[Ian Rochester]

Squeaky,

There's always work out there, are you WFP or ladders?  And how long have you been established?

Look at other options with the vehicle and equipment you have, other than just window cleaning.

You say you have advertised yourself, but if your advert is cr*p then it can work against you rather than for you.  Remember this is a potential clients first impression of you and your work. 

If they look at the advert and think: "My 6 year old daughter could have done a better advert than that" then you are on to a none starter and will end up with only the illiterate as clients!

Make it professional, make yourself professional and get out there and canvas every house in your area, best time is in the evening between 6 - 9pm or on a Sunday morning after 10am.

[Bobs Window Cleaning]

Sod yer holiday, come and clean my car in Norfolk............then we will go on the lash......maybe a club or 2

[ftp]

I know £80 sounds crap, and i know how depressing it is to run out of work BUT how do you fancy earning £6 an hour in the local supermarket? Your doing ok, if it had rained all day instead you probably wouldn't have felt so bad. I've just had a crappy £70 day - ran out of work by eleven thirty and decided not to waste deisel looking for more work so came home. My first customer asked for a handfull of business cards so i must be doing something right. Unless he wanted to start a bonfire!  :

[mr merson]

Roger , 87 posts in 24 hours says a lot about how much you are liked on this site mate !   Take care bud 

[Sir Squeaky]

Roger , 87 posts in 24 hours says a lot about how much you are liked on this site mate !   Take care bud 

Ain't all bad is it?

Cheers guys.

[ftp]

It's because he's honest - makes far better reading than someone bragging how they can clean fifty houses a day in pouring rain.  

[windowwashers]

It's because he's honest - makes far better reading than someone bragging how they can clean fifty houses a day in pouring rain.  

50 in a day would be quite good in the rain then again they most be match box houses

[mr merson]

It's because he's honest - makes far better reading than someone bragging how they can clean fifty houses a day in pouring rain.  

Now is that wfp or trad ? 

[Ian Rochester]

Don't even start down that track again!!

Roger, bugger off on your holidays, have a good time, get p!ssed every night, then come back fully refreshed and ready to hit Chepstows windows with all you've got! 

[Llaaww]

squeeky if you are still coming to cornwall for your holiday call into portreath for a pint.

[Ian Rochester]

Northumberlands a much nicer place:

www.seashellscottage.co.uk

www.pedal-power.co.uk

Plus I bet it's a cheaper pint............and it'll have a head on it!!

[mark saville]

Squeaky,

i know we have our arguments over football, and you always disagree with my comments, but hopefully you will have picked up some more work since your post started.

I have quite alot of work for me & the lads i employ. However, i DO NOT stop trying to gain more work, and better work than i have, i do not rest.

I advertise over the internet, buy the best quality flyers, buisness cards, posting constantly, walk into business's, phone others up, write into them, ANYTHING i possibly can.

I also NEVER price up cheaply in an attempt to gain the extra work.

I was once told "Always be dearer than your competitor, if you want to deal with the poor = give them money.

I am always looking for that Quality client, as his comments to other major clients will be "My window cleaner is bloody expensive, But he's bloody good"

It takes time & you have to be focused within yourself to hold your ground if they attempt to knock you down.

Keep going, your just having a rough time but it WILL come good, you have to believe in yourself & not let negative thinking take over.

Create your own luck, but constantly keep thinking ahead.

Dont think what others are gaining, just spend your energy thinking about yourself ,

And Remember - you are incharge of your own destiny as to where your business is going.

[Sir Squeaky]

Cheers Chris, appreciate it.

Lots of food for thought on here, and I will be putting it all into practice.

To be fair, most of it I knew already, but I just needed to be told it.
Didn't think I should have to do it I guess...

Trouble is, the way things are with work and holiday and tax at the end of the month, finding the money to advertise isn't easy.

Still, where there's a will there's a way.

[mark saville]

Advertise, even without money is a must.

spread the cost over 12 months, i believe £1000.00 spent in the correct place will bring you in £2000.00 worth of work, just my way of thinking.

your just having a bad time at the moment, but IT WILL come good.

I feel down sometimes, but just got to change my way of thinking.

take a day off sometimes, and chill out & forget work for once, recharge yourself.

Because you feel down, you lose the heart.

Keep going, you'll be fine. 



 

[L.J.Thorpe]

gotta say saville
i read some of the football banter between you and squeeks
i thought you were a nob
but fair play
nice to see you are human after all
chin up squeeks

[mr merson]

Advertising can be free  Spick and span = free !  Yell.com=free !  I got 5 jobs recently , and one is a whopper . . . . honest ! 

[gsw]

Squeaky,

I remember from other posts from you that you only work in a 0.5 mile radius of your house.

Why don't you go out canvassing? Cast your net a little wider - Perhaps try 1 - 2 miles from your home???

 

Andy

if that is the case sorry to sound cold but you need to buck your ideas up, one of my jobs involves 3 hours travelling in one day, but my god is it worth it and it was priced well so that i dont give a monkeys if i am stuck on a motorway.

you could sell your van and get yourself a hand cart if you are only willing to work within a 0.5 miles of your  house

[mr merson]

This site needs more mods !   The amount of bad advice on here is shamefull ! The owners of this site need to have a good hard look at there budget , and think of the missing revenue of people leaving .  :

[L.J.Thorpe]

agree
alan i have listened to your window advice and taken on board before
but
saville made a good heartfelt post for squeeks
they have gone hammer and tongs on football before
and i assumed that was all saville did
but  his advice was sound
lets not de rail this
fair enough

[windowwashers]

Cheers Chris, appreciate it.

Lots of food for thought on here, and I will be putting it all into practice.

To be fair, most of it I knew already, but I just needed to be told it.
Didn't think I should have to do it I guess...

Trouble is, the way things are with work and holiday and tax at the end of the month, finding the money to advertise isn't easy.

Still, where there's a will there's a way.

I would not beat yourself up about it go on holiday and recharge batteries, you can spread tax over 3/4 payments if your struggling, recharge and come back and put your ideas into practice