well
« on: April 23, 2010, 11:05:05 pm »
Well my round builder has done a weeks knocking for me now and its all going really well (couple more weeks to go yet) ! Their a cracking pair of guys. I'll have them back for sure when I want more work.

Got onto a large estate of nothing smaller than mainly 4 beds. There are 3 companys on their plus me. One guy water fed, an old trad guy and 'the mafia' as their known.

Couldn't have hoped for better ;D

Days are long and hard work with them all being first cleans. But look past that and I've got a good round building up.

JP
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

Tom White

Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2010, 11:14:38 pm »
Well done, JP.  I don't think I would want to start from scratch again.  How many customers have these canvassers got you and what's the payment terms for them?

Blue Frog Systems

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Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2010, 07:53:37 am »
Off the top of my head I'm not too sure on numbers tosh.

Its 2 times plus fuel.
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2010, 08:24:36 am »
Sounds like you have some good lads canvassing. Well done.

I think the challenge of building from scratch while hard could be rewarding esp if you can get right all the things that you get wrong in the early days.

Blue Frog Systems

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Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2010, 09:27:24 am »
Just had a count up.... 58 customers

Building a round yourself is good, my wife and I built up our last round between the two of us.

Its just dam hard work. We decided that it would make more sense to pay a round builder as it took us 6 months between us to build the previous round up to what we needed.
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

tom2009

Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2010, 08:51:51 pm »
well done blue frog, on those results you'll be flying by the time those round builders have finished!

Rob_Mac

Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2010, 08:56:52 pm »
Bluefrog

You're not that far from me. Who are the team you are using. I want to get a team in in a couple of months. Can you send me there contact details r-mclean@btconnect.com or through contact page www.m-clean.co.uk

Rob ;D

cleewindows

Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2010, 09:03:25 pm »
i would be interested in who u got to do them m8!

Window Washers

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Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2010, 06:23:01 pm »
nice one JP, glad to hear your doing well afer your move, feel free to email me again if you need any help.

I'm moving soon, so will be doing the same once again  ::)
If your not willing to learn, No one can help you, If you are determined to learn, No one can stop you ;)

Blue Frog Systems

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Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2010, 07:52:14 pm »
Done my first collections this evening... All happy and 90% are going over to internet banking ;D

Where you moving to Ian ? You selling up ?
Only those who risk going too far will truly know how far they can actually go

Window Washers

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Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2010, 08:17:05 pm »
Done my first collections this evening... All happy and 90% are going over to internet banking ;D

Where you moving to Ian ? You selling up ?
Am thinking of selling off 2 rounds and keeping the rest cambridge and the small round I have in peterborough, moving back to cambridgeshire for a few years till I hit the beach and charter fishing ;D
If your not willing to learn, No one can help you, If you are determined to learn, No one can stop you ;)

paul rulton

Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2010, 08:19:34 pm »
well done m8  ;) keep up the good work  ;D

Darranvps

Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2010, 08:23:08 pm »
Good on you, keep it up

HCS

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Re: 1st week and new business going well
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2010, 08:04:46 pm »
Done my first collections this evening... All happy and 90% are going over to internet banking ;D

Where you moving to Ian ? You selling up ?
Am thinking of selling off 2 rounds and keeping the rest cambridge and the small round I have in peterborough, moving back to cambridgeshire for a few years till I hit the beach and charter fishing ;D

I may be interested in buying some work off you.Sandy,Beds.