[Jonathan Spencer]

I have been trad now for 6 months ish (part-time).  I have picked up about 150 customers.  50 are not very good as they tend to muck me about but beggars cannot be choosers.  I have picked these up just by word of mouth and people seeing out and about.  I have now decided to get 5000 A3 leaflets printed and need some help with my leaflet wording/design.

Apart from the obvious ie windows, gutters and fascias I want to offer dormer window cleaning as some of the estates by me have dormer windows which are never clean.  I need a good catchy design to include all these.

I am also going to get some t-shirts and sweaters done so I can make a real go at this.  So any tips on these would also be handy.

Thanks in advance

Jonathan

[jaykie]

I got my 5000 leaflets designed by a company called fair print youll find them on ebay tell them exactly what you want and they will do the rest, printed both sides and sent to me for £125, but now there designed its only going to be £55 every 5000 i order from now, they desined them and made any changes i requeted then printed once i was happy. I also had a company from ebay do my shirts for around £9 you get the shirt, and stitched on front and back,

[David Slater]

Jaykie,

You really are raising the bar high!!

The van, The 'T' shirts, The leaflets 

Its all ooking very slick and professional there fella.

Have you got a website yet?

[Jonathan Spencer]

Jaykie what is the name on ebay please.

[jaykie]

I just want to look pro when i turn up at a house and worked serious over time in last job for 18 months non stop so reaping the rewards now and being in this trade so are the family as they see me more now. I beleieve its dewdrew1 ebay name,but they havent got items on there yet as there sorting a internal problem but if you want to order  speak to them on the phone there number is 01773821004.

Chris

[michael papworth]

Yes, leaflets work.

They CAN even work by themselves, but they work much better with follow-up canvassing.

A word of warning ...

Spell check and grammar check. Get someone you really trust to check for apostrophes and that you are using your/you're and there/their/they're correctly etc.

Getting these things wrong can be the kiss of death to a leaflet.

A story I read on here was that someone had a call something like:

"I had your leaflet through the door the other day. I don't want a window cleaner, but I think you ought to know that accessible is spelt with a double c."

[Art]

I got my 5000 leaflets designed by a company called fair print youll find them on ebay tell them exactly what you want and they will do the rest, printed both sides and sent to me for £125, but now there designed its only going to be £55 every 5000 i order from now, they desined them and made any changes i requeted then printed once i was happy. I also had a company from ebay do my shirts for around £9 you get the shirt, and stitched on front and back,

£70 for leaflet design is a bit steep. You should be paying £50 tops

Arthur

[steve.ternent]

I have been trad now for 6 months ish (part-time).  I have picked up about 150 customers.  50 are not very good as they tend to muck me about but beggars cannot be choosers.  I have picked these up just by word of mouth and people seeing out and about.  I have now decided to get 5000 A3 leaflets printed and need some help with my leaflet wording/design.

Apart from the obvious ie windows, gutters and fascias I want to offer dormer window cleaning as some of the estates by me have dormer windows which are never clean.  I need a good catchy design to include all these.

I am also going to get some t-shirts and sweaters done so I can make a real go at this.  So any tips on these would also be handy.

Thanks in advance

Jonathan

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