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craigp

Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #60 on: August 23, 2006, 08:28:46 am »
i think vernon hit the nail on the head, you only got a charge £50 for a through lounge, do it in 40 mins and thats a rate of 70 an hour (roughly)

why on earth is that unbelievable.

you got be slow and charging very little if you cant.

calmore

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Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #61 on: August 23, 2006, 02:20:26 pm »
...think it's down to the HOLY water! ;)

Now there's an interesting marketing idea!

:)
Calmore Carpet Cleaning-Southampton
www.calmore.com

Southern PAT Services
www.southernpatservices.com/

Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #62 on: August 23, 2006, 03:04:16 pm »
i think vernon hit the nail on the head, you only got a charge £50 for a through lounge, do it in 40 mins and thats a rate of 70 an hour (roughly)

why on earth is that unbelievable.

you got be slow and charging very little if you cant.

I presume we are talking truckmount here.

For me it's 20 min setup, 10 min pre vac, prespary & Agi 15min, 20 min extraction/ set pile and 15 min pack up. nd that's if it's straightforward.

 

Mr Dvae

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Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #63 on: August 23, 2006, 03:59:15 pm »
I can't believe it myself but over the last 3 months every hour my truckmount has run averages about £90.00 obviously this doesn't count the setup/ messing about time

Regards Dave

the red carpet

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Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #64 on: August 23, 2006, 06:19:03 pm »
Paul_Ashworth, Sorry i just saw your question

The £800 is divided between

£240 yellow pages
£140 leaflets
£320 leaflet delivery
£100 website listings (pay per click)

I do this every month, and send out a reminder card to old customers every couple months as well
Will also be trying the local newspaper soon, and some direct mail for commercial

craigp

Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #65 on: August 23, 2006, 07:28:53 pm »
just shows how we are all different, my total advertising spend this month;
£150 ish

The Great One

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Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #66 on: August 23, 2006, 08:42:43 pm »
Hi

What responses are you getting on that £150?

Y/P want me to spend £3200 to be in 3 different catagories

carpet & Upholstery

Cleaning & Maintenance

Office Cleaning

Are any of you guys in these catagories and hows your response?

Regards

Martin 8)

Liahona

Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #67 on: August 24, 2006, 10:18:19 pm »
Bloody hell, what a post. For my pennies worth......... Listen to what John and I

think it was Mike in what they have said. It doesnt really matter what anyone

 else is doing as each have different ways of doing things and as the man a and

 b scenario, profits will vary per person just as much as the initial price. I think if

you arent earning twice what you need so to speak you would need to change

something. Be it what you charge or what you do. Most of you know what I

charge for what I do but then I work as little as poss which has gone to 3 or 4

days a month. In my world I could never be booked up more than 5 or 6 days a

 month if I was extremely lucky. I take my hat of to those who find one or two

jobs a day or more. My theory has always been though to work less for a whole

 lot more and it has thankfully worked for me very well. I havent ever spent a

penny on advertising andsometimes struggle why anyone would advertise in

any form. Your ability to talk will always get you work. My suggestion would be

 to talk to the right people to get the work you want. Damn site easier than all

 these bits of note paper that we call fliers. Anyway, Best, Dave.

John Kelly

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Re: Me and the real world
« Reply #68 on: August 24, 2006, 10:22:09 pm »
Dave (Liahona) has used his brains and cottoned on to a highly lucrative niche market. Everybody doesn't live in semis.