Flyer I am passing out
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renegade_cowboy
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How many did you hand out? You make it yourself? Keep us updated it on the return.
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Rafa L
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1$ a sqft for tile and grout cleaned and sealed?
you're a cheap whore......
you're a cheap whore......
KevinL
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Do you have a minimum charge or are you gonna go out for a $45 loveseat?
Becker
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right out of PDQ..
renegade_cowboy
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Hey what does your wife honestly think. When I did my own marketing material I would get a female opinion to help work out the kinks.
SuperFly
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Looks good.. 2-3 whole houses daily you can make a good living..
Somethings wrong if you cant make it with those somewhat low prices..
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:roll: :wink: :| :mrgreen:
Raf.. I really like your equiptment....Lol! :mrgreen:
Somethings wrong if you cant make it with those somewhat low prices..
:shock: :? 8) :x :roll: :wink: :| :mrgreen: Raf.. I really like your equiptment....Lol! :mrgreen:
daniel@procarpet
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I noticed in your post that you are passing this flyer out to homes in the 500k to 1 million price range. You should be able to get better than 100 dollars to clean a sofa and loveseat. You don't have to be like the guys that are getting .50 cents a foot. Just raise your prices a little to like 150 for sofa and loveseat. You won't have to charge extra for stuff that should be included in the cleaning. The flyer concept is good, but I would pay a graphic designer to touch it up. You will get a better return. I can't tell you how many times I thought I had a good advertising piece only to take it to a professional and really see how much better it could be.
I have seen that same ad on another website. How about coming up with something original or atleast using a different picture.
I have seen that same ad on another website. How about coming up with something original or atleast using a different picture.
Curtis Pennington
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Rex Tyus said:
I would guess he manages expenses and works the add ons.
It looks good Greg. Let us know how it pulls.[/quote:1e2at5q9]
Exactly...I knew he would get bashed for his pricing by the "I charge 100 per room" hucksters.......
Steve in Omaha
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Gotta ask, just what does the customer get for that $55.00 sofa "special"?
vac, prespray, hand scrub and extract with my hydromaster drymaster tool hooked to my APEX every inch front, back, arms, cushions topsssides bottoms, every inch
10:30 today I have a
sectional $135
2 Loveseats $90
1 Sofa $55
Protector $125
3 Rooms $95
Protector $45
$545 and I am happy with that
10:30 today I have a
sectional $135
2 Loveseats $90
1 Sofa $55
Protector $125
3 Rooms $95
Protector $45
$545 and I am happy with that
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And that is all that matters
Desk Jockey
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That's dirt cheap and if you we close by I would sub all my upholstery to you an mark it up to our rates.
Your customers have to love you at those rates.
I'd be happy with the $545.00 also!
Your customers have to love you at those rates.
I'd be happy with the $545.00 also!
Becker
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are you printing them full color?
If so, at what rate?
I've never been one to really say to much about pricing. But I have to wonder. How long does it take you to clean that sofa and do all those steps for $55?
If so, at what rate?
I've never been one to really say to much about pricing. But I have to wonder. How long does it take you to clean that sofa and do all those steps for $55?
Becker
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If you are not doing full color, ya might look into it.
Gotprint.com .12 each both sides.
But at those prices, BW might do the job just as well.
Gotprint.com .12 each both sides.
But at those prices, BW might do the job just as well.
TimP
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I wouldn't think of upholstery at those rates. But if I had enough volume I'd clean carpet for the same prices.
The woman had to run out so I decided to grab lunch. I do love the way people think furniture is a quick job
Full color flyer I print them myself on a commercial printer I bought at auction. I never do black and white. NEVER I spent too much on advertising last year and am going to cut that in half this year but would never scrimp on the product. (over $30,000 last year on a great pace this year $960 + PDQ+Publisher for $65 a month so 2 months in and about $1,100)
Full color flyer I print them myself on a commercial printer I bought at auction. I never do black and white. NEVER I spent too much on advertising last year and am going to cut that in half this year but would never scrimp on the product. (over $30,000 last year on a great pace this year $960 + PDQ+Publisher for $65 a month so 2 months in and about $1,100)
start calling some of the big companies around here for me. I would love to do it
Usually I am doing multiple pieces and a loveseat and sofa take about an hr and 15-hour and half. What I usually do is vac, spray, scrub and prespray the carpet and move the pieces and prespray and scrub underneath. If it were only a sofa it would take me close to an hour but I have a $75 minimum in Marshfield and up to $150 depending on distance
daniel@procarpet
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Greg, you should ditch the truckmount and just use a scrubber and a portable. You would be way more profitable.
Your profit has to very small after you pay for maintaining your equipment, gas, insurance, your employees, and all of the toys you are always talking about. If I was in your position and using the pricing structure you are using, I would definetly be using a protable and scrubber. By the way, charging someone extra for deep scrub, sanitizer, etc are all ways of increasing a ticket and to me are just bait and switch. Just raise your price and give them a good cleaning. And please don't respond that scrubbing is an additonal service that you offer because if your whole intent is to charge extra for scrubbing to increase the ticket, that is bait and switch to a degree.
Are you really going to professionally clean 3 rooms for 75 dollars, or are you going to say well I can get your carpet clean but it will clean better if I scrub with this buffer. If that is the operation you are running, then I would get a portable and keep my expenses as low as possible
By the way, I am sitting fat right now. Slow but making money hand over fist. How is this possible? My eqipment is paid for, zero dollars a month advertising, and enough repeat clients and referrals that I only have to work 2-3 days a week and still make good money. I love not having to answer my phone so much and deal with people calling for a price. If I want to I can easily work more. My point is that I am more relaxed and happy knowing I can work when I want to. How did I get to this point? I started turning jobs down and focused on customers that would pay me what I wanted to make and also appreciated good work. You are shooting yourself in the foot advertising price because that is all your customers are going to focus on.
How many companies do you know that have a 3 room 99 dollar special? I know to many to count. My next markting campaign is going to be what makes me different than these companies.
I really like Ron Werners message. "I am the most expensive cleaner in town, but I am also the most thorough and professional." How many companies advertise that they are the most expensive? You get the idea. The only way you are going to separate yourself and stand out is to do a lot less work and focus on customers who could care less what you charge as long as you are the best. Getting out of the yp and focusing on referrals was the best thing I ever did for my business.
Your profit has to very small after you pay for maintaining your equipment, gas, insurance, your employees, and all of the toys you are always talking about. If I was in your position and using the pricing structure you are using, I would definetly be using a protable and scrubber. By the way, charging someone extra for deep scrub, sanitizer, etc are all ways of increasing a ticket and to me are just bait and switch. Just raise your price and give them a good cleaning. And please don't respond that scrubbing is an additonal service that you offer because if your whole intent is to charge extra for scrubbing to increase the ticket, that is bait and switch to a degree.
Are you really going to professionally clean 3 rooms for 75 dollars, or are you going to say well I can get your carpet clean but it will clean better if I scrub with this buffer. If that is the operation you are running, then I would get a portable and keep my expenses as low as possible
By the way, I am sitting fat right now. Slow but making money hand over fist. How is this possible? My eqipment is paid for, zero dollars a month advertising, and enough repeat clients and referrals that I only have to work 2-3 days a week and still make good money. I love not having to answer my phone so much and deal with people calling for a price. If I want to I can easily work more. My point is that I am more relaxed and happy knowing I can work when I want to. How did I get to this point? I started turning jobs down and focused on customers that would pay me what I wanted to make and also appreciated good work. You are shooting yourself in the foot advertising price because that is all your customers are going to focus on.
How many companies do you know that have a 3 room 99 dollar special? I know to many to count. My next markting campaign is going to be what makes me different than these companies.
I really like Ron Werners message. "I am the most expensive cleaner in town, but I am also the most thorough and professional." How many companies advertise that they are the most expensive? You get the idea. The only way you are going to separate yourself and stand out is to do a lot less work and focus on customers who could care less what you charge as long as you are the best. Getting out of the yp and focusing on referrals was the best thing I ever did for my business.
well I don't charge for prescrub for that matter the prescrub has been completely scrapped for residential.
If you want to see my price structure go to 25dollarsaroom.com. If you look at my post my upsell is the protector and multiple jobs
I am far from a bait and switch I put in plenty of time and my company is very profitable. prescrubbing was great when it was a one man operation but it isn't realistic with employees so as stated in the earlier thread I was trying develop my system. If I wanted to use a portable I wouldn't have to by them I have 2 dual 3 stage portables in the shop
If you want to see my price structure go to 25dollarsaroom.com. If you look at my post my upsell is the protector and multiple jobs
if you want to brag about what you have brag to someone else. I don't care and I have more. Don't make fun of my business plan if you don't like it I don't care. If you don't like my ad piece that is fine but don't denigrate my business.
I am far from a bait and switch I put in plenty of time and my company is very profitable. prescrubbing was great when it was a one man operation but it isn't realistic with employees so as stated in the earlier thread I was trying develop my system. If I wanted to use a portable I wouldn't have to by them I have 2 dual 3 stage portables in the shop
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TimP said:
You aint gonna clean a sofa for 100 bucks in blountstown.....................................................
Becker
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LOL!!!!!!!!
Don't get into it about bait and switch with Greg, or prescrubbing and charging extra for it.
Last time he blew a fuse and used a lot of colorful words.
Greg,
After reading what you just wrote I have to ask a question...
You have been doing this awhile, and must have a number of repeat clients.
So now that you have completely scrapped the prescrub, what do you tell past clients that see you are no longer prescrubbing and have switched to a quick squirt and suck?
Greg has a good marketing program for up sales.
they don't care what I do as long as it is clean. The rotovac 360 or rotovac may come off the truck if it needed it but most of my clients have them cleaned more often than they use to because my pricing is better than what they were use to with companies that had not developed a relationship with them.
I think the back and forth debates are great. I have learned alot and tried different things. I am by no means a squirt and suck. It still takes me an hour to do 2 rooms. My chemistry is better with the vacaway products and the dd12 in my prespray really lends to the whole clean feel.
Right now I am prespraying with Ultra TLC from masterblend and rinsing with prochem all-fiber or if it is bad I rinse with slurry.
My process is the same except I hand scrub with the grandi groomer and I have a hard bristle brush for stairs and soft brush for upholstery. I have to say Ron Werner, yourself and a few others were right there really isn't a noticable difference if you take the right steps between prescrubbing and not
I think the back and forth debates are great. I have learned alot and tried different things. I am by no means a squirt and suck. It still takes me an hour to do 2 rooms. My chemistry is better with the vacaway products and the dd12 in my prespray really lends to the whole clean feel.
Right now I am prespraying with Ultra TLC from masterblend and rinsing with prochem all-fiber or if it is bad I rinse with slurry.
My process is the same except I hand scrub with the grandi groomer and I have a hard bristle brush for stairs and soft brush for upholstery. I have to say Ron Werner, yourself and a few others were right there really isn't a noticable difference if you take the right steps between prescrubbing and not
Becker
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How the hell, do you take so much time cleaning, and claim to clean so much, but you can be found here posting all the time?
Must be a time zone thing.
Must be a time zone thing.
Becker
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Amazing!
