[stains-away]

I live in the Kings Lynn area and am starting up carpet cleaning (maybe im 1 of the 2 Ian), i dont post very often, the main reason being that i feel that people who have been in the business for a while are much better qualified to answer on a lot of the threads than me,i am however more than capable of working out my own marketing and finding what works for me, i understand that sharing marketing ideas with others in the same industry living/ working close by is not good business, but then when any business puts out flyers, ads in publications etc it is plain for most of the world to see,i personally wouldnt copy a competiters advert,price,customer insentive scheme etc as to me thats just following the herd, far better i think to look outside the box and come up with something unusual/original and try it on a small scale to see if it works, if it doesnt then back to the drawing board,another angle of looking at it is "whats the competition?" i have read in a lot of places that only 20% of carpets across the country are ever cleaned,rather than worry about what others are doing id be more interested in finding out how i could tap even 1% of the local market in carpets that dont ever get touched, now theres a challenge!!!

                                        thinking for myself, Andy

[lee_gundry]

anybody wanting more info on the bommer marketing can contact me .

i have placed my phone number on the first post.

i placed my phone number there for a reason,so i can be contacted.

the cd has tips,forms ,adverts,the adverts have been sent to different carpet cleaners around the uk so i can get feed back from a much larger area,the feed back was so good i decided to inc the ad on the cd.

like i say the cd will not make you rich but will bring in more work



Lee G

01229 586703

[lee_gundry]

gary

i am not doing this to a lot of money,i enjoy testing different marketing systems.


if you dont want the cd thats fine i have orders for 32 cd ,far more than i expected.

i will carry on using the tips & info & making money.

having sent out a few sample adverts for people to use may not really count but after 3 years of sending out the adverts these people still use the same ad.

so in my mind its a good thing.

if you want to plod along earning less than 5k per month then go for it.
other cleaners want to make a better life for them & their families,live in a nice house,drive 2 nice cars,have private health care for all the family,take a few holidays per year.

not wondering, when the phone will ring,scrimping & scraping month to month,hoping when it gets to march things will pick up,droping their prices just to clinch that lounge hall stairs & landing carpet job, from mrs jones.


not me


Lee G

[stevegunn]

When are you posting them out?

[lee_gundry]

steve

they will be going out this week

Lee

[stevegunn]

Cheers I can't wait to start making more money

[cleaning co]

lol plod along earning less  than £5000 grand month ? most people on here would be over moon to earn "£5000 ploding on"  come on lee show some respect mate onlly kidding lee

[cleaning co]

hi garyj , sent u email today u not get it ?
gary A

[the red carpet]

il take a look just out of curiosity
if it brings in just 1 extra job its paid for itself a couple times over

Lee iv just wrote out your cheque, will post tommorow

[lee_gundry]

thanks

red carpet

if you want more info before u post cheque please call

Lee

01229 586703

[cleaning co]

i got box of waffles ( in date ) in me frezzer if anyone cares to send me a chq for £30 , iam sure u could use them in your markting for carpet cleaning !!

[garyj]

Cheers Gary,
yep, replied just now.

[stevegunn]

Received cd this morning well worth £25 of anybodies money cheers Lee

[lee_gundry]

thankyou for your replie steve.


also thanks to  shaun (cleaning pro)


Lee G

[the red carpet]

cant seem to get mine to work
how do you open it?
put the disk in and then what?

[the red carpet]

done it