I used these
I have plenty of before and afters that ive spent about a hour and a half making into collages. Sadly the are not as good of picture quality as those are. I dont have a iphone
I have plenty of before and afters that ive spent about a hour and a half making into collages. Sadly the are not as good of picture quality as those are. I dont have a iphone
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Those look awesome!!.. I’m going to work on my before and afters most of mine are just commercial jobs
Are you using them on houses surrounding customers houses you serviced? I’m about to order 1k door hangers and I’m planning on how to start using them.
Yes five around method. More of 8 around method for me.
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Absolutely nothing has worked for me.
I have printed my own and gotten nowhere.
I advertise on Instagram and have gotten nowhere.
I have had a FB page since 2015 and I get no bookings, or calls.
I am on Nextdoor and I get told to take my posts down. I have “claimed my business” on Nextdoor and nothing.
My business cards have the wrong FB page listed, so I don’t hand them out because sharpie marked out info looks unprofessional.
I am out of money, options, and patience.
I was doing okay before I left Seattle, but now I’m in a podunk town due to circumstances and the closest big cities are over 2 hours away.
I am beyond miserable about this.
Jobs won’t just magically find you… you have to find them in a sense. Printed off door hangers most likely look unprofessional to say the least. If you had a professional looking hanger it could take well over 1000 to get a single phone call…and that phone call may not even result in a job. Don’t write on your business cards…just toss em in the garbage. A Facebook page doesn’t get you work unless you are running good paid ads and posting in local groups. Do you have a website? Do you do any sort of marketing? If you are out of money you need to go get a job working for someone else until you can afford to market your business in multiple ways to create some work. It takes money to make money and there’s no way around it.
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A few other things…
-Instagram is no place to market.
-I know nothing about nextdoor
-Do as much research as possible on here in regards to marketing as it will help you a ton. You’ve been on here since May and only have 1 hour of read time.
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I agree with what Max said. Just having a Facebook Business Page won’t get you much business unless you do paid ads. Those ads have to have some good before and after pictures to quickly grab their attention. Do a slide show with the best picture first or even a time lapse video of you cleaning an extremely dirty house.
Business cards are cheap. Get new ones.
How many door hangers have you hung?
Do you have uniforms or at least nice company shirts? If not you need to get shirts made up and go door to door. Go hit up businesses too and show them your certificate of insurance. It will show them you’re a professional and not some hack.
Have you tried newspaper ads? Yard signs?
How’s your Google Business Page? Plenty of pictures? Reviews?
There’s plenty of stuff out there that needs cleaned. You can’t just sit around and expect it to all come to you no matter what marketing you’ve done. Every area is different and requires a different marketing strategy. You have to try a little bit of everything to find what works. Be sure to take plenty of notes and what kind of calls you are getting from what. You should always put money aside for marketing especially if you’re just getting going in a new area. Things will likely slow down towards the end of summer so you need to hit the streets now.
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Yeah, I know all of this.
I am saying that unless you know someone in these small towns chances are nil you’ll get hired.
I didn’t write on anything and regardless of printing my own flyers and such, I can spell, I understand about less is more, and I actually do read and research everything.
Yes, it takes money to make money.
If I could find a friggin job I’d have one.
I’m not 18 and I’m not dumb.
I have ran ads…which I stated in my post…on both FB and Instagram.
More than once. More than three times.
It has resulted in absolutely nothing.
I have tried all of the pay for leads apps and all they do is take your money.
I don’t have a website because I can’t afford it and I tried a free one with godaddy and it was just too confusing for me and no, I’m not stupid. I found it very hard to follow and opted to just stop and let it run its course for the free period so it would just expire.
I have been getting some intermittent advice from a reputable marking guy who actually works with another pretty successful pressure washing company.
So, again, it’s not for lack of trying.
This is a ■■■■ area and all they know around here is ‘their cousin can do it’, ‘my brother can do it’, ‘I know a guy’.
If you’re selling something they want it for free. If they’re selling something they want gold for it.
That’s the mentality here.
You seem a bit irritated and seem to think you have it all figured out. You also seem to think it’s everyone and everything elses fault. The first thing I’d do is sit back and think how things could be a lot worse in life and be thankful for who and what you have. After that, change your attitude a bit and keep on trying to find a job. You just got some good advice on here and you seem to have just ignored the good and focus on the negative. I believe you’ll also have a negative reaction to this comment so I’ll end it here. Good luck
A small town is a gold mine as you said you have to know somebody. And you can’t be afraid to turn every lead into another lead. Advertising is hit or miss as Jersey says you find the 10% that speaks to a customer and makes you 100x that you repeat that over and over… what is your market who are you trying to sell to if your market is primarily families older people hand written thank you cards made with your logo or even written on a piece of paper will keep customers rather than just going door to door. When you get a customer you have to keep them and turn them to the next lead. Find dirtier homes give them good prices stick a sign in the ground do your 5 arounds and most importantly READ and Search. Calm down read make sure it’s what you want to do and Always Market. People have to trust you. Make them trust you, do good work, always learn, and get paid.
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You made a post on a forum and didn’t expect or want anyone to reply or give you advice? Odd. Watch the language on here btw.
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It could be your bad attitude contributing to your lack of work. People have tried to give you advice. Either take a moment to sit back and reflect on it, or go pound sand. Either way.
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So this is in Finnish. Quick translate:
“Your neighbor got their home washed. Why wouldn’t you?”
"Microbes and dirt reduce the lifespan of your exterior and look undesirable. Our surface safe SoftWash method wipes away grime and destroys microbes.
We will clean your home’s exterior, your terrace, patio, fences and other buildings. We’ll also clean driveways and re-sand brick pavement."
“Visit JetClean.fi and reserve a free assessment today!”
Then some legalese. I just got this done, 1 sided only, what’s your general impression on the visual look?
I’d put your company logo at the top instead of that blue thing. Double sided would also look more professional imo. Maybe some before and after pictures on the back or something. You should also make you contact information much larger
I just can’t believe that it says all that. It only looks like 5 words.
Edit: I didn’t click on the picture. All I saw was this:
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I think that blue thing is where it’s going to be cut out for the hanger.
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I took @squidskc and @HydroPlus door hanger and combined them into a brilliant one. The wording and layout was to spot on to alter that much. I really need to put them out more. Some houses i do i feel like im soliciting or i feel like the house next door is already pretty clean. Need to just make jt a habit to just go do it. Ive read routine is the key.
That’s correct, the swirl is around the cutout.
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