Are you doing it yourself Tosh?
Yep. I've done a fair bit of reading of back posts and looking at what window cleaners have had done professionally and what they've done themselves, and to be honest I didn't see a lot of difference.
There were a few really flash window cleaning vans, with big pictures - photographs - all over the side of their posh vans, but I'm not sure what the value of that was. I mean when I'm after a plumber, I'm after a safe pair of hands who won't overcharge me. I'd prefer someone who comes over as knowledgeable, mature, safe, and a little bit dull.
If a plumber pulled up at my house to quote in a big snazzy looking van, I'd (rightly or wrongly) judge that he's got a big snazzy personality, and he'd care more about overcharging me than doing a good safe job.
Other vans looked a little bit 'busy' too, with writing all over them (Gutter cleaning, Conservatory Cleaning, Ladderless Window Cleaning, Areas they covered, etc, etc, etc,). I didn't like that either.
I suspect people who want their windows cleaned want the same thing from a window cleaner, as I like from a plumber, so if I'm going to project an image - and the bloke who sign writes my T-shirts says 'Image is everything these days', then the image I'd like to portray is someone whose knowledgeable, mature, safe, and a little bit dull.
Then I'd overcharge them and do a rotten job!
