[mlscontractcleaner]

Partly as a bit of Fun ( ) and partly as a real effort to get off my bum and do what I've been meaning to do since, well, since January 1st, I am about to embark on a challenge set for me by my dear wife. In the nest 12 full weeks before Christmas I will attempt to pull in an extra 300 new, regular customers to start 2010 off very nicely.

Now, that'll be easy wont it  just 25 new customers a week; I picked the first one up today whilst out working so if I'm out each evening ( except those evenings when Liverpool are playing .................................. obviously ) I only need 5 per night ( ish).

To be honest I'm quite up for the challenge; not quite sure when I'll have time to clean them all mind, but hey ho.

So come on lads and lasses; is our industry too saturated to make this achievable or as a window cleaner of almost 20 years standing will I have the canvassing experience to make this a walk in the park

Your opinions please.















To the other Plymouth lads on here, don't worry, your work is safe, I only take on the high end stuff

[Mike #1]

good luck mate hope you can do it

[mlscontractcleaner]

I shall put a weekly update on here every Sunday evening

[pingu]

300?..you should start a round building service...

[mlscontractcleaner]

That's not going to happen Pingu, I only canvass / leaflet drop for my own business; and I don't do that as often as I should

[TonyD]

I should think that would be possible, especially if you go out on a weekend.
keep us informed, and good luck..

[G Griffin]

300 customers  
 Thought you meant £`s. I think I could manage that, weather permitting  .
  Posting it on here should give you some extra motivation.
    Good luck with it and if Liverpool play like the other night you`d be better off canvassing  :.  

                       Gerry.

[gerard mcmanus]

how many do you do now and what's your average price?

[Murdie window cleaning]

When you break it down to 5 a day then it sounds very possible. That's a good target to set may just have to set myself a target to get myself going. All the best 

[RO-Sheen]

Im guessing you must have only a few customers now, because where I live (oxfordshire) that is a fullish round. I have about 300 and work on a 6 weekly basis and to be honest I struggle to keep up with it. I regularly fall behind!
Mind you, September has been great, Got loads of work done due to the dry weather!

[RO-Sheen]

PS: Good luck to you, Good for you being motivated. Keep posting on how you are getting on and we will give you hell of you start to slack!!

Mods...Could you keep this thread at the top of the posts? It would be good as it will motivate others newbies!

[matt]

good luck with it

i think you might struggle to get 300 in 3 months

you might get the riff raff work that are messers and dog mess houses, but for 300 good customers, i think you will struggle this time of the year, our current financial climate and i think 25 a week is very good going in the dark nights

but go and prove me wrong   

[Gleaming windows]

Cozy says if you get 300 custards by christmas then he's a poofter; on top of that he also said if you manage 300 then he'll put 300 quid in your bank account.

Hows that for an incentive.

Matt

[cozy]

Matt just mailed me mate and said you'll never manage it. Says you are all pee and wind and he could do double that in half the time.

No, good luck, and take a good torch, you may be working a little bit longer every day 

[Clive McDonald]

miscontractcleaner

You do not stand any chance at all. This is totally unrealistic and impossible.

Apart from this the grind of canvassing after a days work will prove daunting and too much.And use you mentioned to actually clean that many takes time you don't haveIf you achieve a third of that ,100, i would take my hat off to you.

I can't put customer numbers on like that, or anywhere near, but there are ways if you use your brain, to get new customers.Use the best ideas off the forum, and spend money.

[mlscontractcleaner]

RO-Sheen, you are very much off the mark buddy. We started up in business in 1991 and run a contract cleaning business taking care of night clubs, a private school and various other smaller places in their day to day cleaning, shampoo plenty of carpets and have plenty of domestic and commercial customers on our window cleaning books.

This is aimed at obviously increasing the window cleaning side to an even higher level and to see if I can canvass what would amount to a small round in the time given.

Slumpbuster, whilst I appreciate your imput and opinion to say something is totally impossible and dismiss it out of hand so easily is very short sighted in my opinion. Maybe it will be hard, maybe there'll be the occasional night when I can't be arsed to go back out after a hard day ( we start work at 5am mornings ) but if it's at all possible I'll do it ........................ and then have to employ another fella to help clean them I guess

[Sean Dyer]

miscontractcleaner

You do not stand any chance at all. This is totally unrealistic and impossible.

Apart from this the grind of canvassing after a days work will prove daunting and too much.And use you mentioned to actually clean that many takes time you don't haveIf you achieve a third of that ,100, i would take my hat off to you.

I can't put customer numbers on like that, or anywhere near, but there are ways if you use your brain, to get new customers.Use the best ideas off the forum, and spend money.

I average about 5 each time i go out for an hour or two but keeping that up every day for 3 months wouldnt be easy!!

[Clive McDonald]

If you get over a hundred you will have proved me wrong. I will follow your progress and don't want you to fail just because i say it can't be done.

Most people (i surmise) have problems building a round. 1 to 30 custies okay, but as you grow to say 100 there is less and less time to chase new ones. Once you hit 200, the time to find the last 100 will not exist.

[Sean Dyer]

If you get over a hundred you will have proved me wrong. I will follow your progress and don't want you to fail just because i say it can't be done.

Most people (i surmise) have problems building a round. 1 to 30 custies okay, but as you grow to say 100 there is less and less time to chase new ones. Once you hit 200, the time to find the last 100 will not exist.

This is true, but he almost knows that i think as he said, "dont know when i will do new cleans" And i have done a few recently - they take forever!!

Go for it though aim for 300 and if you do 100 so what its still a crap load more money each year at just £10 each monthly you are 12000 better off next year

Dont be put off by anyone on here !!

GO FOR IT i

I am on a big push myself we can compare, and have a competition

Will keep me going too

Put up value of work canvassed x number of jobs each week/month?

[mlscontractcleaner]

An online canvassing competition, I like it

No fibs though, the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

May the best man win