[andyatkinson]

Really need some help please guys, broken my ankle and leg, had to take on a second guy to help with round while im off til christmas, this will keep all my work covered but leave little profit for me to eat and stuff! i am doing telesales to drum up commercial work and my paperwork is flawless!The telesales is a slllloooowww uptake though. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas of how i can gain more customers without being able to walk? any thoughts would be gratefully accepted

[Catherine10]

Hi Andy, what kind of call volumes are you doing on the telesales side of things?

[andyatkinson]

about a 100 a day, wont be any left in town soon!

[Catherine10]

Are you doing around about 4/5 hours, are you following up the calls by sending information via a PDF?  Are you asking for an appointment?

[andyatkinson]

asking for an appointment, not sending a pdf though thats a really good idea

[Catherine10]

Hi Andy, yea because least the lead isnt dead as such.  They have your details on file - you can follow it up etc.

[andyatkinson]

thank you, i will ask a mate of mine to design me something nice

[Catherine10]

Keep at it Andy, it is high volume calling.

[king marko]

Im assuming your lads on the street have an incentive to gain more work for you while you are out of action?
they are the best option if you cant door knock - even if they only canvass 20 houses a day inbetween cleaning - thats 100 each a week. give them a nice incentive and they'll be motivated to pick up more customers

[Catherine10]

Have you had much luck Andy?

[andyatkinson]

a bit of look, 5 quotes for tommorow, my wife will drive and i will quote on crutches!  i have been trying to think of an incentive, a fiver per new customer?

[Jimmy Jon]

Have you had much luck Andy?

Not by the sound of it, he's broken his ankle & leg  

How did it happen Andy?  

[Catherine10]

Thats good Andy.  Did you make alot of calls to get them?  Its now a question of closing them off, not letting them drag.  Had a very weird one today, called back a quote that one of the chaps had gone to, got that job, then the receptionist and her mate both want their houses done.  Sometimes you get surprisingly good days.  Also the ones you think, not going to get that turn out to be the complete opposite.  Good luck Andy

[andyatkinson]

had to do quite a lot to get that, but commercial v sewn up round here,


slipped on a step on hol in cornwall, foot went underneath me (trod on own foot!) snapped ankle bone straight through and snapped tib and fib, had big op, and got another op in 8 wks grrrr

[Catherine10]

Good on you Andy though for using your time in a positive way.....

[andyatkinson]

thanks, i cant afford to stop, really should've had insurance for this!

[andyatkinson]

so apart from telesales, internet marketing i can think of nothing else.
anyone?

[KS Cleaning]

offer your workers a 50/50 split if they can get any gutter/fascia jobs

[Blue Frog Systems]

Bloody hell Andy sorry to hear about your leg mate.

What about contacting management companys ? If you can get to blocks of flats, there is usually contact details for the management company where the cleaners sign to say they have cleaned to communal areas. Doors are usually open from 9-1 then its a case of punching in a code

[bobby p]

play the sympathy vote, the guy on crutches looking for work is a big plus point.  in my early days i used to look like a real beggar and i still encourage that look with my lads who work for me,its a winner on the estates