[Mike Halliday]

I've just seen it on the news I live in the poorest area of the Uk, it has the highest unemployment, the lowest average wage (which is £140 a week less than the national average) the crime figure are the worst of all of Britain.

2 years ago it was voted britain's 'crappest town'.  The local hospital came bottom of the performance leagues and 80% of the senior schools are in the bottom 10% of children achieving acceptable exam results.

it is without a doubt the worst place to live and run a business.

Hull is the biggest poohole  in the UK.

but guess who runs a successful profitable business charging above average prices and has a very rich clientele

so I don't want anyone else moaning about the economy or saying..." people won't pay those prices around here"

no one lives in a poorer area than me

[Jon Tabbener]

no one lives in a poorer area than me

Talk about blowing your own trumpet  - your just showing off now mike 

[Mike Halliday]

just stating what its just said on the news

i wish i lived down south were all the money is, I'd be a millionaire !!!!!!

[Jon Tabbener]

Shows what can be done Mike - i've been meaning to ask you  - have you noticed an improvement since you had the van wrapped?

All the best

Jon

[Andrew Briscoe]

How much of your work actually comes from Hull Mike,
i remember you saying you only travel 3 miles ?

A report other week put our area Eden as one of lowest paid
think average here is 14.5k, however, we have one of the lowest
crime rates, unempoyment not too bad, and sky high house prices,
it dosnt add up some time.
Our council area is the lowet populated with only 22 people to a sq km 

Andrew
ps i charge higher than my opposition too

[wynne jones]

Good point Mike. Blows out of the water the belief that the area you live is 'the problem'.

Whenever you hear yourself blaming your location, the weather, your van your competition etc. Remember this post and take responsibility for your current situation, only then can you start to do something to change it.

[derek west]

the thing is, mikes found out what works for him in that area, trouble is (and like many of us) we believe that that will work everywhere and thats simply not the case, mike said if he moved down south he would be a millionaire, and all though i'm not disputing that, he would probably have to change the way he markets his business.

just a point,

[Mike Halliday]

Jon thats a hard question to answer, i can't say i have seen a direct improvement from the wrap, its a small  part of my marketing strategy, i can say it has done what I intended. everybody knows it and remembers it.

I'm in the process of arranging my wedding and we are using local florist, venues etc i can honestly say when i say my name they immediately mention the van. but I also get complete stranger calling me Henry & talking to me in supermarkets because of my leaflet having a big photo of me.

its lots of little thing that make a constant improvement



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[Mike Halliday]

How much of your work actually comes from Hull Mike,
i remember you saying you only travel 3 miles ?

 Andrew
ps i charge higher than my opposition too

damn!!! you've caught me out 

although I live less than a mile from Hull only 5% of my work is in Hull  having lived a big portion of my live in Hull I knew it was rough hard town which had more than its fair share of problems. so straight away when it came to my marketing I totally ignored it and looked where the money was, which was 5 miles north  and that where I now do all of my marketing.

[Andrew Briscoe]

Whats the population of your 3 mile radius Mike

Andrew

[jasonl]

I live in one of the wealthiest areas of the country , there is an american bank near me where the average earnings are 150k a year , over 3000 people work in thier offices,  lots of insurers  locally too , property is expensive ,there are thousands of million pound plus houses within 10 miles of me . It is no harder or easier to make money here than it was in Teesside , which always scores very near to Hull in these kinds of surveys and league tables. It is about drive, attitude and placing your marketing efforts and budget in the right place. That is what determines success in yor business.
There are homes within 10 miles of me that are every bit as poor as those in Hull, in some ways poorer as the rent/mortgage costs are higher here.

[Ian Gourlay]

I've just seen it on the news I live in the poorest area of the Uk, it has the highest unemployment, the lowest average wage (which is £140 a week less than the national average) the crime figure are the worst of all of Britain.

2 years ago it was voted britain's 'crappest town'.  The local hospital came bottom of the performance leagues and 80% of the senior schools are in the bottom 10% of children achieving acceptable exam results.

it is without a doubt the worst place to live and run a business.

Hull is the biggest poohole  in the UK.

but guess who runs a successful profitable business charging above average prices and has a very rich clientele

so I don't want anyone else moaning about the economy or saying..." people won't pay those prices around here"

no one lives in a poorer area than me

I was going to say you live near Beverley which is one of the most afluent towns in the UK

Then you confessed

[Mike Halliday]

Andrew its closer to 5 miles not 3. click this link to see how populated my are is ..  http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wl ,

****edited**** you need to type in my postcode;  hu6 0al

if you look at the town of  Beverley this is where 90% of my work is and this is less than a 3 mile radious

[PaulKing]

Luxury , But tell that to the kids of today and they won't believe you

[jsm]

Luxury , But tell that to the kids of today and they won't believe you

bet most of the kids think Henery's is the local Zoo with all those animals on the van 

[clinton]

Just shows we have to set our stall out and just get on with it rather than listen to the news etc.

Its a good advert for the newbies what mike has posted too.

[Griffus]

We used to spend loads of time up at Hull. What a night out it used to be!

[JandS]

Thought you lived in Beverly too.
Just off the A1035.

John

[richy27]

I've just seen it on the news I live in the poorest area of the Uk, it has the highest unemployment, the lowest average wage (which is £140 a week less than the national average) the crime figure are the worst of all of Britain.

2 years ago it was voted britain's 'crappest town'.  The local hospital came bottom of the performance leagues and 80% of the senior schools are in the bottom 10% of children achieving acceptable exam results.

it is without a doubt the worst place to live and run a business.

Hull is the biggest poohole  in the UK.

but guess who runs a successful profitable business charging above average prices and has a very rich clientele

so I don't want anyone else moaning about the economy or saying..." people won't pay those prices around here"

no one lives in a poorer area than me

ike every bit of your statement is true and well done    but its so right hull is the biggest poop hole in the uk

[Colin Day]

Here's something to ponder, when I worked as a C/C up in Cumbria, I questioned why we got more work in some parts of Cumbria than others.

We were based in Cockermouth but tended to do a lot more work in Maryport, 7 miles away. The house prices in our home town were far more expensive than in Maryport and it was suggested therefore that they had more disposable income than us Cockermothian snobs

So going by that theory, we should all move to Hull