Robert! Why spend money having leaflets distributed for you? Deliver them yourself, you can target the areas you want and RE- leaflet/knock them on a regular basis to build up a compact round. If you dont have any customers yet you must have the time to go out and leaflet/knock yourself?? Forget about a website (until you are thinking of commercial or running a multi van operation.) YOU WILL be your best advert IF you do a good/top quality job! People talk if they get a good job done!
Hope this helps.
Just get out there
I couldn't agree more.
For some reason, there is always a negative about knocking on doors and speaking to each potential customer face to face.
10 years ago the success of leaflets was about 4% in the motor trade, now its less than half of 1%. And this is in an industry where the dealership is known to the customer as is the car model he is considering. This is why you don't see many leaflets in your mail these days from that industry.
While KentKleen did have some good results from leaflets a few years back, I know of someone else who had 50000 leaflets printed with hardly any response in the same area.
A website may catch the odd customer, but door knocking is still the best way of growing a round. If you are well presented, speak nicely and politely, a potential customer will choose you over a faceless leaflet any day.
Once you get a few customers, get them to help you look for customers. As them for referrals of their friends in the local area who could also benifit from your services. Regularily knock neighbours of the house you are cleaning.
When you have no work, your physical job is to find customers yourself.
Spruce