[benny d]

I am thinking of a new leaflet, and I was wondering what offers, if any that you are doing in these quieter times?
I was perhaps thinking along the lines of , have your upholstery cleaned and we will clean the lounge for free! Or the smallest room above 3 rooms of cleaning for Free!

Or is there better wording for the above?
Thanks

[Neil Williams]

Sorry but I'm sticking this out. No silly offers just a genuine quality service for the money.
I see various people on this and other forums offering buy one get one free and all that, yet their still not getting the jobs.

[Mike Osbourne]

If it's good enough for B&Q it's good enough for me.

[benny d]

Thats my thoughts as well Mike.

[clinton]

 

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Benny i always have offers on.

Neil NOT silly offers Genuine Qaulity and Service offers that bring me a Good profit and makes customers VERY happy.

CHEERS TONY

[Colin finney]

Aren't doing offers a integral part of being a switched on business? Look at the number of offers big firms use all of the time to generate new business so why not us.
col

[simon smith50]

if tesco  can say every little helps
woolworths tried it 
if its good enough for tesco it'll do me too

[Ricky M]

Benny , am sure Mr Halliday runs an offer along them lines

it most be working for him

was toying with the suite lounge free one myself

Ricky

[Colin finney]

With the suite and free lounge carpet offer people often think your overcharging for the suite in the first place. Better to do something like have lounge clean and get extra room cleaned free. You could even offer pay for three seater and one chair get the second chair free. What the customer is saving by taking the offer is what is important as  it is the saving they are making that stirs them into ringing you. Thats how i see it anyway.
Col

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Ricky thats one of mine or should i say Mikes it works well as does free stain guard or 3 rooms smallest comes free.

CHEERS TONY

[Joe H]

With the suite and free lounge carpet offer people often think your overcharging for the suite in the first place. Better to do something like have lounge clean and get extra room cleaned free.
Col

Might they think you overcharging for the lounge carpet cleaned in the first place?

[MAX Carpets]

When you buy a product from Tesco that is on special at BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! Do you feel like you have always paid to much for that product in the past?

[Mike Halliday]

 when a customers see this offer ....have your suite cleaned and we'll clean your living room for free

they might think its a con and the price is just added onto the original price, the same with any offer, people might think there is a catch,

but all it takes is an explanation why the offer is given, I'm honest and tell them the reason I will clean the livingroom for free is if I'm not cleaning the livingroom I'll have to cover the floor with dust sheet and be careful not to over spray while cleaning......it's actually easier & quicker for me to clean the carpet when I finish the suite than not.

and the machine is already set up it is'nt that much trouble to clean the living room. Although they only get a livingroom max size 12x14 not a full through lounge

people are not stupid, just tell why the specail offer is given and they will be believe it

[Colin finney]

Mike
you must clean like lightning as it only takes a few seconds to put down a sheet but around 45 mins to clean a lounge carpet. These things only really work if you have a published price list so people can see what they would have paid if the item were not free and so attach a value to your offer so they can say i saved £50 its not the offer that attracts them it's the saving.
Col

[Neil Grainger]

Colin,

If Mike says it works it does, He uses his offers all year and it does bring in business because I use them aswell.

Cheers

Neil

[JandS]

Your spot on with that Colin. I know what I think when I see offers like that with no price to start with for various services.
What am I saving?
Bet he's just upped the price on the item on offer.

John

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

COLIN & JOHN it works just try it i have for the last 12 months. If the customers are happy i'm happy JOB DONE

CHEERS TONY

[Neil Grainger]

I started offering 'Get your friend or Neighbour to have their carpets cleaned at the same time and ill give you both a 25% discount'

This is really doing well.

[Colin finney]

We do leaflets all the time and must have done millions over the years and the ones that do the best have prices on them and then says call us for our special offers. When they ring they already know the price for the suite so you can say if you have it done next week we'll clean your lounge carpet free. Thtas a lot more powerful a tool than just saying we charge £xx to clean your suite but you get your lounge carpet cleaned free which sounds too much like a set up.
Col