[Susan Dean (1stclean)]

i would just like to add i think your too cheap to start of with,i think,seeing as your more down south i would start at £10.00.
maybe other cleaners on here in your area may be able to confirm this

Dont get involved with "any house £5.00"dickheads,they will be gone soon
be different offer standing orders,bacs --select the area--keep of council areas? go to middle class areas
make a plan stick to it
dont think like a newbie?


my new new motivational book is out soon

wow great stuff wrote there ill be makeing note of it

[BVC]

i would just like to add i think your too cheap to start of with,i think,seeing as your more down south i would start at £10.00.
maybe other cleaners on here in your area may be able to confirm this

Dont get involved with "any house £5.00"dickheads!"

Now Now....I charge a fiver and do alright

Mind you. I dont got a convertable bmw...Waaaaaaassssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup

BVC.

[dazmond]

sounds like you need to do some canvassing mate.i wouldnt go back!21 custies?i started with more than that 18 years ago!!

canvass every weekend and some week evenings for 6 months and you should have a base to push on with.ive had customers like this one but they soon got dropped.

i hardly get any trouble from my 300+ customers but ive weeded them out over the years.


best wishes



dazmond

[SPE]

reminds me of when I started out, had a £10 regular had been doing six months ish,
always had to clean on a thursday between 10 and 12 . Turn up one week to be told someone knocked at the door day before and asked if they wanted the windows cleaned so she said yes ! she said sorry and I could do them again next time, kept me on but same thing happened again a few months later, some people  no loyalty whatsoever and then wonder where their window cleaner dissappeared to  :
onwards and upwards dont go back.

[Paul Coleman]

Have been window cleaning for 6 months now and today was the first time I have had negative comments off a custie. I dont have many custies (21) and I do take my time of doing a good job. I have a minimum price of £7 and for this job I charge £8 monthly. This would of been the third clean so I knocked the door and she says along the lines of:

"Not this time, only had them done the other day for £5 and they do the frames as well whenever you do them when I open the windows all I see is dirt on the white bits and the blokes on the ladder cleaned them all"

I was quite shocked but wanted to stay polite so I said

"Ok no worries, you do realise when I clean I do the frames as well and the sills and when I finish the job theres no dirt on the frames. Do you want me to come next month?"
 

She said yes come back next month but I dont want to tbh I want good regular customers. How would you respond I was tempted to just say I wont be back, forget it!

At the moment, you do have time to waste with so few customers..  If you don't need the money though, maybe this one should be dumped.  Let's face it, she is now on your "to be dumped when no longer needed" list anyway.

[Splash 4 Cash]

Yes mr Daz You would find it a lot harder to build a round in these time.Work is not as plentifull today as its was 5 back never mind 18 years. Give the guy a break.

[dazmond]

i think your talking rubbish SPLASH FOR CASH!!

plenty of guys have built a customer base in 6 months recently!!leafleting wont get you there!you need to canvass a few days after leaflet drop and hammer it every weekends and some evenings!!

you need to go find the work when starting out or else you ll be waiting forever on just leaflets only unless your putting out 10,000 a month every month.

you need drive and determination! if you havent got any then you might as well pack in now and go and do something else IMO.

BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL

DAZMOND

[sean84]

i think your talking rubbish SPLASH FOR CASH!!

plenty of guys have built a customer base in 6 months recently!!leafleting wont get you there!you need to canvass a few days after leaflet drop and hammer it every weekends and some evenings!!

you need to go find the work when starting out or else you ll be waiting forever on just leaflets only unless your putting out 10,000 a month every month.

you need drive and determination! if you havent got any then you might as well pack in now and go and do something else IMO.

BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL

DAZMOND

I will be honest and say its harder than I expected, to get customers, to keep customers, to keep motivated etc.. Sometimes I think I may be better off working for someone, or help from someone with more experience but im not going to give up just yet.