[jsm]

is it just me , i cant seem to put the phone in my pocket this week , the weeks booked up with carpet cleans  to the max !!!

for us december was slow on the carpet side  once the snow come and killed it , jan ticked along - then BOOM 6 days carpets all good jobs 

may have to clean the windows we do in the dark this week  :

hows the rest of you doing ??

[markpowell]

Steady away, just normal for the time of year, 4 day week
Mark

[derek west]

£800 up on last jan, but i must stress that jan is my worst month so its still not a massive amount, very happy so far if it wasn't for the trucky problem ive got at the moment.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

What's up with your Babe?

Shaun

[feldon]

Just done my first 6 months and was expecting Jan and Feb to be quite, Jan was as I expected but the phones have gone mad since last week, fully booked till mid feb and even today booked 3 quotes. All in all February is shaping up to be my best month since I started, long may it last.

[Matt Lindus]

56 installs, 17 ghosting faults, 1 UHF modulator to sort,  3 cctv fits for two factorys and stratstone bmw, 3 routing and multi socket set ups for ancor housing trust.

1 rug and 1 hallway for my cash in hand chap.

[derek west]

What's up with your Babe?

Shaun

not sure yet, she's poorly, think its a seal problem, might have to ship the pump and chem pump down to hydra to be resealed and stuff, will no more tomorrow morning when ive had a fiddle, then me brekfast, then out to look at the trucky, badum tish

[clinton]

Steady here myself.

Got some jobs booked in from the weekend calls.

Still a long way to go in feb so lets hope.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Ever thought of going to see Glynn in Leyland, he's very good?

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

What's up with your Babe?

Shaun

not sure yet, she's poorly, think its a seal problem, might have to ship the pump and chem pump down to hydra to be resealed and stuff, will no more tomorrow morning when ive had a fiddle, then me brekfast, then out to look at the trucky, badum tish

any pressure washing equipment supplier will be able to fix your pump problem, T/M pumps are very commonly used in pressure washers.

[The Carpet Cleaning Pro]

what pump is it?

[feldon]

Just done my first 6 months and was expecting Jan and Feb to be quite, Jan was as I expected but the phones have gone mad since last week, fully booked till mid feb and even today booked 3 quotes. All in all February is shaping up to be my best month since I started, long may it last.

[davep]

Fully booked till mid feb?  How many jobs a day are you doing 

[derek west]

not sure what the pump is, its the standard one for the boxer 421, i'd ask glyn but i doubt he'll have the seals and diaphrams and other bits i need, may try a power washer company though, worth a shot before i ship it off, cheers guys.

ps...sorry for hijacking the thread, not intended.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Have you tried his forum? he has alsorts in stock, just an idea.

Shaun

[feldon]

Fully booked till mid feb?  How many jobs a day are you doing 

I realise that fully booked for me might be half a days work for some (those with truck mounts ect) but also most of the jobs I do tend to be more than just one room, so usually around 3 plus.  I've also just taken on oven cleaning so some are for this.  So some are for a carpet job in the morning and an oven in the afternoon and some are for carpets and ovens at the same house.

If I finish early, say 3pm I go out and leaflet for a couple of hours before calling it a day.

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Too early to say what February will be like but got some good bookings in for later on in the month.

Turnover up 52% on last year's (record breaking) January. Probably a freak January and next year it'll be down somewhat.



I wonder which is easier?


A new cc who starts from a very low base could find it easy to increase t/o dramatically. Eg if year 1 you did £100 in January then in year 2 you do £200 then a 100% increase sounds dramatic. It would be harder if year 1 t/o was say £3000 to go to £6000 in year 2.

But....


Longer established cc's will have a larger data base to tap into. So is it easier for more established cc's to get that magical 100% increase in turnover?

Discuss.


Rog

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I don't think I could increase my turnover 100% on each month without ostracizing some of my customers with a big price hike, if you look through your diary from 2010 and you can find wholes of space at regular intervals then you can increase volume if can't then you increase prices until you get spaces.

Shaun