[Mike Halliday]

I am getting these printed for a five-a-round, this is back & front.

thought you might want to see it

[derek west]

nice.

can i nick it?

derek

[Steve Chapman]

Think it draws too much attention to a negative rather than a positive, and they will just be thinking of the noise.

also the description of the machine doesnt match the picture of the rotary so is a bit confusing


steve

[Paul_Ashworth]

Mike,
I like it but i would add valid for 14 or 30 days, i think you are turning a negative to positive by leaving them with discount voucher.

Paul

[derek west]

why 14 to 30 days?

who's gives a fck when they call. as long as they do they can call me in 5 years time. don't forget, its £10 off what ever you want it to be.
derek

[robert meldrum]

The purpose of the leaflet is to attract attention and I believe it does that.............If a neighbour is around as I leave a job I always apologise for the noise or any inconvenience my van might have caused.

No one has ever complained and they are normally pleasant and responsive to my politeness often requesting a card or phone number.

I reckon that's a good card and I'll bet it get's a decent response.

[vacman]

.......i am left wondering if your potential new customer might be a little wary of you disturbing their neighbours if you clean for them, in the same way you percieve you were disturbing them on the day you cleaned for another neighbour. Might they not assume that other companies are quieter? And why focus on the noise as opposed to -say- apologising for having a van parked outside for the duration? These are not negative comments i am making, they are genuine questions i am asking in relation to what your thinking was when you planned the advert.

Also, is the advert above the actual finished article? I ask as the use of capital letters is incorrect in several places.

[Simon Gerrard]

Looks good, Mike. I like the £10 voucher, but not sure you should be making such a fuss about the noise. Most people are out all day and won't have witnessed the noise you made and will just imagine some exhaust spewing machine outside their hose and be utterly put off by the prospect.
The noise, if you can call it noise, is something that makes people look at what's going on and see your van, all of which is good. But to emphasise the noise aspect seems to be advertising a negative because you're apologising for it. Why not invite them to call round and look at the quality of what you've done.

Simon

Simon

[Mike Halliday]

I think people couldn't care less about the noise, me apologising for it is just another reason for me to stick something in thier letterbox, but it look like I'm a professional company who works would consideration for other people.

Steve the picture of me waving with the rotary is almost my trademark I use it on all my marketing & my Van, plus no one knows what it is anyhow so wouldn't be confused.

I think drawing attention to a negative is balanced with a positive because they are getting a £10 discount because of it

Derek everything I post on here can be copied by anyone, that partly why I post it to share Ideas.

[Mike Halliday]

if anyone want to copy it ( with any alterations) they can contact


 David Hought
DCH Design Limited
68 Beckside
Beverley
HU17 0PD

Tel: 01482 866977
david@dchdesign.co.uk

he does excellent design work, emails you the master copy and you can send it to any printer you like

[DanielWelford]

Mike

How much does he charge?

Dan

[Mike Halliday]

less per hour than us

I think around £50-£60 an hour, but he did this in less than an hour

[Hilton]

Excellent!

If you were able ( and I am not suggesting you can) I would post them day before you start cleaning , you could possibly change the wording to reflect this something like ; Sorry about the noise but your neighbours are having their carpets professionally cleaned tomorrow etc etc....they would then be expecting some noise but more importantly like all neighbours they are inquisitive and would have to take a look.

[jeff1966]

Why are you giving out discount vouchers out?thought you were busy all the time!

[elliott cleaning]

Reckon that's the best 5 'a round' leaflet I've seen bar the tenner discount.  And I've been 'a-round' a long time

[derek west]

i'm gonna stick with mikes format but with a space to write the house number in. if the neighbours are  not in and don't hear the noise, at least they'll know which house i worked on so they can go for a nosey.
derek

[derek west]

jeff
maybe thats why he's busy all the time.
derek

[elliott cleaning]

Derek
Don't forget to leave a big space for the house number.

When you go up-market you'll find that the houses have names & not numbers

[shaun lord]

BRILLIANT idea Mike, and thank you to you for sharing it, may try some myself and post them before i start the clean.

Shaun

[derek west]

when the houses have names it takes far to long to do the 5 arounds in fact it takes far to long just to walk to the end of the drive
derek