[careless.david@gmail.com]

I started working as a WFP windy around a month ago - after researching it for a couple of yrs & wanting the outdoor, physical lifestyle.
Thing is, the way its going & with this weather, i am not feeding the family on what im earning

A question for the established blokes out there - how long did it take to get a round which at least pays your bills & any short cuts or good advice, more than welcome.

- thanks in advance.

[davids3511]

6 months of constant  leafletting and seeing customers every week night.

[darren clarke]

2 years but aint at the level i want yet, as been treating it as a hobby more than a job,  but will double everything this year

[Smudger]

I got to the minimum  ££ required stage after 4 months from starting out

Door knocked every day...      put all new cleans on 1 day each week to allow max canvassing time then placed them onto
required rounds.
then as it progressed i would canvass the forthcoming cleaning areas the week before so they went straight onto th
round.

Darran

[tompoole]

Four months to get 1k per month 12months to get to 2k.
But I only clean 9 til 2pm. So part time compared to some.
I used leaflets , targeted the same area 3 times on a monthly
Rota, it worked a treat . Biggest tip is to take your time
Clean frames and doors get the immaculate first time round
Then it will take next to no time on subsequent cleans.
Also I never took on cheap cleans always priced high and if
I did the job quicker than expected I would reduce the price
Afterwards . I picked up a fair few recommendations from
Doing this.Got a nice healthy round now, although it's proving
To be a little challenging finishing at 2pm at the moment
Buy that's what I set out to achieve too work five hours a day

[Paul Coleman]

It only took me a few months but my outgoings were very low in those days.

[mark dew]

smudger, that is very impressive. And a good tip leafletting 3 months in a row. I've never done that before, but will do in after xmas.

careless david, make sure you are claiming tax credits.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/payments-entitlement/entitlement/question-how-much.htm

[Sir Squeaky]

It only took me a few months but my outgoings were very low in those days.

That's what i was going to say.

I was making enough to live on after a few months ( I did buy a lot of work though), but I couldn't live on that now!
As your income goes up so does your lifestyle!

It pretty much stayed that way until a couple of years ago, when i decided to push it a bit more.
Now I aim for an increase every year. And I'll get it.

[tompoole]

You need to leaflet the same area , it works a treat .
Use printcarrier for leaflets keep them simple but eye catching

[Smudger]

Cheers Mark it was bl@@dy hard work but paid off, i had 2 months wages from a redundancy so it needed
to work, thankfully i now bring in over twice what i did when working for prodrive making rally and F1 parts. 

it's pays it the long term as well, been to busy to seriously canvass since sept, but new customers are
steadily coming in from ads, van, and people i spoke to upto a year ago.

Darran