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brewscrew 
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 Topic: New to Business(Help!)Posted: 05/November/2007 at 10:44pm |
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Hey, my cousin and I started our business
right at 2 years ago and i'm trying to figure out how to make the
money. We just broke even. My question is, other than word
of mouth, what can we do to expand/explode our business?
Our commercial contract and our customer base has allowed us to break
even, but we can't seem to get ahead. What advertisements have
worked for you guys? We've tried the phonebook, but for some
reason it didn't pay for itself. We have a friend who does well
off of the phone book but can't figure out why him and not us.
How can we get other commercial accounts. We're based in the
southeast us, so if you can give us some good advice please.
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cmaster
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Posted: 05/November/2007 at 11:58pm |
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Telemarketing works for some companies
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brewscrew
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Posted: 06/November/2007 at 12:07am |
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How much does that cost in canada/usa?
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cmaster
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Posted: 06/November/2007 at 12:32am |
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No idea. We've never used it. If you hire people to do it and pay them commision, it could work out well for you. You need a good phone script and polite operators
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John L
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Posted: 06/November/2007 at 4:28pm |
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You got screwed brewscrew.. lol..
 just kidding.. 
Are you getting repeat and referrals?
On a scale of 1-10.. What would you say your cleaning skills are at?
You Can telemarket Commercial all day long.. Residential you need to follow the Law.. No call list.. license & registering your biz with the gov't..
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brewscrew
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Posted: 06/November/2007 at 7:47pm |
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My cousin does the work and he does great work. He's been
cleaning carpet for about 13 years. Most of our business is
repeat with a few referrals. I'm really interested in how to find
out who does property management for banks and restaurants. I
guess the only way to find out is to go in and ask them.
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STEAMPRO
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Posted: 10/November/2007 at 4:47pm |
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news paper?
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Posted: 10/November/2007 at 8:42pm |
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news papers are only good for lining bird cage floors?
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John L
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Posted: 10/November/2007 at 8:58pm |
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If you go NPers go with Display ads not classifieds..
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STEAMPRO
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Posted: 12/November/2007 at 2:43pm |
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DEPENDS ,...where you live, in smaller towns the news paper is the only way to go!
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doug
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Posted: 12/November/2007 at 3:06pm |
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go broke
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Posted: 12/November/2007 at 8:18pm |
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Newspaper doesn't work here
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Posted: 12/November/2007 at 9:40pm |
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only may get a price shppers atttention
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duckcountry
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Posted: 13/November/2007 at 12:23am |
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setup a business card drawing for a free carpet or upholstery cleaning. Do the collection points in various nail salons and boutiques. Team up with a local radio station (11th caller type thing - which is free advertising). The ones who are not the winner in the drawing get some special deal (freebie or discount) from your company. You have their cards so email them a congrats on getting the second place price (everyone gets second place in a tie) and they simply need to call you. That makes the DNC rules no longer apply as they called you and initiated a contact.
Great way of spreading the word (radio) and getting new contacts (the drawing). Just an idea. |
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