[rs_cleancare]

Hi, Just wondering how a lot of you guys got your rounds up together at the start.
Did you go door knocking? Leaflets? Or buy a round.

Tuesday i'm starting with the door knocking aiming at the large houses with plenty of windows. Any tips on how to win customers.

Cheers,
Rob.

[TopGlass]

Hi Rob,

Really you've just got to find out what works best for you. Some will tell you leaflets, others will tell you door knocking, personally I do both as I couldn't afford to buy a round when I first started.

Door knocking is great for an immeadiate response, but be prepared for some rejections, especially if you get a few in a row, it can be demoralising. But then you'll get a few that will say yes, and then you realise that maybe its worth it after all.

If your going to try leaflets then get a couple of thousand printed up, otherwise your not going to get the response that your looking for.

Over all just keep going at it and watch it build!!

Daz

[marc al]

   Rob

    I would advise you not to aim at just large houses, it is perfectly possible to earn well and build a good days work on a council estate. You may be able to charge more for a big house, but chances are the people who own these houses will be much pickier and much more likely to drop you as soon as someone offers it a few quid cheaper (in my experience anyway). I personally can clean 5 council houses in a row in an hour at 6 pounds each, it is hard to find 30 pound houses that you can do in an hour.

   Marc

[P @ F]

Hi , just want to say , listen to Marc , he hit the nail on the head , i do 12 big houses in a street at £15 each , but they take over an hour each , big conservs and little panes , it isnt really worth my time , i found it better to stick to small houses at £6 £7 each , you can earn double in the same time.
As regards to the method of finding people , i started with nowt , did knocking and flyers and they both worked well , in fact i get the odd call from leaflets i dropped 6 months ago , people find them in drawers later !
But i find it is now word of mouth for me now im established and have the van written up , last week in one day i picked up 7 houses,6 townhouses and 1 pub just through people seeing the van and stopping , dont let the knockbacks deter you , if you can get by on what you earn in the first couple of months, then stick at it cos it pays off , i havnt looked back since .

All the best mate  Rich   P @ F   

[Steve.D]

Rob

We only started 4 weeks ago and doing our second cleans next week. To date we've 35 customers. Door knocking does work but saying that we've found that just leafleting has generated work. So for us there's not a lot in it. We realised quickly that we were underpricing some jobs. We've upped the prices and still get jobs. Most of our work are bungalows although we do have a few houses but not many and the houses we do have are good earners so it's worth the hassle with the ladders. We always make sure we do a good job and give frames, doors and any uPVC panels on conservatories a wipe, it finishes the job off and customers don't mind paying a bit extra. We also found that offering uPVC cleans and gutter cleans pay off. We have our first uPVC clean tomorrow. We tell customers that we providing a professional service and now price accordingly and it works. Don't give up, give value for money, quality not quantity is working for us. Anyway good luck.

Steve

[rs_cleancare]

Thanks for all the advice
Round my area there are a lot 3 bed semi's so fingers crossed i get a few.

I will be using wfp system i just hope i can sell this new method of window cleaning. I haven't seen any other residential window cleaners round here using wfp. My only worry is on the first clean i get a few spots. Just have to make sure i scrub thouse frames and plenty of rinsing.

Cheers,
Rob.

[H h20]

Thanks for all the advice
Round my area there are a lot 3 bed semi's so fingers crossed i get a few.

I will be using wfp system i just hope i can sell this new method of window cleaning. I haven't seen any other residential window cleaners round here using wfp. My only worry is on the first clean i get a few spots. Just have to make sure i scrub thouse frames and plenty of rinsing.

Cheers,
Rob.It`s a good job dave@st-ives has finally started using his wfp,or you would of been a victim of his anti wfp posts,LOL,just a little joke dave 
any way all the best mate,you will need to spend a bit longer on those first cleans but it will pay off in the end,Gaz.

[pjulk]

My only worry is on the first clean i get a few spots

Clean the top frame more and rinse loads.
Never tell a customer about spots i don't anymore i don't even tell them it will take a couple of cleans before they come good because most of the time you can get them good on the first clean.
If you tell your customers about spots they go looking for them.
If you don't say anything they won't look.

Paul

[rs_cleancare]

Yep i think your right gaz but from what i've been reading Dave has traded in the horse and the ladders for a van and wfp.
It's good to see people thinking about there saftey I don't think i would have gone into w/c if it was all ladder work.

kind regards,
rob.

[rs_cleancare]

Spots? what spots.......................Very true if they know about spots there noses will be perfectly fixed to the windows.
 All the windows iv'e cleaned so far i have been carefully inspecting and don't find to many spots. On the second clean not a spot to be seen it's great i can't belive how quick it is.
Rob.

[Moderator David@stives]

gaz and  rs

nearly missed this one 
i was sat thinking about my sad pathetic life and my personality problem    . then i thought things could be worse and i could be like you .so that really cheered me up.
i have not gone to the dark side fully and dont intend to and will always support the small guy
The wfp is just another tool in the box .and i have still retained my horse and boots for now   

 

[H h20]

Dave,nice to see we can have a laugh,all the best,keep that pole on the go!  Gaz.

[AuRavelling79]

Back to thread.....

I started by buying a bit then canvassing a bit then people came up to me and I took them on as customers then I bought a bit more, canvassed a bit more and canvassed some commercial too. And people still come up to me and I sometimes take them on.

[rs_cleancare]

Dave like the pic she will need a good few poles to hold thouse up!

[Moderator David@stives]

she just uses mine