Just a couple of years after Dyson vacuum systems started to become popular, I went to do a carpet clean job in a local village.
I asked how they had heard about my business.
The lady showed me a small piece of paper, which basically was a home made leaflet offering to vacuum all the carpets in the house, using the fantastic new Dyson technology.
The text included a referral to my business for thorough carpet cleaning with my telephone number included.
I was bit puzzled by this, but on calling this guys number discovered that it was one of my regular customers son, who had distributed the leaflets.
I mean I didn't mind, I got a job out of it, the son by the way was suffering from some kind of mental illness.
Dave.