[A+CleaningService]

I was approached by a company today, that deal with the business-card stands at Tesco's, advertising different businesses in the local area.
Has anyone else used this? Get much work from it?

[mick hay]

Forget it, total waste of time..........ive sold every kind of advertising incuding that...lol

[glen parva]

i got offered sainsburys business card and poster around post box about £1000 per year min 3 years
and they charge for extra cards aswell after every 500 cards
seem a hassel for what it was
they say they x amount of people through the doors
but how many look at them ?

thats just my opinion
 

[perfectpanesplymouth]

i was approached yesterday about it and thought it was good until i realised all it is is a stand near customer services covered in cards

[TC1]

They approached me a  while ago, seemed a bit of a scam to me, I'd steer clear if I were you!

[A+CleaningService]

They asked me for £600 for two years. With  a deposit and the rest by installments.

[richard jagger]

This form of advert is useless as it is passive and you stand more chance of winning thge loto than getting business.Leaflets is the only way and knocking.

[daz1977]

DONT DO IT they are a rip off,  if you got 3000 to spend go hire a knocker and build ur round that way,  just think to your self have you ever stopped to look at them your self

[A+CleaningService]

I don't shop at Tesco. The Tesco here is only a few months old.  I offer more than one service, i thought it might be handy for carpets too.
But the feedback I have had, looks like its a no no.

[Martin ccs]

I don't shop at Tesco. The Tesco here is only a few months old.  I offer more than one service, i thought it might be handy for carpets too.
But the feedback I have had, looks like its a no no.

i think the same company stand in tesco is also in homebase n focus but money wise i suprised you have even given it any thought - def not worth for this trade.

[A+CleaningService]

Looks like a no no for me then. I could ut the £600 towards a holiday next winter, 

when my equipment freezes up again.

[dan hughes]

 

FUNNY story,
There is a small stand in my local tesco, for ages it was empty, so I stuck a load of my own cards in there whilst shopping with the family.

Restocked myself every shopping trip for bout 4 months till i eventually got a phonecall telling me to stop.

took them a while,
I got a good few calls and a couple of gem jobs!

Paper shop hasn't brought 1 call in yet ! in last 2 years!

[baldeagle]

My experience has taught me that for the most part, you are your best advert.

Turn up on time, well turned out, shaved, [or with a tidy beard], not stinking of tobacco/drink, and with clean clothes.

Do a good job, at a decent price, and you will get recommended.

[The ladies amongst you may ignore the bit about shaved - I think!]

I believe it was Ralph Waldo Emerson who said something along the lines of,

"Build a better mousetrap/ preach a better sermon/ write a better book and the world will beat a path to your door."

Baldeagle

[marccope]

stay well clear i used this form of advertising about 5 years ago for a kitchen fitting business i used to run in 2 years i got 2 jobs wich luckily about broke even but the proffit per job was far higher  but i still worked for nothing , it  would take a lot of cleans on 2 houses to make a proffit as someone said before  your money would be better spent on canvassing
Marc