[Jamie Lindsay]

Any off yous guys got any good tips how to move in and try get into the commercial side of carpet cleaning ?

where do yous guys get your commercial work ?

any thoughts welcome

[craignozza]

Yh a good tip is dont bother 

[Jamie Lindsay]

haha... I know the feeling

[markpowell]

Send letters to pubs, clubs, cinemas, bingo halls etc
Drive round the industrial estates and ask to speak to the facilities manager, offer your services or simply hand a compliments slip to the receptionist.
Be prepared to wait a month or 2 for payment or offer 10% discount if they pay within 7 days by bacs.
Mark

[Jamie Lindsay]

nice advice... Ive been trying the old cold calling but trying to buy time is proving hard

[Len Gribble]

If I told you I would have to kill you 

Send lots and lots of letter out it will take years

Good luck or look at my posts only 4249 of them cant remember which one

len

[craignozza]

4250 len

[Len Gribble]

Craig

Now 4252 you’re to close for comfort

[Jamie Lindsay]

any useful tips??

[Mr Dvae]

all you have to do is talk to people

Dave

[Jamie Lindsay]

gona wait till it goes quiet then hit the commercial side hard

[Richard Basey-Fisher]

guys   building a decent amount of comm work does take time and effort .  there is an awfull lot out there but its an extremely price driven sector in most cases.  sometimes this can be the hardest and least rewarding work you will do .   

after a few years i have a fairly decent portfolio of customers on the commercial side many of the regulars have come to me rather than i have approached them .  Mostly through the web .

Many cc business s market hard when times are slow  i believe in consistant marketting all year round .  its better to have a decent cash flow than dramatic peaks and troughs .

[Jamie Pearson]

What types of businesses do you want to work for??

[M.Acorn]

Just did this one today on my own,far section I did the entire area,as it was too far gone for just doing the spots and stains,main hall area,just did stains and spots,then 2 other rooms,4 hours start to finish £300.







Need to cleanse the churchness from my Pagan soul now though,horrible oppressive feeling in that place,but glad to take money from God inc 

[Len Gribble]

Jamie

Your first port of call should be who you know (never what you know)

Family members can be a good resource (thank you the Gribble clan even if you are third removed but your family)

Another resource is the wife yes wife : (wife into horses one of her friends down at the stables I met the other week husband is an area director for a pub group you never know

Hope this helps! Have got some others one of them to do with scaffolding all you need is tenacity and a TM a must 
 
Mark

Duo 

Len

[M.Acorn]

Yeah I know,left my rotary at home,only had to use it on the end section,so was all ok