[MAX Carpets]

Hi Guys

Just wondered how trade is out there. May is always our worst month, slumped this May!! The start of the year was great. Should pick up in June.

Cheers

Justin

[wayne zabel]

Been going 20 months full time and been quite happy with the way things have gone - but end of April and May have been dead,cant get the phone to ring.First time Ive started to worry a little.

[Simon Gerrard]

Wayne,
I wouldn't worry too much, people are paying for the holidays this time of year so money is tight.

Simon

[Ian Gourlay]

Been going 20 months full time and been quite happy with the way things have gone - but end of April and May have been dead,cant get the phone to ring.First time Ive started to worry a little.

This is where you need to study the old time salesmen . As Norman Tebbutt said at a business lecture in silly Suffolk this week if you want business you have got to get on your bike and go looking for it. Nobody said Small Business is easy and the biggest culture shock is you have to go out and sell
Amazingly lots of Small Business people do not like selling.

Top Cleaners like the Major must have gone out and sold their Cruise Ship Cleaning I doubt it fell to him on a plate.

How many of us have submitted a bid for the Million Pound Carpet Cleaning Contract?

[JandS]

Wayne

This week is the worst week I've had since starting
in 04/08.
Got a stain job this evening and a full day tomorrow
and that's it.

John

[MAX Carpets]

My phone has'nt rung all day. Cant remember that happening since the late 80s /early 90s !!!

[Steve Rothwell]

Perhaps you should pay the bill then Justin... 

Then you may get re-connected and it might ring again... 







Just sayin like 

[Jamie Lindsay]

its because of groupon me thinks

[John Kelly]

No its not Groupon, its quiet right across the country at every customer level. Goes through patches like this then picks up again.

[Mike Halliday]

i don't like to answer post like this because it sounds like bragging but a slow period to me is being booked 4 days in advance instead 7 it make no difference...... every day i have work for the next  day.

 being booked up  5 days in advance is actually better than being booked up a month in advance,

[Andrew Briscoe]

Those that have been established for 10yrs plus will be having a better time than the newer start ups, this is where a good customer base comes in.

We are steady, we get quiet weeks and busy weeks, but I like to go by figures at the end of the year.

Being cleaners of other things, ie office/contract cleans etc, gives us a monthly income.

Andrew

[Steve Gunn]

Not flat out but have work for every day waiting to go out and do an office at 6 was out a 7 this morning doing a pub with rugs in between at the unit

[davep]

Busy here, running at approx 60% repeat and referals, not much new work

[Alan falconer]

i don't like to answer post like this because it sounds like bragging but a slow period to me is being booked 4 days in advance instead 7 it make no difference...... every day i have work for the next  day.

 being booked up  5 days in advance is actually better than being booked up a month in advance,

I need to know your secrets !!!!

[Alan falconer]

Was on gumtree earlier looking to sell some tickets and noticed a lot of carpet cleaners using it too advertise but the prices are crazy I think one was as low as £27 for two carpets I was tempted to book him just to see how he does it !

[clinton]

Steady here and with over 20 years of clients and repeats and rec,s thankfully.

Getting a steady flow from my web sites too..

Alan is right with very low prices mind..

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Most of my work is recommened and past work like it should be after 20 odd years but as I drive around there's not much traffic on the road does seem quiet it's all bad news in the media which slows down the economy.

Shaun

[Paul Moss]

Totally agree with the 2 above posts.

[M.Acorn]

Been the worst few months ever for me, really really slow, until today when the phone rang constantly done 3 quotes this eve 2 booked and 1 will confirm when the have move out date, booked another 2 next week  2 that I have done previously and they saw my sticker under the sink, Very weird how it all seems to come at once.

[mark_roberts]

Its the news on TV at the moment re Greece etc.  Ive noticed over the past few years when theres doom and gloom on the news re the economy the phone goes quiet. 

Mark