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Neil Grainger

  • Posts: 1273
Re: What do I say?
« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2008, 08:57:15 pm »
I probably spend 5 hrs cleaning and 5 hrs doing other work within the business, cleaning gets the money but the rest makes it happen and is more important.

I try and get 100 lealflets out a day wherever I am working, Quotes and do 25 letters every day to clients offering reminders about our service.

Plus the slow process of my new website.

gwrightson

  • Posts: 3617
Re: What do I say?
« Reply #21 on: August 29, 2008, 08:00:33 am »
Mark,
I never mentioned that I had to go around pricing all day........ did I ? ???

Now if you get the logistics right, quite often a survey will be carried out either on the way to a job , inbetween jobs or coming home from a job, not difficult to do really.
On the other hand if your rushing around like a blue arsed fly, i,m assuming you are :-\ for silly prices then No you wont have time .
I personaly allow a time for each job, where I had no need to rush, "this allows for any little extras" a chance to survey if need be, or a break . What on earth is the point in rushing about? surveying gets you the job, the price you want, and most importantly in my mind ........ you know exactly what you are dealing with. Now doesnt that make sense?  and lets be honest if I have to pop out after tea to survey , It s not a problem ,its part of my service it is part of my buisness and it gets me good paying custys.   
One feeling I get from those who say they are too busy or to knackered at the end of the day to survey is . NO your not!!!  You just cant be bothered!!! ;)

Geoff
who ever said dont knock before u try ,i never tried dog crap but i know i wouldnt like  haha

kinder clean

  • Posts: 603
Re: What do I say?
« Reply #22 on: August 29, 2008, 01:01:30 pm »
3 Mile radius!!! Do you live on Park Lane or Mayfair Mr Mike Halliday  ;D

Paul


suffolkclean

  • Posts: 908
Re: What do I say?
« Reply #23 on: August 30, 2008, 05:15:50 pm »
Ahhh Had it again yesterday - Thats it no more pricing over the phone. It works out quite well my husband has trained me on how to quote, measure up with the laser check the condition of the carpet and I go out and do estimates while he's working.


Jim_77

Re: What do I say?
« Reply #24 on: August 30, 2008, 05:18:11 pm »
Very good system, you have a big advantage over sole traders.  Plus I think that maybe a female making the initial contact is a big bonus, seems as a large proportion of customers are the lady of the house.  It maybe seems less threatening for them, helping them to relax and be more easily sold to :)

Mike Halliday

  • Posts: 11578
Re: What do I say?
« Reply #25 on: August 30, 2008, 06:07:19 pm »
Kinderclean, put 'HU17'  into Google maps and you'll see where I live its not in a big city or densly populated and i can stil keep 90% of my work with in 3miles..... and this is 3 miles north & west I never travel south into Hull and east is a river which I never cross. 
whats you postcode?
Mike Halliday.  www.henryhalliday.co.uk