After reading another post about promotion it made me think, and i am going to create a ongoing list of ways and places to promote.
This list will have the following structure
Online promotion
Offline promotion
Then links to places online and off to promote or get flyers etc....
So using this format below feel free to reply with your ideas and ways your promote, i will then slowly add your ideas to this post and remove your replies as i add them. We will then have a very useful promotion guide and list for all our members.
Online promotion
Offline promotion
Links, contact to services on and offline
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Below is the actual post and is going to be added to over time.
Direct Marketing
Telemarketing, call round local business and large commercials
canvassing door to door (Many feel this is the best way)
putting out flyers
putting out business cards (some say you get better response over flyers)
referral promotions
Indirect Marketing
Online Advertising
google ads
Yellow Pages
google places
Business Website
Submit your website to search engines (Don't do more than once or twice as search engines don't like you resubmitting over and over)
Business listings websites/ Local directories
Window cleaning directories
Getting your name out there
Vehicle wrapping
Logos printed on t-shirts
leaving business cards in local shops and takeaways etc
Advertising in the local paper
Getting printed sickers for puting on close doors
A4 laminated signs on fences and posts
Cross marketing with other local tradesmen, giving your business cards to pressure washers, gardeners, joiners etc
Logos and contact info on all your stationary - the easier it is for your customers to find your number, the easier it is for them to recommend you.
Buying work
Have a look on websites, like http://www.windowcleaningroundforsale.co.uk
Get to know other window cleaners, give them a call now and then, and ask if they are looking to sell any rounds.
Where to get?
Printed work wear
http://www.engelbert-strauss.co.uk
website hosting
http://www.dataflame.co.uk/
Low cost webs design
http://www.totalcreation.co.uk
Flyers
Business cards
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5000-FULL-COLOUR-BUSINESS-CARDS-350gsm-FREE-ARTWORK-/260280678980?pt=UK_BOI_Office_Office_Supplies_Stationery_ET#ht_1539wt_911
http://www.vistaprint.co.uk
This list will have the following structure
Online promotion
Offline promotion
Then links to places online and off to promote or get flyers etc....
So using this format below feel free to reply with your ideas and ways your promote, i will then slowly add your ideas to this post and remove your replies as i add them. We will then have a very useful promotion guide and list for all our members.
Online promotion
Offline promotion
Links, contact to services on and offline
==============================================
Below is the actual post and is going to be added to over time.
Direct Marketing
Telemarketing, call round local business and large commercials
canvassing door to door (Many feel this is the best way)
putting out flyers
putting out business cards (some say you get better response over flyers)
referral promotions
Indirect Marketing
Online Advertising
google ads
Yellow Pages
google places
Business Website
Submit your website to search engines (Don't do more than once or twice as search engines don't like you resubmitting over and over)
Business listings websites/ Local directories
Window cleaning directories
Getting your name out there
Vehicle wrapping
Logos printed on t-shirts
leaving business cards in local shops and takeaways etc
Advertising in the local paper
Getting printed sickers for puting on close doors
A4 laminated signs on fences and posts
Cross marketing with other local tradesmen, giving your business cards to pressure washers, gardeners, joiners etc
Logos and contact info on all your stationary - the easier it is for your customers to find your number, the easier it is for them to recommend you.
Buying work
Have a look on websites, like http://www.windowcleaningroundforsale.co.uk
Get to know other window cleaners, give them a call now and then, and ask if they are looking to sell any rounds.
Where to get?
Printed work wear
http://www.engelbert-strauss.co.uk
website hosting
http://www.dataflame.co.uk/
Low cost webs design
http://www.totalcreation.co.uk
Flyers
Business cards
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5000-FULL-COLOUR-BUSINESS-CARDS-350gsm-FREE-ARTWORK-/260280678980?pt=UK_BOI_Office_Office_Supplies_Stationery_ET#ht_1539wt_911
http://www.vistaprint.co.uk
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