[Murdie window cleaning]

Do the rest of you guys have any problam motivating your self to get out canvasing ? Up untill this week I've not had a problem, the buzz of getting new customers and watching the value of my round grow has been great, but this last week I've been flat, only went out door knocking for a short period and picked up 4 new custies.

Next week Come rain or shine(but probably rain) I will have to drag my arse out and get my jobs done and get out knocking lots of doors.

[JRDEasiReach]

yeah i have a problem at the moment, i cant decide whether to press ahead and get more flyers printed up or leave it until jan as i dont really want to knock on doors in december with xmas coming and just think i will leave it to my advert in the paper to see if it does a bit for me, then in new year get out back at it every spare minute i have!!!

[Murdie window cleaning]

Feeling more up for it this week, just been and done a full days cleaning(well inbetween the showers) picked up a new customer while I was out and a gutter clean for an existing customer. Out door knocking every afternoon/evening for the rest of the week as I need 19 new customers before the end of November to hit my target.

I think it is importent to have targets when starting out, if not its to easy to take the foot off the gas and pat your self on the back for the little bits you have achieved instead of forging ahead

[JRDEasiReach]

I sort of have financial targets to aim for instead of how many custies if you get me, my target was 500 for this month, not that far off that at the minute and i may yet reach it, if not ill keep to my target for the next month and so on

[JRDEasiReach]

Just when i thought things had dried up i got a call today from a lady i quoted a few weeks back, said at the time she would talk it over with her hubby, never got a call until today, over the moon, another 4 weekly clean for me!!!

[Murdie window cleaning]

Got out canvassing for all of 20 mins today before the heavens opened and the winds whipped up again, but picked up another 2 custies and another couple of hopefulls.

Just gutted the rain came on as hard as I was on a roll 

[JRDEasiReach]

I hate the hopefuls they never really bother getting back to you in the end do they?

[Milltown Cleaning]

JRD

what areas of the country are you covering?

[JRDEasiReach]

Cover Omagh(where i live) and up to 10 miles radius outside of it, currently have 1 in dromore(co tyrone), 2 in seskinore, 1 in beragh and 1 in fintona, all wee villages outside of Omagh.  The remainder of my work so far is Omagh based.

[cozy]

I reckon lads, for you lot to keep going when there doesn't seem to be much success takes bottle. Loads of blokes poke this business with a stick, if you know what I mean. Try to build a round and when it doesn't go as fast or as well as they thought it would be, they pack it all in and walk away.

The difference between those guys and guys like Ian Lancaster and Co is, they didn't give up. All the guys on here that moan about PITA custies and all the rest of it, all went through the same as you.

Just a quick tip, read what Window Wipers has said about putting a round together quickly, the bloke has done really well. I think he put nearly 300 custies in his round in under 8 months.

[JRDEasiReach]

Ive bit the bullet and i have to stick with, scratch that im GOING TO stick at it, this may have been a bad time of year to start but hey, it would still be hard in mid summer would it now, especially when you are new. 

Thanks cozy

[Milltown Cleaning]

this is what i realised recently! Things WILL be bad at times, i have only started my business, i have to be prepared to sit out the tough times and work to reduce the chances of them happening again!!

[JRDEasiReach]

and we will help each other through it bud, being fellow NI men and all that.  So what area you cover then?

[bignick]

hi there, new to forum having started up a saturday round.  For canvassing getting work a tip given to me by brother in law who is a plumber was "doesn't matter how good a plumber i am if i can't sell myself then i aint gonna get the job"  took this on board and it is working.

1.  when knocking always ask for the mum if a kid answers
2. smile say hello and say you are LOCAL window cleaner
3. if interested then give a bit of chat, comment on something they have in house, garden etc to gain trust so your not shifty.  Then once they are hooked in then price is sometimes not as important as if they like you (within reason!!)

Patience required on canvessing...... phone call yesterday for clean inside and outside from leaflets dropped through boxes 2 months ago.  gave the chat, interest in new house refurb and job was mine ....£85 every two months!

[lcwalker]

Well ive been delivering Leaflets about 400 and have got 2 calls up to now ive quoted both got 1 and haven't heard from the other yet.Ive done the 1 i got today along with another ive had for a few years the new one was a nice easy bunglow 7 windows £10 took me no time but i want more ive got a few others that ive had long term.I think im going to have to go door knocking i was just hoping to be lucky and get away with leafet drops but i really want to build a round up of 50 as i do have other work i do to.

[krave]

I have been going for about a year to two, but to be honest have been a bit lazy with gaining new work. No other excuse really. I am pretty far off what I would like but also realise Its not unnachievable if I work.

reading this thread and a few others recently has given me some more motivation. As of next week I shall be doing a couple of hours a day and will also post my results in here ( as its related? ).

Well done on some of your results guys and stick at it. Dont get lazy as time goes quick and youl regret it

[JRDEasiReach]

see i knew there was a very good reason for me to start this topic!!! Excellent

[bignick]

To get the most jobs need to knock on doors and speak to people, out of 100 leaflets you might get 1-2 jobs, knocking on doors might get 5-6.
Go knocking after 5pm up 8pm.  People don't like answering door after this.
Summertime is best as it is late, so can go knocking later.

[lcwalker]

To get the most jobs need to knock on doors and speak to people, out of 100 leaflets you might get 1-2 jobs, knocking on doors might get 5-6.
Go knocking after 5pm up 8pm.  People don't like answering door after this.
Summertime is best as it is late, so can go knocking later.

Yes i keep thinking of knocking and the best time to do so im rural and if i went out 5 to 8 at the moment it would be dark if i had to give a quote also i like to view it in day light so i can properly see.If i was doing this in a town on an estate it wouldn't really be a problem.Do you think saturday morning would be a good time?.

[gr cleaning solutions]

ive been going full time now since august i have not pick any new work up for a few weeks then got two today i have to say i have not been door knocking yet all my customers came through word off mouth or people seen me working im starting to door knock from January (i all do carpet cleaning so still earning in the bad weather well thats the plan)