i had just finished cleaning a customers house yesterday and was talking to the guy outside the front of his house, and we were talking about the fact that i seem to clean quite a few houses in his road and he said there was another guy who cleans the two houses directly opposite him but he is one of those posh window cleaners! when i asked him what he meant by posh he said "well he seems to have all the flash gear with a nice new van all sign written and a uniform and stuff" (i should point out at this stage that i only do this game part time and have a vwt4 van that is red with a black bonnet and use a gardiners backpack and poles and have a van full of 25ltr barrels to top up and have no uniform of any kind. so i guess that means im not posh.
So as the title says that got me thinking, do you think that some potential new customers would be put off from using me because they just see a bald headed bloke in a hoody and slightly rusty 1997 van. now im not talking about the new customers that have had me recommended to them but the newbies that have looked out of their bedroom windows and seen me pull up out the front of their next door neighbours house. would they be more likely to approach me if i was in a nice van, all kitted out looking more professional (posh). also is there anyone that has made the change from a basic setup to an all singing and dancing setup and noticed a increase in the business.
look forward to your thoughts on this one
So as the title says that got me thinking, do you think that some potential new customers would be put off from using me because they just see a bald headed bloke in a hoody and slightly rusty 1997 van. now im not talking about the new customers that have had me recommended to them but the newbies that have looked out of their bedroom windows and seen me pull up out the front of their next door neighbours house. would they be more likely to approach me if i was in a nice van, all kitted out looking more professional (posh). also is there anyone that has made the change from a basic setup to an all singing and dancing setup and noticed a increase in the business.
look forward to your thoughts on this one