[bennymon]

hi folks after a few busy weeks this week i have only 1 small job worth£75 . and all the calls seem to be price shoppers  whats going on 

[scott.]

personally, I think it's the economy....interest hikes, etc...even I have had a very quiet period over the last 3 months....in fact, I have never seen it this quiet ever....could be all the interest rate hikes.

[ianharper]

Guys

keep the faith

change your copy to talk about how much cheaper it is to maintain carpets and upholstery than replace

respect

ian harper

[Mike Osbourne]

bennymon,

More likely you have been busy and didn't keep up your marketing. There is a lag between easing off and drying up of business.

I hate this 'must be interest rates' etc comment cos all it does is ease the conscience and offload responsibility to something beyond our control.

I fall in to this trap too expecially when we had all those bank holidays. The truth is if I delivered twice as many leaflets and chased some commercial work I'd have loads of work all the time.

[david_m]

Hi all

Agree with Mike on bank holidays pain in the aaaaaaaaaasss

as mondays tend to be a good day for booking work
a lot of times you can book nearly half a week worth of work on a monday and the other half on friday.


 Davy

[homenclean]

Whilst it is quite have a look on late deals.com they are giving holidays away for £100 and less when the holidays companies are quite at this time of year we are all going to be quite, what would you rather do clean the suite and carpet or have a week in the sun.

John

[Neil Grainger]

Its been very difficult since Feb, very strange times. I dont think I can do anymore to try and get work, Leaflets, papers, Phoning my database, Conatcting Businesses, Parish Mags. Letting agents, all very quiet.

Tuff times, really thinking about going back to the IT work again, Moneys good but the life stile is live to work and the whole reason for setting this up is work to Live.

[maxcarpets]

Morning Neil,

It does get you like that sometimes, at least you have IT to fall back on, its not the worse career in the world. The only other things I've done is sales rep ( crap ) and hod carrying ( even worse ) dont think Ill be rushing back to either of them! If you do decide to return to IT let me know maybe we could have some sort of deal. Speak to you soon.

Regards

Justin

[carpetguy]

Sorry you are finding things quiet. Overall, it's definitely been a quieter start to the year, but I am still getting around 8 jobs per week, which is all I can handle.

I have no marketing going on whatsoever...........................actually, when I think about it, that's not strictly true.

Subconciously, I'm marketing myself every time I do a job, or answer the phone, or solve a problem, but mostly, when I give exceptional service and value for money.

O K, this doesn't get a barrowload of new clients every week and I've been around since the dinosaurs walked the earth, or so my kids think, but.......................it starts with the first client and I have always worked along the lines, that.....................be well mannered, pleasant , clean and tidy, have a confident aura about you and always do the best possible job, even when it sometimes takes twice as long as expected.....................You will impress......You will be respected and appreciated.......You will be recommended to others.

Going " the extra mile "  

[maxcarpets]

busy busy now, I hope it has picked up for everyone else.

[ady]

very quiet  ,never been this quiet may have to go on the game   regards ady