Best time to start up

[jlow]

Bin self employed for 15yrs so no stranger to hard graft is september too late in yhe year to start a windy cleaning biz?? Am about to give up yhe franchise a bit earlier than expected!!

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[Dave B]

It's harder to build a round in winter but the customers you get will usually be good ones

Just get out there and do it

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

I started in early November in a very harsh year and still managed to make it work, have to dedicate more weekends to canvassing though as week evenings are too dark in winter.

 

[Taxlossloz]

What's your franchise thats ending ?

 

[jlow]

What's your franchise thats ending ?

Courier

 

[jlow]

Trust me not for the faint hearted and am just sick n tired of putting my kids 2nd

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[tobyswindowcleaning]

I started up September last year and did ok. It weren't until March/April this when I started getting more and more customers

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[jlow]

How did u find it when u 1st started tobyswindowcleaning???

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[tobyswindowcleaning]

A little tough. But I had just come back from travelling so getting back into a work ethic was always going to be hard.

It beat applying for jobs and sitting in interviews with shirt and tie any day though!

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[boarcity]

sooner you start the better. iv seen plenty join the forum and then dilly dally posting rubbish instead of actually starting. find every excuse why not to start

i started in october of 08 and sure it was tuff that winter but i was well placed by the spring,id laid the foundations by then

 

[jlow]

A couple of months ago i decided i was self employed 4 a reason so nobody was telling me what 2 do unfortunatly ive let it happen for over 3yrs [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

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[jlow]

Boarcity managed to grab a couple of commercials already unfortunatly i have a damn chest infection and cant give up my franchise. till 2nd sept but i have most of my gear ready just working on the cards n work clothes

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[Dave B]

You work for dpd then??

Seriously if you are gonna get into window cleaning and gonna leave your job soon you need to be door knocking now and building up a customer base that you will start cleaning on x date

No point waiting until you leave to then have no work waiting to be cleaned

 

[jlow]

I do indeed work for them and as soon as i get rid o this damn chest infection i will going card dropping asap! [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

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[Dave B]

I know a couple of guys in the dpd franchise and they both hate it

I've done a bit of courier work when needed and i know that 100+ deliveries per day and then collections on top is bleedin demoralising after a while

Don't blame you for wanting out and good luck to you buddy

 

[jlow]

I roughly do 100 pd however the run i do equates to an average of 300-400 flights of stairs a day and the more u do the more they want my body is knackered should i say am taking another week off to recover from this infection but i may not go back!

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[boarcity]

well keep postin on here then. the lads n lasses here will giv u advice all been there n dun it, but if you chicken out and carry on the driving job [as you posted summat similar in 2015 ] youv got everything to prove that youre not messin us about this time

 

[jlow]

Yes i did post something in 2015 kicking myself for not doing it then i will call it a stubborn man thing lol

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[Duncs]

if your not happy with your job go for it

its a massive challenge ,total commitment is what you need, some of the guys have said self employed is hard

you get out what you put in long hours to start with.

But being your own boss tops it all gd luck

 

[Duncs]

being on this forum is also a big bonus we are all here to help you out

 

[Green Pro Clean Ltd]

Chest infection:

Go to kitchen. Get clove of garlic. Suck it for two hours. Your missus will hate me but you'll be out dropping leaflets by lunchtime tomorrow.