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dazmond

  • Posts: 24443
straight up with work til the 6th!
« on: February 01, 2012, 09:05:28 am »
all straight up with work now.january was the best ive ever had earnings wise despite the odd day off here and there.

im getting to the point where i can easily service 300+ customers a month.so i could canvass and build more work into my month but to be honest i only want maybe an extra day or two.in spring and summer i tend to fill in more days with fascia/soffit/conny roof cleaning.

WFP and being super organised as made window cleaning so much better!

so guys how are you getting on with your workloads?


best wishes


dazmond
price higher/work harder!

Justen Uff

  • Posts: 687
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 09:12:24 am »
yeah same

lee_dewing

  • Posts: 3124
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 09:23:44 am »
Behind as usual.

Just bought the winning at window cleaning book and has helped me see what a bad business man i an :'(

I hope to be like you guys as soon as poss.

No excuses this year mrs being made redundant in april, want to be making a difference by then.

Want to be achcieveing the higher wages and not trundling along wondering why i'm still earning what i did last year!
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.     - Aristotle

Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 09:33:25 am »
Behind as usual.

Just bought the winning at window cleaning book and has helped me see what a bad business man i an :'(

I hope to be like you guys as soon as poss.

No excuses this year mrs being made redundant in april, want to be making a difference by then.

Want to be achcieveing the higher wages and not trundling along wondering why i'm still earning what i did last year!

Lee whats that about...is there a link to it?
 :)

dazmond

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Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 09:35:07 am »
for me going van mount has made work easier and faster than the trolley.ive also picked up better paying work and dropped some crap jobs.

lee give yourself a 5 year plan.im 3 years into mine and each year ive earned more.raised prices and priced new jobs higher.

this year is going to be better than last and next year even better!!i have realistic figures i want to achieve every year.


i had years of neglecting my round but im banging it into much better shape now!! ;D ;D

its about attitude,quality of work and working smarter! ;) ;D ;D


good luck!!


regards


dazmond
price higher/work harder!

dazmond

  • Posts: 24443
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 09:41:19 am »
lee do you work in the rain at times?

do you start  early(8am-9am)?

do you work the odd saturday when behind?

if the answer is NO!then you ve got your answer!!!
price higher/work harder!

lee_dewing

  • Posts: 3124
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 10:12:06 am »
dw  here's link.

Got book plus postage at old price £22
Spoke to richard sorrell before i bought he didn't twist my arm up my back :D

The book just clarifies figures that i had worked some of on calculator i.e working weeks days hours etc.

If your earning less than your happy with and not able to increase earnings i think it's defenately worth a read.

I suppose alot will say it's not rocket science, but i became self employed by accident and not got the mind set of a business man, i'm trying to change that been on my own for 6 yrs and just feel like i'm trundling on
got quite a decent size round now but not setting the world on fire ;D


http://www.wfp-brush.co.uk/resources/book
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.     - Aristotle

lee_dewing

  • Posts: 3124
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2012, 10:31:42 am »
Quote
lee do you work in the rain at times?

do you start  early(8am-9am)?

do you work the odd saturday when behind?

if the answer is NO!then you ve got your answer!!!

Hi Daz i do my best went out yesterday got £10 ;D

Was raining/snow so sat in van til 1.30pm went home.

I've worked every saturday since after  10.30 til 2pm

I do work in drizzle but anything more than that and custies will moan.
(what do you do with this, leave custie out if they insist?)

I'm sitting here at  the mo :D
waiting for temp to go up -1 to 0 as you've said before in the cold it's a case of 10.30/ 11am til 3 ish.

I can't start til 9.30am 3 days a week due to school runs.

My problems are building up my hourly rate £20 an hour sounds a lot but as book mentions = 23,000 a yr.
6hrs a day 4 days a week 16 days a month.

I'd be better off shaving work down, i.e get rid off under priced work/ put up and work towards £25 p/hr= 28k a yr.

I'm not getting any younger 40, but hopefully life begins at 40  ;D

Thanks for your posts Daz always enjoy reading realistic posts ;)
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.     - Aristotle

lee_dewing

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Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2012, 10:33:26 am »
I've worked every saturday since xmas 10.30 til 2pm

(sorry should preview b4 post) :D
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.     - Aristotle

red star

Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2012, 10:43:02 am »
for me going van mount has made work easier and faster than the trolley.ive also picked up better paying work and dropped some crap jobs.

lee give yourself a 5 year plan.im 3 years into mine and each year ive earned more.raised prices and priced new jobs higher.

this year is going to be better than last and next year even better!!i have realistic figures i want to achieve every year.


i had years of neglecting my round but im banging it into much better shape now!! ;D ;D

its about attitude,quality of work and working smarter! ;) ;D ;D


good luck!!


regards


dazmond

what static have you in the van dazmond tank sizes poles you use

i had a round in london trad i used to canvass etc and pay a lad a wage to clean
moved to the south coast and sold up
just setting up a wfp van mounted system  this time doing the cleans canvasing etc myself
also what system do use to make your water
a lad on here i selling me some until i get my system running
cheers

dazmond

  • Posts: 24443
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2012, 01:51:46 pm »
Red star I've got a 350 tank and use Di only(tap tds 35).takes an hour to fill in the evening.I use a 25ft slx and aqua daptor,100m microbore,lightweight reel.

It all helps with getting work done faster with min strain!
price higher/work harder!

Smudgeoff Cleaning Services

  • Posts: 791
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2012, 02:01:20 pm »
dw  here's link.

Got book plus postage at old price £22
Spoke to richard sorrell before i bought he didn't twist my arm up my back :D

The book just clarifies figures that i had worked some of on calculator i.e working weeks days hours etc.

If your earning less than your happy with and not able to increase earnings i think it's defenately worth a read.

I suppose alot will say it's not rocket science, but i became self employed by accident and not got the mind set of a business man, i'm trying to change that been on my own for 6 yrs and just feel like i'm trundling on
got quite a decent size round now but not setting the world on fire ;D


http://www.wfp-brush.co.uk/resources/book

Hi Lee,

seems alot of money £22.00 I take it thats a hardback, is there a paperback version...

Daz



" To Get It All Off Call Smudgeoff"

red star

Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2012, 02:06:41 pm »
Red star I've got a 350 tank and use Di only(tap tds 35).takes an hour to fill in the evening.I use a 25ft slx and aqua daptor,100m microbore,lightweight reel.

It all helps with getting work done faster with min strain!

cheers for info mate
thanks again

paul kitchiner

  • Posts: 103
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2012, 03:09:00 pm »
I'm behind as well. My prob to much for 1 person but not enough for 2. Still not moaning as rather be like this then scrapping for work. Wash in drizzle as well but not if rainning hard.

lee_dewing

  • Posts: 3124
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2012, 08:00:05 pm »
Quote
Hi Lee,

seems alot of money £22.00 I take it thats a hardback, is there a paperback version...

Daz


Hi darren is paperback not very thick either. You can read through it in 2 hrs or so.
Not cheap but then i look at as an hours wage to read vaulable advice.

I'm not on commision and you could probably find out a lot of what it contains on here looking through all of the posts.

But i'm glad i bought it.
That's my opinion.
lee ;)
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.     - Aristotle

birdymiller

  • Posts: 682
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2012, 08:50:31 pm »
cant you bring any work forward to this week, seems daft leaving it til next week when its dry for the rest of this week. your going to be stuck if weather turns next week dazzy boy

james peters

  • Posts: 990
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2012, 09:09:11 pm »
all straight up with work now.january was the best ive ever had earnings wise despite the odd day off here and there.

im getting to the point where i can easily service 300+ customers a month.so i could canvass and build more work into my month but to be honest i only want maybe an extra day or two.in spring and summer i tend to fill in more days with fascia/soffit/conny roof cleaning.

WFP and being super organised as made window cleaning so much better!

so guys how are you getting on with your workloads?


best wishes

just remember ..when you are having the odd day offhere and there ...some guy in a shiny van raring to go is out there getting your potential new custies :o
yeh I know! gets to me too!
only messing! glad you are getting to where you want to be ;D


dazmond

geefree

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Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2012, 09:12:03 pm »
You should never be worked up :)

mark m

  • Posts: 1069
Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2012, 09:13:16 pm »
Quote
Hi Lee,

seems alot of money £22.00 I take it thats a hardback, is there a paperback version...

Daz


Hi darren is paperback not very thick either. You can read through it in 2 hrs or so.
Not cheap but then i look at as an hours wage to read vaulable advice.




Now you have read it why not earn yourself a £10.00 and flog the book to me  ;D ;D

I'm not on commision and you could probably find out a lot of what it contains on here looking through all of the posts.

But i'm glad i bought it.
That's my opinion.
lee ;)

Frankybadboy

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Re: straight up with work til the 6th!
« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2012, 09:13:44 pm »
daz come and give me a hand, ;D ;D ;D ;Dallways behind with the work me. 8)