[colin bird]

One comment; if you need to stay motivated, take the number of years till you retire.  Let's say it's 20 years.  Multiply that by the annual value of a customer.  So, if you're charging £12 every four weeks, that's 20x£156 = £3,120 from the customer over your time cleaning them.

It's much more motivating seeing each "yes" as a possible three thousand quid than just £12.

Vin

thanks vin ive always looked at what the jobs wort annualy,what you say makes a lot of sense,im just off out now to canvass thanks

[colin bird]

are you canvassing the council estate stuff? if not i heartily recommend it ,get your prices right and you wont go far wrong on big council estates work. wear old trackies, black and gold stripe adidas works especially well -dont wear white

ok will look at the council estates in my area,dont know about the track suit bottoms though,not my style but hear where your coming from

[colin bird]

There's a few things wrong here mate. What's everyone having clean windows got to do with it?. It means to me that window cleaning must be important to the owner. It's the houses with minging windows that aren't bothered about window cleaning IMO. Maybe they have a windy and he's not that good. Or he's unreliable . etc etc. We ALL have the same potential custies as you.We knock the same doors and canvass the same people. The difference is our attitude. If you expect a crap result, that's what you project.

Stop expecting crap. If you're cold calling, try dropping leaflets a few days before saying you will be calling in the near future to see if they are interested, this means when you knock, all you have to say is " Hi, I'm xxxxxx, did you get our flyer about window cleaning?". It don't matter what they say, at least you've opened a door, and they expect you. Some people say "no thanks" when they are surprised by callers. Leaflets help soften them up.

Try that and anything else the guys advise on here. We ALL get this, the people with big successful rounds have just learned to handle it better than others.

Now get back out there!  

hi chris just been out canvassing for hour and a half picked up two one £23 eight weekly and one £13 six weekly not grear but not bad in and hourand a half thanks for your help ps i owe your £4

[Perfect Windows]

hi chris just been out canvassing for hour and a half picked up two one £23 eight weekly and one £13 six weekly not grear but not bad in and hourand a half thanks for your help ps i owe your £4

So, by my maths, £4,840.  A damned good holiday at some point in the next 20 years paid for.  Not bad for 90 minutes' work.

Well done!

Vin.

[C o z y]

There's a few things wrong here mate. What's everyone having clean windows got to do with it?. It means to me that window cleaning must be important to the owner. It's the houses with minging windows that aren't bothered about window cleaning IMO. Maybe they have a windy and he's not that good. Or he's unreliable . etc etc. We ALL have the same potential custies as you.We knock the same doors and canvass the same people. The difference is our attitude. If you expect a crap result, that's what you project.

Stop expecting crap. If you're cold calling, try dropping leaflets a few days before saying you will be calling in the near future to see if they are interested, this means when you knock, all you have to say is " Hi, I'm xxxxxx, did you get our flyer about window cleaning?". It don't matter what they say, at least you've opened a door, and they expect you. Some people say "no thanks" when they are surprised by callers. Leaflets help soften them up.

Try that and anything else the guys advise on here. We ALL get this, the people with big successful rounds have just learned to handle it better than others.

Now get back out there!  

hi chris just been out canvassing for hour and a half picked up two one £23 eight weekly and one £13 six weekly not grear but not bad in and hourand a half thanks for your help ps i owe your £4

Well done. Can't stop you getting as far as you decide to go now. Good fun this window cleaning malarky innit  


P.S. I'll send you my PayPal details for the 4 quid later 

[colin bird]

hi chris just been out canvassing for hour and a half picked up two one £23 eight weekly and one £13 six weekly not grear but not bad in and hourand a half thanks for your help ps i owe your £4

So, by my maths, £4,840.  A damned good holiday at some point in the next 20 years paid for.  Not bad for 90 minutes' work.

Well done!

Vin.

hi vin another two today both 6 wkly one £12 one £14 im in the swing of it back out monday

[C o z y]

I'm out at the weekend dropping leaflets ready to knock next week. Sunny weather on the way here, so making the most of that "Spring feeling" out there. 

[colin bird]

I'm out at the weekend dropping leaflets ready to knock next week. Sunny weather on the way here, so making the most of that "Spring feeling" out there. 

good luck to you make be lucky

[mlscontractcleaner]

Numpty's that can not spell . That why some people can only do window cleaning

You can spell but your grammar is terrible 

[paultheg]

some good comments from all, be posotive in what you do, theres always somebody watching and you will get them or their neighbour relative etc, as for the leaflets etc, 0.2 return but it adds up, i agree   canvass in winter as well, people like regularity its bred into them, lastly dont under sell ie too cheap if the punters run to a bloke one pound cheaper then f**K em they are not worth it, if hes going round undercutting all then he will be a busy fool, do a good job for a good price, ive just put all mine up by 50p and  bym 1.00 and not one complaint,,,get what your worth if you dont ask the punter will hapilly pay you a fiver for the next three years and who is at loss ?

[colin bird]

some good comments from all, be posotive in what you do, theres always somebody watching and you will get them or their neighbour relative etc, as for the leaflets etc, 0.2 return but it adds up, i agree   canvass in winter as well, people like regularity its bred into them, lastly dont under sell ie too cheap if the punters run to a bloke one pound cheaper then f**K em they are not worth it, if hes going round undercutting all then he will be a busy fool, do a good job for a good price, ive just put all mine up by 50p and  bym 1.00 and not one complaint,,,get what your worth if you dont ask the punter will hapilly pay you a fiver for the next three years and who is at loss ?

yes got my head around canvassing,i agree i wont clean cheap,quoted one the other day £14 she said her window cleaner charged £9 told her to hang on to him,i moved on a got two at my prices.
also been putting prices up on regular cuustomers added £1 to each job,not lost any yet,but have to say not done a price increase for about three years,long overdue