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What a bad day

Gabor

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I had only 4 jobs to do today, after I've done the first lady asked me to leave it until March, She was 2 monthly. Well, I will see... Second went OK. Suddenly I noticed my carbon goosneck is missing. I used it Monday. Gone back to the house where I used but nothing. Third house, cancelled until April. Come on.... I just hope I will pick enough up until they can F. OFF. Forth wasn't at home so I've done it quicly. I really need to pull myself together and knock on those doors again and again.

 
If I get customers who cancel for the winter months they never go back in my book!!

Be ok if everyone did it be out business

Best bit is they always moan when you charge more first clean

 
Agree Stevie, even as I am now no where near a full round I would not have a customer back if they stopped me over the winter, I do a good job each time and do so on the basis it's regular as agreed. Would you tell them if they cancelled for the winter or just tell them your fully booked when they call you again in the sprint time? You would think they would want you more in the winter as they get dirtier lol!

 
Agree Stevie, even as I am now no where near a full round I would not have a customer back if they stopped me over the winter, I do a good job each time and do so on the basis it's regular as agreed. Would you tell them if they cancelled for the winter or just tell them your fully booked when they call you again in the sprint time? You would think they would want you more in the winter as they get dirtier lol!
Yes Trev def dirtier in winter and the low sun shows it!

If a customer tells me that then cancelling for winter I tell them that I can't promise il be able to take them back on in spring,usually they say ok just carry on then

The few that don't I just tell them no when they rimg

 
weve all been there when we first start out."depending on customers".its demoralizing & can knock your confidence.if you plug on and work hard that situation will never occur because you will be in a position to "GET RID"

 
I tell them no problem, then they get noted on my lists, then I forget all about them.

If they call or see me and ask next year then sure, I check my notes, realise they are a part timer and increase their cost by £4 or £5 per clean to compensate for the '****** punter' factor.

When round building not many people do the practical math on numbers, they go out hit the doors for hours and come back with 'oh I only got 4 new ones today'

1st point is that's better than a kick in the nether parts.

2nd point is if you do that daily, at the end of the week you have 20 new customers - that's a full days work by anyones standard.

Do that for 20 weeks (Just 5 months of your life) and you have 20 days per month of custom, if only at £10 per house that's 400 jobs per month £4K income per month, £48K per annum.

At this point you don't need to knock doors as referrals, walk ups and chin wags with neighbors on the job will fill you to beyond capacity.

Moral, don't ever sniff at 'only 4 new customers today' instead set it as a target.

As for me, I also had two today 'leave it till after x-mas' only difference is I have been at it long enough I just chalk it up as part of the game.

 
I have a minimum charge of a tenner so i see 4 new jobs as a £480 pa pay rise minimum

Not to be sniffed at

I got a 408 quid yearly pay rise today

A few of them a month soon add up

 
I have a minimum charge of a tenner so i see 4 new jobs as a £480 pa pay rise minimumNot to be sniffed at

I got a 408 quid yearly pay rise today

A few of them a month soon add up
if all my **** work was a tenner i would be wealthy guy

 
Its ok to take on the **** early on in business as you need the work. But I've been doing it over 20 years now and have 2 rounds at 6 weekly cleans and that's with us both flat out. I now look at a job and if its slightly out the way or if they want insides done or the customer is a dickhead etc etc its turned down flat as we all know within a day or two a decent one will arise. What I'm saying to those fairly new at the game, the job gets easier and better as time goes on

 
No not family, its a friend. He has his own van that I kitted out. He pays me a commission each week, but any work he picks up on my round he keeps the money on it. He's very happy with this as he's earning good money without full responsibility

 
Fantastic, today I replaced those custys with one large monthly. She was my old one but moved and took me there where she lives now. But the house is twice as big now and she pays two times more as well. A few weeks back a new tenant from her old house asked me to do as well. Great.

 
Tomorrow I have nothing to do so I'll go out and get some new custys. I really need some. Otherwise winter won't be good. All I need to get is around 30 more and I'll be fine for the cold season.

 
I only ever had one customer actually want me back after winter. The rest used it as an excuse to cancel.

I thought it was a good way to reduce customers during shorter working days and get them back when the days were longer and I could do more. It never worked out that way.

 
You will get there @Gabor I'm also building up my window cleaning customers and have many a free day over my 4 week cycle, I use the free days to either leaflet or fit in the bigger one off jobs, do you offer gutter clearing and g/f/s cleaning etc too? Now is a good time to canvass for that work as customers want them doing before xmas and many a full gutter with the leaves falling.

 
You will get there @Gabor I'm also building up my window cleaning customers and have many a free day over my 4 week cycle, I use the free days to either leaflet or fit in the bigger one off jobs, do you offer gutter clearing and g/f/s cleaning etc too? Now is a good time to canvass for that work as customers want them doing before xmas and many a full gutter with the leaves falling.
From Gumtree AD first time today I went to give a quote and custy was very happy. A massive big detached wants monthly and every second month in/out. Possible I could ask more but I am happy what he will pay.

I do g/f/s if anyone ask for. To be honest I never did gutter clearing. I dont even have a proper high ladder. It's on my list to buy but you know...

I think a good window cleaning business is all about time. It will do a fantastic return sooner or later if you persistent. You can speed it up if you good in that.

 
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