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How many times you gona ask that question ????????? This unit will keep you busier than any other marketing method..... I keep telling you guys and you guys keep asking... How do i get more jobs... It's a NO BRAINER.......Plenty of dirty's out their...

2 lines = 2000 calls a day..... Get 2 units.... 4 lines = 4000 calls a day....YOU WILL STAY BUSY $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.... recoupe you investment in a week or 2......

I managed a Co. with 16 lines going out everyday and grossing $100,000 a month... Another guy i know has 6 lines and grosses $25,000 month........

http://www.lawicka.com/ - http://www.lawicka.com/

well, i guess i should spend more time posting about stupid crap that has nothing to do with carpet cleaning.sorry!

adwa, do you use the phone system hes talking about?

Point well taken Cooper.  

We can not use that phone system in Canada.....it is illegal.

adwa,what do you think about it(phone thing)?im sure its a lot of $$$$.

do you like people you dont know calling you?i like hanging up on them.if it works who cares.i want the money...

im just in the sunday paper right now.thats about all i can spend.

paper sucks!flyers suck!internet sucks...

JCOOPER isn't from Canada.....but i'm posting stupid crap....Only been doing this stupid crap for over 20yrs....

When you have over 20k custys on your list and growing.. then I'll take some of your advice......Till then i will post stupid crap.......

If you could Experience the excitement that marketing unit would bring you....and all the jobs... and all that money$$$$$$$

BUT THIS IS A STUPID CRAP POST SO DON'T LISTEN....

How would adwa know.??? she never used one.. I have.. It works...

NO RISK -- NO GAIN... The phone was made for communication... Then we get these a-holes who don't like ppl calling them... You don't want to clean for them especially if they complain about a little thing as the phone ringing GEEZZZ !!!!!! If you leave the carpet to wet or miss a spot... look out ... they will call you constantly and give you a bad name.......

I'm scared to call people... They might get mad at me... Sounds like a child saying that.....NOBODY CARES ! ! ! ! GO MAKE $$$$$...

What's this world coming to??????????????

Cost is around $2000-$2500... Big deal....

Just trying to help.....But it's all STUPID CRAP TO YOU.....

Take John's advise JCooper

Everybody hates telephone solicitors.........and yet it is one of the most effective way of getting peoples attention quickly.  This system we have for sale is Illegal in the province of Ontario and maybe in certain States....I am not sure.  This system will call hundreds of people per day and will record their incoming messages for you to listen to at your convenience. Check it out under used equipment on our home page.

John L take a deep breath!relax.

no one said your posts are stupid crap.

adwa said QUOTE=Adwa]John sometimes when it comes to Cooper it's like beating your head against the wall.

i ask a lot of questions(sometimes the same one).Point is john i was talking to her.

I hear ya JC, It's all good man.... Marketing is the backbone of any business.... And you want to implement as many as you can and keep it out there.... I see you've been posting this topic on other BB's and that's good... Nothing wrong with that.. OPINIONS ON THAT TOPIC WILL VARY...

At this point i don't use that unit anymore.. even though it still works... I have built up a huge customer list from it and also use the other marketing methods consistently.... classified ads in weekly's, flyer, postcards, small YP's, some radio, Demo's at commercial places if I'm done early, referrals... give a referral sheet to the custy when i am cleaning so they have time to fill it out....All that stuff adds to your bottom line....

Walk in Demo's is how i got all my comm.acct's.... Stop in after the lunch hour is over.... Hope this helps ya..

Good luck to you buddy........

thanks john.

so as soon as your in the house you give them something for them to put

friends(whatever) on then you call them?thats a good idea.im very nice so i could see getting some names from them.even an address.

Your welcome JC.. You get to a job and as you get acquainted with the custy hand her/him a referral form... something like..

                top of page -- REFERRAL FORM

Thank you for doing business with me.. Advertising is expensive and referrals keeps my cost down for you.... I would appreciate 5-10 names and phone # of your closest friends/family.... If any book jobs in the future i will send you $10 or 10% whichever is higher....Thats' rewarding them for the referrals....

You will be surprised how many start writing down names!!!!!!!!!!

Try it you'll like it.........

Thing is..... when i first started... Nobody helped me.... sure wish these BB's were around when i started.... You younger guys are lucky to have this..................

John L

you rock.i should have been doing this already.

I use to have a i-rock camaro...i added (and roll) after it.. when i was younger.... anyways...

 It's a competitive service.... do your best and ALWAYS ADVERTISE your services... And you will stand out... the market will weed out the shoddy operators.... S&D, B&S.......

 Here's a biz saying  " If you don't advertise... It's like blinking to a beautiful woman in the dark.. you know what your doing..but no one else does"....

that's why you see so many come and go... Well I have...for the last 21 yrs now... BUT, I'm still wanted... When they here about me....It's like they fell in love.... with my cleaning.. not me... and the referrals snowball....

Clean well and keep the dry times within 1-4hrs..... even if ya have to do a few extra dry stokes.... every dry stroke will sorten the dry time about 1hr...

john what do you think about the sunday newspaper?i was in it for about two months.i got ten jobs from it.maybe 12 calls.not enough!right!

now if i want to get back into it i will have to charge it.nothing like working to pay the newspaper.but if i use the referal sheet, like you said maybe the paper will work?

oh rick, i took the direct mail advice made some calls.they want 600$just to mail out 2000.doesnt even include printing.

Never tried the Sunday paper... You got 10-12 jobs in 2 months??? How much profit did you make??? Lets say you made 200.00.. not much... but if you ran that in 20 Sundays around your outlying areas.. that would be $4000.00... Think Big...

Around here they want too much.. I've used classifieds and display ads in weeklys.... The displays cost more but have had more jobs from the diplay ads... more ppl see them... I use both...

Test test test... is what ya have to do.... your headline, your ad copy, your message... ya have to test and keep track of what works....

I use to sell informational books via mail order and i learned alot about Ad Copy.... The same principle here..When you find a winning ad... go all out with it and laugh all the way to the bank.....

You are a marketing genius of CC'ing services.... Not just a CC'er....

Millions await you JC....

Different Strokes for different folks...

I think The referral sheet looks and sounds cheesy...  It's like your begging for customers..

NOT CLASSY.

you need to do something with it... give them back something for getting you referals...

like take 15 bucks off their cleaning if they join your referral program, In which they have to find you 5 people...and give each of those 5 people 5 bucks off too...

still is cheesy