[Ian101]

Story so far .... fed up with my job (sort of safe, well paid but not my own boss).

Our window cleaner stopped coming ... more than likely because he was charging £6 for a job that I now know because of this forums educational value should have been charged at about £12 - £15.

As a joe public I looked at yellow pages but no W/C local so got my ladders out and did them myself .. the neigbour said half joking "you can do mine next" so I did for free what with being a neighbour ... the Mrs then said again half kidding "could be my new career"  .

Got me thinking along lines of 10 a day @ £10 etc etc then thought yes could be a nice little earner 

Did the sensible thing and joined this forum .... read a lot of posts ... then had the usual trad or WFP decision ... did 2 days training at BWCA .. got my van .. got some basic equipment (unger) from window cleaning warehouse .. will go WFP in 6 months if enough customers.

Now at the stage of do or die ... I need about 100 customers to jack my job in and start window cleaning business .. looked at buying a round but at up to 10x clean way too expensive as most seem to be wanting that sort of money.

So have booked 2 weeks holiday .. got my uniform and leaflets and will spend the next 2 weeks canvassing solid.

Thought it may make for good reading on the forum if I posted my efforts and results on a daily basis .... hence the reason for this post (sorry its a little long)

27th March Day 1 (must be read with geordie big brother accent  )

2 weeks ago I leafleted a 150 house estate with zero phone calls so will start door knocking them this morning .. results to follow later today.

[daz1977]

good luck

[Window Washers]

So hope you come back with something today

[Premier Cleaning]

Good luck Bud

As other posts have mentioned this is a great time of year,i have noticed a huge influx of people coming up to me...the sun shines and customers start thinking w/c.

Use your leaflets to stick in the door of people not in..this got me a lot of work i otherwise wouldnt have got

It wont take you long mate.....fill your boots..the potential is endless.

[The Jester of Wibbly]

good luck and be resilient.  Dont get put off if you get knock backs.  Remember It's a numbers game

[Smudger]

good luck, let us know how you get in, be determined, there will be knock backs, but you sound like you have "bouncebackability" (said in a stuart pearce voice) be positive, deffo knock the evenings as well, and wishing you all the very best!!

You'll hit your targets in no time.

[RO-Sheen]

Very important not to underprice a job just so you get it. Remember, if you get the job you will be doing it regularly and you will resent it in a years time if you are being paid peanuts. minimum price of £10 i reckon and an interval of 6 weeks almost guarantees you will get the job (well, it works for me anyway).
WhenI started 4 years ago I was probably quoting a £1 or £2 more than anyone else (accidentally but I still got the jobs) but glad I did as I have never been in the horrible position of having to put my prices up or dropping someone because they were too cheap.

Looking forward to your updates. Good luck

[Ian101]

Results Day 1 ...

The 150 house estate I leafleted turned into 78 houses ... in my excitement I didnt notice that half were leaded glass (beginners mistake) so i didnt knock at them ... will keep till I go WFP 

So out of 78 doors knocked the result was as follows

51 out
27 were in and canvassed.

22 said no
2 are good possibles

3 said yes !!

jobs priced were £10 ... £10 and an £8 = £28

11% yes rate so far which Im happy at plus may get the other 2.

A few people were offhand and 1 guy in particular made out he was doing me a favour by letting me quote even though he had a W/C that he was happy with already .... told him no thanks not interested ... his face dropped 

1 guy I didnt get asked me to quote for 10 windows plus a large conservatory so I said £13 with conny or £10 without he said other bloke does the lot for £9 .. I said carry on with him then ...

Trying to do £10 minimum which I nearly did today and will walk away if they already have a windy already.

Day off tomorrow cos doing the Wirral Egg Run but back to it Monday .... all in all Im happy.

[Ian101]

forgot to add the ones who were out will get knocked this week ... rekon another 5 or 6 there

[bobplum]

do you live on the wirral ian101
bob

[mci services]

well done thats not bad going

leaded isnt that bad trad i would give them a knock as well but its up to you.

but good going anyway its good to see a positive attitude

[The Jester of Wibbly]

Well done, stay with it !  Out of the ones wnho said no, how many of them said they had a WC already?

[cleewindows]

well done ian,im gonna start knocking soon,not done it yet but gonna start,im picking upo quite a few jobs but spread out at the moment!

[jonnyald]

leaded arent any big deal- they  buff up easy with a scrimcloth  ,add in a quid or 2 to the price

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

As said, leaded are a doddle mate, damp microfibre then a dry one, done.

[paul saunders]

As said, leaded are a doddle mate, damp microfibre then a dry one, done.

That's the way I do em, that scrim stuff is hard work.

[lcwalker]

As said, leaded are a doddle mate, damp microfibre then a dry one, done.

I always saw lead as daunting but they are no way as bad as i thought, i tend to charge £1 for a normal type window but lead i would try for a bit more mainy because they look more hassle.

[TLC]

mr muscle and microfibre. ultimate combo

[woody1]

ian go knock the leaded ones as they are not that hard and other windys will proberley avoid them

[Ian101]

Well done, stay with it !  Out of the ones wnho said no, how many of them said they had a WC already?

Hi Hermski ... out of 20 NO's .... 11 said got 1 already