[Ricky M]

Derek, your probably wasting your time looking at filling january and you defo won't fill it with people who ring you in december because they want it done before xmas and not after. January is january no one is busy in january best get used to it.
Col

Im a newbie but my biz aint and im not working on the 23rd 28th but the 8th 22nd 30th 31st training and the rest im working not as good as oct nov & dec but yes its still work.

some one once said to me " if you believe you cant-Then you cant ! " " believe you can and You can "
That stuck with me ( prob old sales crap ) but its self belief . last year in jan I worked 7 bloody jobs  and believed that would never happen again .
Derek , there is a few extra things you could do to open jan into a bit more of a worker just with the data base you already have , your clever and to the point so use that to advantage with YOUR already clients
Ricky

[derek west]

will do ricky,

barbara
can't comment on the pregnant thing, doesn't look easy.
ive got a new website being built and that will have seo, my other website is run using add words, i'm gonna run the 2 side by side this year and see which gets the best results.
derek

[clinton]

Derek

We will both have new web sites

[derek west]

new website buddies
derek

[clinton]

 

[daysdeepclean]

Derek, Why don't you offer every customer a free easter egg for every carpet cleaned in January? At least you know they're on the supermarket shelves already.... Joking aside, our local keebab shop give my wife a bottle of wine just before christmas, white wine   Mind you, we are their biggest customers..... literally

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Evening Derek

Personally, I love not working very hard in January. I like to catch my breath after the rush of November and December. It's the time to catch up on paperwork/sleeping-in/planning for the forthcoming year/ doing jobs around the house etc.

I price my jobs throughout the year to reflect January will be quiet and have put money aside on that basis to see me through.

(I do recognise that I could be far more pro-active but at heart I'm a lazy b*gger.)

Having said all that I do recognise that I am in a better position than some. I have an established business and I'll still t/o £4k+. This will be less than some but it more than covers my modest requirements.

And my only advertising will be the monthly bill for YP.

Overall moral: what I do works for me but perhaps not for others.

[Ricky M]

Rodger , how long you being going if you dont mind me asking ?
               Take you have a few staff ?

Ricky

[clinton]

Roger

As you said you have planed for the quieter months and the same here,maybe it comes with us going for a good few years 

Y pages works for you and as you know stoped working for me a few years ago :

Got a few jobs in for next week and they are all recomds and repeats

[Colin finney]

Same here a couple of good jobs most days next week which is not bad for jan but they are all repeats & recommends. Its not just january we have to worry about its this reccession too so I feel sorry for the new starters who i think may struggle in 2009, sorry for the gloom but good luck.
Col

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Morning Ricky

The business was established in 1989 and I bought the business in 1999. Made it a limited company in 2002. I increased the t/o by 120% in 8 years whilst also reducing the o/heads by 3% in the corresponding period.

I have no employees except myself.

Roger