Hi all, im new on this forum.
Been strictly residential and this year planning to expand into commercial. I’ve heard cold calling/emailing really works.
Does anyone have any tips/templates? I would really appreciate the help
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No idea where you would have heard that nonsense. Those things don’t “really work” in any business. You will need to build up contact, but you need to make it super-simple for people in the commercial market, and be really good on pricing (so either not profitable, or REALLY efficient). You’ll also need some different chems/equipment than most run for housewashing.
the window cleaning forum on this website would strongly disagree. Seems like quite a few people built up their business that way so not sure
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Template:
Hi
Me wash dirty stuff. You give money.
Love,
Me
60% of the time it works everytime!
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Yep, if I was to do it, email would be about the most I’d try. Unless it was in person relationship building with property managers, I wouldn’t invest a ton of time, unless I had unlimited amounts of it.
I have bid on three apartments in my area which are my potentially first commercial jobs. Kinda worried I am way out of my league. 16 units in 2 of the three and I am one man and a truck right now. I’ll deff find a helper.
Anyhow I am going to try to stop into leasing offices of apartments you feel you can handle and that need a clean up. Go in and introduce yourself and make a good impression and ask if they would be okay if you gave them a FREE estimate. Tell them you will do a drive through the complex to inspect all surfaces. My prediction is that 90% would say yes. They will likely say it would have to go through the main office but that’s fine. All of the apartment buildings throughout the US are at near high capacity at insane rates so they are raking in the cash now, so a smart company would know to invest to maintain their image.
You’d think so, but human nature will say, “we don’t need to do anything at all to stay full, so screw it.”
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Well try it and see. I don’t read emails soliciting work, but then i don’t really read emails of any type
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