[H h20]

Iv`e had no new work for ages then this week the phones been none stop,iv`e had £550 worths of new work since last friday,most of which from yellow pages and a few from work i already do jobs for,i hope it carries on for a while it`s great knowing money is coming in a lot better,anyone else doing well at the moment?Gaz. 

[rosskesava]

Hi Gaz

We had that earlier this year during January having got no new work for months.

One Saturday we had just one job to do and there's three of us who work together.

This job took us 15 minutes and the lady said to call on her neighbour which we did.

Then someone came out of a house opposite.

Then another neighbour asked etc.

We ended up doing 18 houses. Weird how it goes sometimes.

Cheers

[H h20]

Hi Ross,i does give you a real feel good factor when you get no end of new work,and the opposite when theres nothing for ages,but thats the way things go i suppose,Gaz. 

[thewindowcleaner1]

Me I had Three cancel today Pa value £500
 O well thats the way it goes...

I try and get about 120 flyers a day out = 600 per week at 2% gives a return of about 12 Nc's a week average price £9 = £1,400 per week new Pa business only hitting about £1,100 new pa for the last couple of weeks...

As some one said on here before its a numbers game.

Keep putting the flyers out and they will give returns.

Keep adding new busines at that rate to your round Gaz and you'll soon be in the market for a van..

All the best Alan

Ps why not get your little'uns to help you drop flyers they love to help and enjoye the extra cash that you'd pay them even more...

[rosskesava]

Hi Gaz again

Hi Ross,i does give you a real feel good factor when you get no end of new work

That feeling is so good.

On the opposite note - we recently lost a contract for Asda worth £330 for 4 hours work for 3 of us once a month. A large national company moved in and by the sound of it, someone got a large backhander. Not only did we lose the money, but the job itself was good fun.

That was a bit gutting but that's window cleaning for you.

As for those days with little or no work, thewindowcleaner1 is right - we'd also leaflet like mad and I'm sure our return was about the same at 2 or 3%.

It pays off in the end.

Cheers

[gaza]

re  flyers:get  those people who post those free papers to deliver them for a few squid extra,tell them you will check if they have delivered by calling on each customer.If they arnt delivered tell them you will report them to the free paper.

gaza

[thewindowcleaner1]

Gaz the way to do it is get couple of kids (that like running)

give them flyers
park at end of street and send one down each side
drive to other end and pick up
do several times

go home and take phone calls
get possible new customers phone number
if not in when you go to give quote ring them in the evening.

Or better still ring them while repeating the first part of the exercise the next evening.

It works Honest

[H h20]

I`ll be off to the printers tomorrow Alan,iv`e been to a new housing estate today alot of them are 3 storey perfect for wfp,might be a good earner,Gaz

[thewindowcleaner1]

Go Gaz Go

Make sure your poles long enough to reach the top windows, plus those french windows with railings in front of them are a pain..

[H h20]

Yes my pole should be long enough, working height it goes to 40ft,i don`t want to be cleaning the clouds  Gaz.