[Ajpick]

Do you think cold calling and offering companies a free demo clean a lost leader and waste of time, or is it a good way of picking up new business?

Has anyone done this before?

[Joe H]

If you get to speak to the right person then I think it would work well.

[Simon Gerrard]

I don't think a demo clean is the way to go, a demo patch, perhaps of the dirtiest area of carpet to show them what it would look like if you cleaned it all. Actions speaking a lot louder than words, and all that.

Simon

[robert meldrum]

Agree with Simon.....I did a fair bit of this when Microsplitters first appeared.....made appointments with hotel housekeepers and hospital cleaning managers etc and asked them to point out a niggle that previously defeated their staff and contractors.

I got a fair bit of work through it

[peter maybury]

When I first started off I also did a lot of this. Choose a section of bogging carpet or upholstery and just do a small section to show all their staff and customers how reallly dirty it is. Then just pack up the equipment and wait for them to call you to urgently clean the rest. It is the same as cleaning the hall carpet free of charge when doing the lounge to show how badly the stais need doing.

Peter
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com

[Linds Russell]

This also works great on leather cleaning.

When I go to quote for cleaning a leather suite, I take my (LTT) leather cleaning solutions in with me and do a test patch in an "inconspicuous area" and all going well, I do a patch on a the dirtiest patch to show the difference.

You will find that hardly anyone else does this and it gives you a great chance of getting the job. Add to that, the customer can't stand the look of the clean patch against the dirty suite and they call you back sooner rather than later.