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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: josephus on August 19, 2016, 11:33:54 pm

Title: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: josephus on August 19, 2016, 11:33:54 pm

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After about 20 weeks of full time carpet cleaning I am very happy with the results. I had done it for many years  but only maybe one job a month.

Thanks to this I have started making ok money, bills are not an issue anymore and we are (hopefully) moving to a brand new house.
I am still far to cheap and I doubt I do it as well as I should but in time I'll improve and so will my business.

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: Brendan (chem2clean) on August 20, 2016, 12:14:20 am

Well done,just keep going.

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: Darran Pryce on August 20, 2016, 05:15:38 pm

Well done!  :)

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: Jor dan on August 20, 2016, 06:49:31 pm

about 9 months in myself, picking up within last 3 months.

its a harder graft getting the work than the cleaning sometimes!...

read, learn, practice, repeat...

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: josephus on August 20, 2016, 09:43:38 pm

So true! I am still working on getting customers, but it's improving, I only have one slow week a month now.

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: Steve Fortt on August 20, 2016, 10:58:29 pm

Well done.

Keep working at it and you will eventually reap the benefits.

Never give up.

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: Mike Halliday on August 21, 2016, 07:54:57 am

Well done with your success so far :)

Where is your work coming from? And how many jobs are you averaging in a week?

Ps...... Is Joseph your actual name?

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: edward coller on August 21, 2016, 09:36:57 pm

Well done, keep on keeping on!

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: josephus on August 23, 2016, 07:41:17 pm

Hi Mike.

I am getting 60%  of my work through Facebook groups and 40% through Facebook adds. It's early days but I hope to get more regular jobs as I progress. I still do a little bit of window cleaning (300 a month) but it's handy as I fit it into slow days. So far I think I am getting about 9 or ten jobs a week at an average of 45 pounds a job. It's a decent start, and my gear is in really good order so I'll have a while until I need to replace them.

No, my names not Joseph. I joined this forum many years ago and used the same name across every forum I joined. Never got around to changing it.

Cheers

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: Tony Stewart on August 24, 2016, 10:42:05 pm

Dr Josephus
So now you have a little more confidence get some more jobs at an average of £65 a job.
How - its so easy. The facebook side produces the cheaper jobs for you but you have another seperate customer base which is your window cleaning. They know who you are and they know your standard of work. You write to each one personally saying that you have now expanded your business and can now clean their carpets. No opening offers, no cheap prices, just a nice letter. Summers here and you remove the pollens and allergens from their carpets and carpets clean and windows clean etc etc. They will call you and ask how much....go round and have a chat to measure up......... but put up the prices.......you are worth it.

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: josephus on August 27, 2016, 07:01:14 pm

Thanks Tony. I'll do that! I really want to push the whole "Family Business" thing. I use that picture and a link to my facebook page which is very popular. I plan to have those kids in my pictures well into grumpy teenage years!

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: Mike Halliday on August 27, 2016, 07:12:45 pm

That's a trick well utilised by chemdry...... They all use family photos


Plus photos with a wife and kids makes you look less of a weirdo :D :D

Title: Re: 20 Weeks as a full timer is going well
Post by: josephus on August 28, 2016, 12:00:46 am

I start from a pretty high "weirdo" base so this can only help me!