[Roy Cauldery]

Canvassing Challenge- Day 2
Im off out for the day in (hopefully)sunny Kent.
Charge myself up with coffee at ten- then a bit of leafletting for an hour,then its on the knockers
All jobs from yeserday booked in on wcp and scheduled accordingly.
My reward sheet is being coloured in and my lovely lady is watching in horror/delight as I march on to my target.
Any new customers today will be booked on and cleaned friday or saturday this week.
All quotations to be processed and e-mailed wednesday morning and then more canvassing wednesday afternoon.

I hope its not too dull for you all,but just thought i would just impart an insight of what a typical week is like for us.
For all of you out today canvassing(Ian w.w/colley 614/magic) Good luck and look forward to your nightly report(Now thats got to get you motivated!! )

Regards to you all
Roy

[Roy Cauldery]

This evenings results are in.........

1 x £15: 6 weekly
1 x £24: 6weekly
1 x £11 :6weekly
1 x £12 :6weekly
1 x £32 :4weekly

1 x quote for a driveway
3 x quotes for addtional window cleaning + fascias/sofitts

Not as good as yesterday numbers wise, but its all relative.Targetted an area with larger houses and older customers in very posh area
.There were a lot more outs due to good weather and some of the houses had the lovely old intercom system which you stand a cat in hells chance of getting past.
One more day to go tomorrow and I should be close to 17/18 new customers-2 off my original target of 20 but I have lost one day to to new work coming in.
Hope you all had a good day if you were out as well

Regards
Roy

[magic moments]

I got a one off,in and out 30
And 1x12 6 weekly
Not great but at least moving forward.

[Roy Cauldery]

I got a one off,in and out 30
And 1x12 6 weekly
Not great but at least moving forward.
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They all count 
I have had days where you only get one or two ,but they can lead on to extended family,friends etc...
Keep it up magic,your round will soon fill up
Shame you didn't come for coffee today

Regards
Roy

[magic moments]

Sorry Roy,so much going on trying to build this up,feeling the stress a little to be honest have set myself a few targets before I can relax and enjoy the coffee,hopefully in a few weeks I will get there.

[Roy Cauldery]

Don't stress ,it's only window cleaning .
Joking aside,I know it's tough when you are starting out but look forward to that coffee when your nice and busy
As the customer always says,if you want something doing ,ask a busy man.
Good luck Magic and see you soon

Day three starts in 14 hours time

Roy

[Granny]

Roy
Do you have any promotional flyers and leaflets when you go out or is it just face to face chat?
You are doing brilliant especially for day time canvassing.
G.

[Johnny B]

Well done Roy. You seem really well organized and focused, and the results you are achieving are excellent. When I next go canvassing I will try and follow your example. 

John

[Roy Cauldery]

Roy
Do you have any promotional flyers and leaflets when you go out or is it just face to face chat?
You are doing brilliant especially for day time canvassing.
G.

Hi Granny & Jonny
Thanks for your kind words
I always have a wad of leaflets on me when canvassing as well as face to face.You can always stick one'in the box' if no one home and its a good presenter to show potential customers who might not have seen wfp before.

Canvassing-Day 3
Showered and shaved
Clothes freshly laundered and ironed after a couple of sweaty days on the hoof
Shoes re-polished
Of out at 1030 this morning after coffee pit stop
1 x quote for a driveway clean before I hit the door bells
Plan to go till about 16:30 today but will play it by ear

The reason I canvass during the day(and it might swim against the tide of popluar canvassing thought about late afternoons and evenings) is that I seem to always catch the women home.They are usually the decision makers about window cleaning and I'm pretty confident with talking to the fairer sex(doesnt hurt to flirt a little sometimes-but not overtly so)
I hope I'm not boring too many of you who have been there and done that.I just wanted to show a real time example of what it takes to push a business on that I have built from scratch.
Its not about boasting how brilliant(or otherwise) I am, but I hope that it might give you all some encouragement to keep grinding away at the coal face.My partner calls me The Terminator,as I'm relentless at canvassing and chasing down new work and so far so good
I also wanted to show the guys who are dithering about expanding,what you are going to have to do to make the numbers work.
We have just taken on our latest(part time)employee and hope to make him full time in 6 months.This is the reason I have challenged myself to get out there as I need to pay his wages.I'm also responsible to the rest of my team and their families to make my business work(as well as my own)
I wish you all luck in your own endeavours and I know that some are happy being sole traders.But if your ever wondering if you can make the jump to being a 'boss' I hope that my small adventure encourages you to do so

Kind regards
Roy 

[Ben wood]

Thought i would join in so today i went out from 10.45am till 12.30 and 1.30 pm til 3.30pm

£7.00 4 Windowed bungalow 4 weekly

2 x £12.00 Houses 4 Weekly

1 x £14.00 house 4 weekly

1 x £15.00 house one off

1 x £30 Conservatory roof clean 4 pannels

Was a good day today realy chuffed with what i got

I am back out canvassing tomorrow from 10.30am til 7.00 pm

[Window Washers]

when I have finished the week I will put my results although right now they are nothing to write home about as yet.

Roy that post is great fror people to read that don't want a part time busines or a life style one.

Many if honest on here are happy with that.

Keep on posting its nice to read 

[Roy Cauldery]

when I have finished the week I will put my results although right now they are nothing to write home about as yet.

Roy that post is great fror people to read that don't want a part time busines or a life style one.

Many if honest on here are happy with that.

Keep on posting its nice to read 

Good evening all-apologies for the late post(family bbq at short notice )
well,my tally for the day is a paltry 2 new cleans.

1 x £20 :6 weekly(plus all the weather boarding to the house)
1 x £15 :6 weekly
I did say it would be warts an all!!!
A really tough day-4 hours in sweltering heat and a lot of knock backs.I congratulate the window cleaner in the area I was in- he has got it sewn up nice and tight(despite my most devious efforts )
So.my total for the week is 16 new cleans-a great reward for my business and I know that because of all the add ons we do,that the return will be huge in the fullness of time.
My lovely lady has decided to reward me anyway,despite me being short of the promised 20 mark so its win/win all round
We will be cleaning all our new work over the next 5 days and pursuing all the quotes written up too
I hope that I have given you some positive thoughts to grow your own business and thank you all for your kind comments(esp. IanW/W-magic,Colley614 and Johnny)
I'm on the tools now for a couple of weeks as my guys are now entering holiday season.
I hope that I feel motivated enough to do this as an excercise again for you all soon(I can hear the groans allready!!)

Happy hunting
Regards
Roy

[magic moments]

I managed to persuade the misses to canvass for an hour,I asked her why she returned after 30 mins ,she said because she got a yes so thought that was it lol,trying to send her out tommorow.

[Window Washers]

when I have finished the week I will put my results although right now they are nothing to write home about as yet.

Roy that post is great fror people to read that don't want a part time busines or a life style one.

Many if honest on here are happy with that.

Keep on posting its nice to read 

Good evening all-apologies for the late post(family bbq at short notice )
well,my tally for the day is a paltry 2 new cleans.

1 x £20 :6 weekly(plus all the weather boarding to the house)
1 x £15 :6 weekly
I did say it would be warts an all!!!
A really tough day-4 hours in sweltering heat and a lot of knock backs.I congratulate the window cleaner in the area I was in- he has got it sewn up nice and tight(despite my most devious efforts )
So.my total for the week is 16 new cleans-a great reward for my business and I know that because of all the add ons we do,that the return will be huge in the fullness of time.
My lovely lady has decided to reward me anyway,despite me being short of the promised 20 mark so its win/win all round
We will be cleaning all our new work over the next 5 days and pursuing all the quotes written up too
I hope that I have given you some positive thoughts to grow your own business and thank you all for your kind comments(esp. IanW/W-magic,Colley614 and Johnny)
I'm on the tools now for a couple of weeks as my guys are now entering holiday season.
I hope that I feel motivated enough to do this as an excercise again for you all soon(I can hear the groans allready!!)

Happy hunting
Regards
Roy

first cleans you will be groaning all right 

[Roy Cauldery]

I managed to persuade the misses to canvass for an hour,I asked her why she returned after 30 mins ,she said because she got a yes so thought that was it lol,trying to send her out tommorow.

When I first started out (wor lass-thank you Tosh)my partner thought she would have a go at the ole'door step pitch.
I could barley contain my snorts of laughter as she introduced herself as Andie from ********outdoor cleaning(a rival firm)She has never,and I mean never,lived it down

[magic moments]

Lol,
Roy do you canvass local to where you live ,I just feel uneasy knocking where I may know people personally,I feel at ease where I know no one .

[Roy Cauldery]

Lol,
Roy do you canvass local to where you live ,I just feel uneasy knocking where I may know people personally,I feel at ease where I know no one .

There's a famous old quote-it's not personal ,it's business.
You got to do what you got to do I guess.
I see everything as fair game ,near/far whatever -I have a responsibility to my family and that's all the motivation I need .
I hung up all my hang ups a long time ago.
This may seem a bit derisory but this is what gets me going every day and I make no apology for it
But yeh,bit awkward bumping in to your custys in tescos 

Roy

[magic moments]

Well said couldn't agree more.

[Ben wood]

Well i have just today to do a bit more leafleting and im chuffed with the results so far 19 new customers from a mix of canvassing and leafleting

[Lee Burbidge]

Just waiting for my new leaflets to come back from the printer.... 10,000 to start with