[Mike Halliday]

with the talk about Xmas coming up I think its more important to start thinking about Jan & Feb

So...... prime every customers for cleaning at this time, tell them the truth, things tend to slow down a bit in Jan & Feb so you offer a number of special offers at this time, Tailor each special offer to them, if they have a leather suite tell them you do a special deal on leather cleaning, if you  only clean the downstairs tell you you are doing 3 bedrooms for the price of 2.

Tell them you'll  give them a ring in Jan & Feb to see if there is anything they need doing ( I say tell them not ask them )

if you wait until Jan, look at your diary and see its empty, it because you didn't do the ground work now

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin

[Mike Osbourne]

Nice one Mike

Jan/Feb does look scary at the moment.

[Mike Halliday]

Mike it looks like I preaching a little bit, but every year in Jan & Feb we get people asking how to get work in the slow period and really we should plan for it now.

I've been stockpiling leaflets (even some special 'January discount'  leaflets from  this year  ) so I don't have the expense of buying them in Jan & Feb

might be worth sending out sales letters to hotels and restaurant or other places  who do Xmas parties trying to get work in Jan when its all finished

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Sometimes it's worth advertising in the quiet times when you may not get the best results per % but it will keep you in work (providing you gat a decent return) you will be surprised that when you get naturally busier that some of these leaflets etc will call you in the busier periods, you nevere really lose out with marketing.

Shaun

[Mike Osbourne]

Well I'll be taking these guys' advice, no point getting to the middle of Feb then posting had nothing and what should I do, cos it's too late then.

[COLIN BRIGHT]

fully booked in Jan and Feb



Sorry,just woke up but had the strangest dream.

[Russell Morgan]

im in the process of sending out a few hundred letters and got 50,000 flyers going out in the next couple of weeks, its quite busy at the mo in my area for some reason

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Was it a nightmare Colin? every job was a carpet cleaned for a fiver and buy one get one free

Shaun

[Jon Tabbener]

Has anyone got any good offers to go out on leaflets to get work in Jan & Feb

cheers

Jon
Eclipse Carpet Care

[Mike Halliday]

how about these

[Jon Tabbener]

Thanks Mike

I've just had my 1st 10,000 leaflets printed & i'm using 2 of those offers aleady  , that was thanks to one of your leaflets you sent me a while back.

Many Thanks

Jon

[clinton]

Same here i have had some printed and dell last week and used two of the offers that mike gave me.

Had mine done by dp of hull and the quality was top 

[brian willis]

same here had 10000 done by dp spot on.
mine are pink. yes pink.

[David_Annable]

Hi

I find Jan & Feb quite relaxing, is it just me?

Dave