[hasti]

Long live the leaflet eh.

Didn't you know?  They don't work.

Vin

Hi vin
Congratulation and well done, so how come you say leaflet don’t work? How do you advertise then ?

[Blue Giraffe]

Good going!  Long way to go on that myself, but well get there....in the end

[Perfect Windows]

Hi vin
Congratulation and well done, so how come you say leaflet don’t work? How do you advertise then ?

It was said tongue-in-cheek.  873 of the thousand came from leaflets, as it happens.  I was joking about the fact that I've been told countles times that leafletting doesn't work.

Vin

[Clever Forum Name]

I often think these guys with 100 customers at £10 each have the right idea.

No stress, £250 a week, prob work two days max then stay at home for the rest of the week lol

[Jonny 87]

I often think these guys with 100 customers at £10 each have the right idea.

No stress, £250 a week, prob work two days max then stay at home for the rest of the week lol

Where do you live if you can afford to live on £1000 a month? Lol

Need double that to just tick over!

[Spruce]

Nice to hear from you again Vin. I missed you although as you've said. Barby will have a comment to make. Good on you.

[Clever Forum Name]

I often think these guys with 100 customers at £10 each have the right idea.

No stress, £250 a week, prob work two days max then stay at home for the rest of the week lol

Where do you live if you can afford to live on £1000 a month? Lol

Need double that to just tick over!

In the van of course 

[Ian101]

well done mate .... Im on a mission this year to grow

[Jonny 87]

I often think these guys with 100 customers at £10 each have the right idea.

No stress, £250 a week, prob work two days max then stay at home for the rest of the week lol

Where do you live if you can afford to live on £1000 a month? Lol

Need double that to just tick over!

In the van of course 

Der. Silly question.  

[hasti]

Hi vin
Congratulation and well done, so how come you say leaflet don’t work? How do you advertise then ?

It was said tongue-in-cheek.  873 of the thousand came from leaflets, as it happens.  I was joking about the fact that I've been told countles times that leafletting doesn't work.

Vin

Thanks for in lighting me vin, i wish you all the success in future.

[Perfect Windows]

Just had a call from our 1,050th a month to the day since our thousandth.

Lost a handful over the past month so this is net.

Target is 2,000 by this date next year, so need to get our skates on.

Vin

[lal]

Just had a booking for our thousandth customer - we've had more but this is one thousandth active custy.

Should I give her a free clean?

Vin

Well done Vin, congrats.  sod the free clean.

[Paul Coleman]

Just had a call from our 1,050th a month to the day since our thousandth.

Lost a handful over the past month so this is net.

Target is 2,000 by this date next year, so need to get our skates on.

Vin

If we are talking "net", I probably took on my thousandth many years ago.

I had about 400 after 3 years and it came close to 500 at one point.
It wasn't worth a light though.  I was doing it all by ladder in those days.  It was mostly underpriced.  Anything between a quarter and a third were regular "not todayers".
I didn't know any better.  I had no mentor and there was no internet.  I went into it from desperation due to unemployment and that showed in my prices.  The problem was that new customers tended to know existing ones so it was hard to charge them more.  I reckon I cleaned more than 50% of the houses in one large village (very small town?).  In one road, I cleaned 20 of 35 properties.  All underpriced.
Eventually I got resentful enough to wise up.  I make far more from my current 220 than I ever did from the 400+ - even allowing for many years of inflation.
At least when building it this time I can focus more on quality than quantity.  It will make the build-up slower but I'm OK with that.
I will have 300 average to very good customers on the books by mid summer.  That ought to be sufficient.

[Perfect Windows]

If we are talking "net", I probably took on my thousandth many years ago.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. By net, I mean still on the books, so in the past month we took on 55 and lost 5.

Vin

[Ben wood]

How many leaflets have you put out this month to get 55 jobs mate. So glad it all worked out for you

[Perfect Windows]

How many leaflets have you put out this month to get 55 jobs mate. So glad it all worked out for you

20,700.

But remember, leaflets don't work, so please don't try this at home.

Vin

[Perfect Windows]

By the way, 20,700 is more than I'd normally expect for the number of customers but it's early in the year; things tend to pick up after the clocks go forward (as we all know).

Vin

[Ben wood]

Lol yeah leaflets are poope haha well done vin

[roundbuilder]

Out of interest how much does it cost to get 20,000 leaflets delivered??

[Perfect Windows]

Out of interest how much does it cost to get 20,000 leaflets delivered??

Including leaflets, about £1,100.

Vin