[simonwonder]

please guys can you help me i'm all out of ideas have tried
cold call
leaflet drop
canvass (warm)
shop  window notice
liveried van
uniform
and radio ads
3 years in and i'm still not at full capacity
am wfp 
help i'm based in swindon and am regular and reliable do a good job
please
respect
simon

[jampot]

  looks like you tried everything

[windowwashers]

looks like you tried everything

apart from website 
sry had to add that 

[jampot]

 

[simonwonder]

thanks jampot
everything accept buying a round that is in a process i hope maybe i should move to wales or bridgend lol

[simonwonder]

no ian i forgot i got one of them
www.wondercleaning.co.uk

[d s windowcleaning]

good custom is hard to come by but when you do get them they are nice to have . it seems to me like youve tryed all options . but give ian windowwashers and have a website nice chap spoke to ian tonight give it ago .

[windowwashers]

no ian i forgot i got one of them
www.wondercleaning.co.uk

what about online marketing ??

[supernova77]

3 years in and i'm still not at full capacity

 

Spend all the days you're not cleaning on canvassing... And I don't mean wussy leaflet dropping... Actually knock on the doors and speak to people!

Andy

[Neil271052]

3 years in and i'm still not at full capacity

 

Spend all the days you're not cleaning on canvassing... And I don't mean wussy leaflet dropping... Actually knock on the doors and speak to people!

Andy

That is the best way.

People like to see their prospective WC face to face  and it costs nothing apart from your time.

[windowwashers]

3 years in and i'm still not at full capacity

 

Spend all the days you're not cleaning on canvassing... And I don't mean wussy leaflet dropping... Actually knock on the doors and speak to people!

Andy

That is the best way.

People like to see their prospective WC face to face  and it costs nothing apart from your time.

Wussy leaflet dropping ?? I do very well from this
I get most on my new custom online, and via leaflets and recommendation.

Recommendation is the best way 
target your customers first, give them a discount for every person they recommend, it is surprising how many new jobs you get from it.

Canvassing is the second best and does work, if you have the time.

my time is precious to me and is cheaper to pay others to do it for me, also it is a boring job and if you are no good at face to face sales and thats what it is, then this is not a route to go down.

there are loads of companies that offer this service some are poor some very good some cheap some expensive.

And people that say running a business is easy do not run a business 

[simonwonder]

thanks guys
must try harder
lots harder
will go door to door tmorrow after my appointment with the eye doctor
thanks again
simon
will call ian and see if he can improve my website for me

[supernova77]

Wussy leaflet dropping ?? I do very well from this
I get most on my new custom online, and via leaflets and recommendation.

It's a fact that door knocking brings in more business than leaflet dropping.

Andy

[windowwashers]

Wussy leaflet dropping ?? I do very well from this
I get most on my new custom online, and via leaflets and recommendation.

It's a fact that door knocking brings in more business than leaflet dropping.

Andy

that would really depend on the amount of people in would it not 
and if you want a fact leaflet dropping then going back a couple of days later and doorknocking brings in more business that door knocking alone.

[alan andrewswestsi]

door knocking is always number 1 , just be polite , always smile , and look them in the eye when you give them the price , work your price out then when you deliver it to the custie add a 25% , and give them the high price but say assuming your going to be a regular customer 4 or 6 weeks i would happily clean your windows for , and give them the lower price then shut your mouth till they speak , works great for me .

[simonwonder]

thanks andrew
 where should i start as a price starting point as i seen to be too low for some and to expensive for others
i usually price at £15 for a 3 bed house  would this be to low as i'm based in swindon  wilts

[simonwonder]

sorry alan
i didn't mean to call you andrew 
would £15 BE A GOOD PRICE
where in the country are you

[supernova77]

that would really depend on the amount of people in would it not  Tongue
and if you want a fact leaflet dropping then going back a couple of days later and doorknocking brings in more business that door knocking alone. Wink

When you door knock you obviously speak to the people that are in, which is much better than just posting a leaflet through when they are in... The ones that aren't in you then post a leaflet through and then if you like return a couple of days later... On the law of averages that is a much better way of gaining new customers than just leaflet dropping!

Andy

[windowwashers]

that would really depend on the amount of people in would it not  Tongue
and if you want a fact leaflet dropping then going back a couple of days later and doorknocking brings in more business that door knocking alone. Wink

When you door knock you obviously speak to the people that are in, which is much better than just posting a leaflet through when they are in... The ones that aren't in you then post a leaflet through and then if you like return a couple of days later... On the law of averages that is a much better way of gaining new customers than just leaflet dropping!

Andy

Andy, I think I may have written that in a confusing way, I will try again, I know full well doorknocking is a good way to get customers, leaflets on there own get less business but still work.

leaflet then doorknocking a couple of days later works the best IMO, as they alot of the time the people remember the leaflet you put through the door, rather than just knocking cold. you can also quote on the people that call you from the leaflet at the same time 

[Moderator David@stives]

Buying rounds is the traditional way of getting work, doorknocking etc has worked in the last few years where there was a shortage of wcs, now with the advent of wfp the slack has been taken up again, so we are back to buying rounds for new business.

you get the yo yo effect with most businesses.

Dave