[Shaun_Ashmore]

Phone quieter than normal but still heavily booked up.

Shaun

[ashplays]

martin i didnt know u was in my neck of the woods  u in thompson?  chelmsford is were i got turned over on  a job the other week avon rd grrrr                         

 gary

[cheryl new]

Absolutely dead.  Keep checking the phone for a dial tone
Have driven passed the homes of my competition on various occasions (on my way to drop Millie off at nursery school, I don't normally stalk people honest ) and their vans haven't moved either, so it's not just me.

Out leafleting y'day, observing one absolutely awful driveway (peach coloured and very shiney) and slipped and fell hard on my backside.  Hobbled back to van winded, wounded and red faced only to find my 6 year old son laughing his head off.

Not a good week.

Cheryl

[Stephen SWC Cleaning]

Gone from doing nothing to being snowed under.

I Hate January's 

[Martin Sambrook]

Hi Gary, Ditto, didnt know you where in this area either.
You got turned over on a job? What did they do?


Martin

[Martin Sambrook]

p.s.
nope not in thompson, though i will have to get in there.
Whereabouts in chelmsford are you Gary, i'm near the Army & Navy

martin

[bennymon]

hi im in guildford and its dead im lucky to get 2 jobs a week

[bennymon]

anyone busy now ive gone a week without a job

[Ian Rochester]

Where are you, or are you prepared to travel worldwide?

We are steady, next week is full(ish), following week has a couple of slots still.  Been running my proverbials off this week trying to clear time to get to the show yesterday.

[Steve Weatherley]

I had nowt 2 weeks ago, did £400 last week and £300 this week (did go to the show for 2 days though!). Verdict - it's picking up gradually and January and February were better than expected. Hopefully some good weeks in the summer will make up for some bad ones in winter.

[Mark@Eco-Powerclean]

However I have a mass leaflet campain planed from March onwards

A mass leaflet campaign planned for March in the East Anglia area? If you're really lucky Ian, they may hit the same letterboxes at the same time as my mass leaflet campaign due to kick off in East Anglia next week. 

[Martin S]

East Anglia's a 'fairly' big place though!!  Unless you're into Carpet cleaning world domination.   

How's it goin' Mark?

Regards.

Martin

[Dennis]

Ian and Mark

You are more than welcome to leaflet drop in my part of East Anglia as long as you stick to the east of me! 

ps Don't come today, the snow has arrived, I've wimped out and postponed todays work to next week.  :

[Mark@Eco-Powerclean]

East Anglia's a 'fairly' big place though!!  Unless you're into Carpet cleaning world domination.   

How's it goin' Mark?

Regards.

Martin

Ah, you've guessed my masterplan then Martin. 

I'm still very much getting things off the ground at the moment.  They don't make it very easy for people starting up businesses in this Country do they? Companies House, Inland Revenue, Customs & Excise, accountants, solicitors all wanting a bit of the action. Eventually I may be allowed the odd couple of hours to actually concentrate on carpet cleaning.

I've done a few jobs and have had good feedback so far, but this is the first major leaflet campaign I've embarked on.  I must admit I've gone to town on the leaflets (more like double sided full colour posters by the time I finished). I've got 55,000 of them being printed which should be completed by tonight. Distribution is being planned throughout the rest of March so we'll see how it goes. Hopefully there'll be a few manky carpets after all the snow and ice has given way and the timing could be good.

Ian

I reckon in this weather I probably could do a leaflet drop to the east of Gorleston....if I can find my ice skates and a few frozen in passing ships. 

Weather's not too much better here in Ipswich. Started out cold but dry this morning, so I took my son to school. On the way back it's started coming down in torrents, and we're now pretty much snowed under. Getting him home from school later could prove interesting.

[paul@ctcs]

Hi Guys,

The snow has hit me too here in Newmarket I did have plenty of work booked for today with me being at the show all week a busy friday/saturday was inevitable, but the roads are so bad I'm staying in with a brew and Emma to entertain me instead

We should look into some East Anglia Networking and get together occasionly for a beer.

Paul

[Mark@Eco-Powerclean]

Hi Paul. How did you enjoy the show? Hope Nick didn't work you too hard. I had all great intentions of going, but unfortunately there was a lot of marketing stuff and Government red tape which needed sorting by tight deadlines, so couldn't make it.

Snow's now stopped here in sunny Ipswich. Pah, five inches of the stuff and then it gives up. Roads still look treacherous though, and I'm supposed to be driving down to east London to pick up my mum so she can be here for my son's seventh birthday tomorrow. No chance!

Actually, while it may have been a bit light hearted, I don't see why we couldn't organise a kind of East Anglian network if other are interested. It's certainly far more practical to set up than the national network which was mentioned on here a little while ago, and perhaps if the national network plan is still of interest to others, maybe this is the way forward. We could start up regional networks, which if successful, could then come together as a national network, but we have to get the bottom of the pyramid on a firm footing before we embark on the top. I'm all in favour of the East Anglian network, Chairman Paul. Oh, and as chairman, it's your round first. 

[paul@ctcs]

Hi Mark,

I was looking out for you, Its a shame you couldnt get to Birmingham, The show was a real success and a great oppertunity to get to chat with chaps from the forums, they never look the way you expect them too, far worse
The snow has also stopped here but as in your neck of the woods the roads are looking nasty so I've re-booked todays 3 jobs for next week.
Regarding networking, it would be great if we could, but I'm not sure if it would be an easy thing to get of the ground, most companies with multiple branches probably cover the entire country so networking in an area such as the east may be tricky. Saying that If ever asked if I can clean out of my prefered area then more than happy to pass work to a CC such as yourself. We should arrange a CC get together somewhere in central EA a little later in the year and talk shop.

Paul

CTCS

[bennymon]

hi folks still no work in guildford not even had a call in over a week   im glad im off for a 3 day course next week.

[Ian Gourlay]

Mark, Paul

Im happy with this talk of East Anglian domination as long as you stick to A45

A12

Mark how are you planning to distribute your 55 thousand.
Did you get A3 the  Copy Printer I have the use off only does A4

Let us know when the East Anglian Chapter is due to meet.

Regards

Ian

[Mark@Eco-Powerclean]

Ian, that is my initial plan. I'm starting off in Ipswich and gradually moving down the A12 into Doug Holloway territory.  Later on though I may begin to look northwards.

The poster thing was a bit of an exageration. Originally I intended to do A5 leaflets. This then expanded to A4 single side, and eventually ended up as A4 double side full colour. I chose a local company which prints and distributes leaflets. They are currently printing them (should be done by tonight if they were able to get into work today) and the distribution should begin some time next week. They are distributing 50,000 of them and I will do about 5,000 myself in areas which they are not targeting.

Long live the East Anglian Chapter. 

Mark