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Jodi
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I have tried the real estate referal service too. It didn't work at all. I say stay away from that one. I do like the realtors though but I agree that you have to be able to say no or you can get taken advantaqe of. As for yellow pages, I do very well with it in Calgary. I have 3 ads in 1 in Maid Service 1 in house cleaning and 1 in Carpet Cleaning. My bill right now is $3000 / month. 60% of carpet calls come from YP and 80% of maid service calls come from YP. I do feel that you have to be fairly large before it pays off. As for other advertising door hangers are great but you need to hit the same areas a few times before they really start to pay. There are local flyer distribution companies that will hang them for around
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JCOOPER
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magic rick you rock. got the phones set up.would like to try direct mail.to much right now. good idea, put flyers where i just was.doing flyer at home right now. thank again rick. |
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Rick/Magic
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jcooper...there are a lot of ways to advertise that don't cost that much and will pay off some...you mentioned flyers...try door hangers...your printer will know what they are...a good time to put them out is when you finish a job in a neighborhood...take a few minutes and put door hangers on all the houses on the street where you just cleaned...you will aready have a reference on that street...you can also get some of those plastic signs made up to put on telephone poles (hint...have them made with hunter green letters on yellow background...that's is the most easily seen to the human eye)...if you do that, keep it simple...the more you put on the sign, the smaller the lettering is...just put your company name and phone number and something like "honest carpet cleaning"...I am not a fan of yellow pages...never worked out for me...I have always did well with direct mail or "marrage mail"...I'm sure you have mail packets where you live and they can be very effective...you can also target what area you want to clean in...they will usually have the city divided up into 4-8 areas and you can choose which ones you would like to go into...next time you get one in the mail, check the fine print...it will usually have the info to contact the people who are doing the mail out...and they are always looking for new customers...they will do all the lay out and print for you and it only cost about 4-6 cents per piece...and in case you don't already have it, get a cell phone and call fowarding on your company phone (my home phone is my business phone too)...when you leave out every day, foward your phone to your cell phone and you won't miss any calls...it's much better than an answering machine
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MR. STEAMER
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That big yellow book.... no one uses it anymore just to hold up the couch...lol people only turn to the yellow pages as a last resort when they can't find anyone or get a referral from someone |
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roy dudley
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The yellow pages has been real good for me I get about 6 to 10 jobs a month off the add, it is a 2 inch add cost 125.00 a month, a full page add would cost 4000.00 a month. I think the yp are a good way to start, but a small add will do and put something in the add that is diff from the others.
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cmaster
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JCOOPER
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nice.thanks magic rick so screw them.how do you advertise?
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Rick/Magic
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jcooper...NO!!!...don't pay for a real estate agent's listings...that's like some of these companies who want you to put an ad on a Burger King paper placemat that they put on the trays...good for them...bad for you...I personally don't deal with real estate agents (with the exception of 1 or2)...they get a house to sell and want you to drop everything and clean it right away...and want you to drive to their office to pick up the key...and then go and clean the house...and then bring the key back to them as soon as you finish the job...then they want a discount on the price...and then they want to hold off paying you for 3-6 months...they will never tell you that the power and water is turned off at the house...or that the house is trashed ...or the people have not finished moving their furniture out...real estate agents are some of the most inconsiderate people to try to deal with...I have a couple that I deal with, but they know how I expect to be treated and as long as they deal with me the way I want, I'll keep cleaning for them...the others I wouldn't give the time of day to...
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cmaster
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I have a few good ones too, but most are looking for a deal. A way cheap deal. |
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Adwa
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It must be your charming personality Steamer.
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MR. STEAMER
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I don't think you've found the right ones.... I work with a few and they are great
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greg
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your right cmaster. they always want to know whats in it for them if they do bizz with you.
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nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet.
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cmaster
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I never had much luck with realtors. Too cheap |
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