[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

been out doing a bit of door knocking. got 6 in 30 mins .also  : a gutter clean and a conny roof job. how do you get the business in.

[Whizz-Bizz]

You got the job, your hired I need a good door knocker 

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

how much are you going to pay me.

[Whizz-Bizz]

You can earn as much as you want to earn if you put the hours in, for the right person its an open cheque book. Where you from ?

[kevinquinn]

Ive set a target of 400 new by June. What i do is have a printed off sheet with 15 spaces on. I need to get two a day or 13 a week. first week i got 10 second i got 12, this week i got 15 new customers. I knock untill I get atleast two.

Kev

[TheWindowManChris]

Ive set a target of 400 new by June. What i do is have a printed off sheet with 15 spaces on. I need to get two a day or 13 a week. first week i got 10 second i got 12, this week i got 15 new customers. I knock untill I get atleast two.

Kev

What do you do?   Do you do the Alrite Darling, you need your windows cleaned?   or Do 'Is your mum in?'

[kevinquinn]

I knock and say, " sorry to bother you, do you need a window cleaner?" If no, then i say thank you, please take my card, if you ever change your mind please give me a call. If they say yes, i chat to them for a few mins and take detales and move on to the next door. All new customers i do the day I canvassed.

Kev

[TheWindowManChris]

I knock and say, " sorry to bother you, do you need a window cleaner?" If no, then i say thank you, please take my card, if you ever change your mind please give me a call. If they say yes, i chat to them for a few mins and take detales and move on to the next door. All new customers i do the day I canvassed.

Kev

I carry a wee bag of sweeties in my pouch with a 'Thanks for chewing xxxxx'  I normally canvas Sundays however I am just not in mood as I been busy all week.   Starting at 6am and not getting home till 8-9pm.

[Whizz-Bizz]

I knock and say, " sorry to bother you, do you need a window cleaner?" If no, then i say thank you, please take my card, if you ever change your mind please give me a call. If they say yes, i chat to them for a few mins and take detales and move on to the next door. All new customers i do the day I canvassed.

Kev

Thats how I do it, I dont like to spend more than 5 minutes with the customer, Id rather just get a straight yes please

[pdale]

Nice one Alan, haven't spotted you traveling around for a bit ... i'm solely canvassing now for other window cleaners and done well in  setting up rounds. There's plenty of work out there.

Hope the round is going well mate.

[roundbuilder]

Canvassing is rubbish! You should all go out and leaflet for hours on end or pay people to deliver them for you for £60 odd per 1000 leaflets which is a bargain as you will on average get 1/2 enquirees per 1000 leaflets dropped.

[TheWindowManChris]

Canvassing is rubbish! You should all go out and leaflet for hours on end or pay people to deliver them for you for £60 odd per 1000 leaflets which is a bargain as you will on average get 1/2 enquirees per 1000 leaflets dropped.

It works for some people and works for others.   At end of the day Canvassing is not just knocking on door and saying 'Need your window cleanned'  you need to make a wee reason why they need there windows cleaned.  such as 'I was cleaning your neighbours window and thought you might be interested'

[roundbuilder]

Canvassing is rubbish! You should all go out and leaflet for hours on end or pay people to deliver them for you for £60 odd per 1000 leaflets which is a bargain as you will on average get 1/2 enquirees per 1000 leaflets dropped.

It works for some people and works for others.   At end of the day Canvassing is not just knocking on door and saying 'Need your window cleanned'  you need to make a wee reason why they need there windows cleaned.  such as 'I was cleaning your neighbours window and thought you might be interested'

No no no
Leafletting is much better coz canvassing is a rubbish way to build up a business. Canvassing only gets on average 1 in 20 doors id rather get 1 in 1000 doors and spend 100 times longer building up my business with spreadout uncompact customers and better still ill only do them 8weekly and charge 50 percent more but then need to spend another 10 years leafletting to gain the extra uncompact work that i need to fullfill my round.
Leafletting wins all day long... Taking ages to build up, costing loads of money to do so, work being uncompact and not having enough hours a day to finish a nice amount of houses for a full days work.
Canvassed rounds are just so lower class!!
having 3/4 jobs per road and only gaining 1 in 20 on a bad day and earning to much money then having to go vat registered because money just flys in far too quick where its too easy to get lots of work done and dusted from all the compact canvassing.

Trust me i know leaflets are miles better.

[Steven White]

In the early days I dropped hundreds of leaflets and not got a single customer.
Canvassing is the best way to build a round. It has the benefit also that you find out where other window cleaners are working and where they are not. Also you don't want houses here there and everywhere as you waste to much time inbetween, you want them grouped. Also you want to cherry pick houses and not bother with ones that are hard to access the rear when the owners are out to work.
If the round is big enough it generates it's own customers. I only canvas now if I want to break into a new estate. My unwritten rule is 6 new customers on a new estate gets the ball rolling for more.
I'm dropping advertising in village mags etc now as it's too expensive for what I get out of it.

[TheWindowManChris]

Canvassing is rubbish! You should all go out and leaflet for hours on end or pay people to deliver them for you for £60 odd per 1000 leaflets which is a bargain as you will on average get 1/2 enquirees per 1000 leaflets dropped.

It works for some people and works for others.   At end of the day Canvassing is not just knocking on door and saying 'Need your window cleanned'  you need to make a wee reason why they need there windows cleaned.  such as 'I was cleaning your neighbours window and thought you might be interested'

No no no
Leafletting is much better coz canvassing is a rubbish way to build up a business. Canvassing only gets on average 1 in 20 doors id rather get 1 in 1000 doors and spend 100 times longer building up my business with spreadout uncompact customers and better still ill only do them 8weekly and charge 50 percent more but then need to spend another 10 years leafletting to gain the extra uncompact work that i need to fullfill my round.
Leafletting wins all day long... Taking ages to build up, costing loads of money to do so, work being uncompact and not having enough hours a day to finish a nice amount of houses for a full days work.
Canvassed rounds are just so lower class!!
having 3/4 jobs per road and only gaining 1 in 20 on a bad day and earning to much money then having to go vat registered because money just flys in far too quick where its too easy to get lots of work done and dusted from all the compact canvassing.

Trust me i know leaflets are miles better.

You get a better rate for 1:20 houses than 1:1000.    I must admit sometimes canvasing work and sometimes leaflet drops working however I perfer doing 50/50 as I knock and if no answer than leave a leaflet.

[James chapman]

now now mick

[Whizz-Bizz]

Canvassing is rubbish! You should all go out and leaflet for hours on end or pay people to deliver them for you for £60 odd per 1000 leaflets which is a bargain as you will on average get 1/2 enquirees per 1000 leaflets dropped.

People are getting paid £60 per 1000 thats actually better than I knocked in today on the doors, really up against it with all the £4 whole house mania I had. You know what forget knocking who wants their leaflets dropped ? 

[roundbuilder]

 

Canvassing is rubbish! You should all go out and leaflet for hours on end or pay people to deliver them for you for £60 odd per 1000 leaflets which is a bargain as you will on average get 1/2 enquirees per 1000 leaflets dropped.

People are getting paid £60 per 1000 thats actually better than I knocked in today on the doors, really up against it with all the £4 whole house mania I had. You know what forget knocking who wants their leaflets dropped ? 

[Leigh Taylor]

Nice one Alan, haven't spotted you traveling around for a bit ... i'm solely canvassing now for other window cleaners and done well in  setting up rounds. There's plenty of work out there.

Hope the round is going well mate.

Hi Paul

Drop me an email with details of your canvassing service to leigh@taylor-and-taylor.co.uk

Cheers

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

hiya paul you ok round doin fine lad. have been around but doin different areas aswell and. glad you doin well on the new venture. its hard to knockdoors but the businessis out there.