I went to college too. Then I stopped going
VLM only commercial business?
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steve_64
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And yet here you are.
Dolly Llama
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..L.T.A.
Mikey P
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What instruments do you play?
Meter Maid
The Undetective
Drums, guitar, trombone and a little piano.
Cleanworks
Moderator
How little is that piano?
Meter Maid
The Undetective
Canadian humor.
Jim Pemberton
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That's a pretty broad range there. Guitar and piano I can do. I never could master brass, and surely not drums.
Nice.
Meter Maid
The Undetective
Trombone was my first instrument in elementary school. Transitioned to percussion soon after. Guitar and piano came later.
Mikey P
Administrator
I mastered the trombone when I was a cop in San Francisco
Jack Zipper Zerkie
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Been playing the drums 60 yrs not good but ok to fool a lot of people. From a 25 group german band or a trio for 50,s rock & roll or a jazz & blues music. I 'm still a better carpet cleaner than a drummer. But still learning. jz.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Detective blowhard
Meter Maid
The Undetective
Drums are good for that, anybody with a little bit of natural rhythm can kind of almost look like they can play.
Meter Maid
The Undetective
I’ll go to your funeral.
Mikey P
Administrator
It'll be a long line at the urinal
Meter Maid
The Undetective
Alabama
AlienAgent
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So I’ve been moving forward with starting a second business for just VLM commercial services. It will also offer residential, but at an elevated price point to weed out the dirty carpet. Everything is being marketed as premium, top tier. Systems and scalability are a major focus.
It’s to be a marketing company, that also happens to clean carpet. I think well edited online videos will be a cornerstone. Like the Dirt Army vid that went viral a while back. Direct mail with in person follow ups to about 200 specific commercial locations is also something to try.
At this point I’m knee deep in making the website, social media account on every platform, adding info to all the listing sites. I have a second phone and number setup, an OP on the way, and a new Orbiter for stairs/tight spots, and an electric sprayer- just like the Wheeler Pros…
Next up is a new 500 psi portable and a Wespak hard surface wand, an eye popping- yet tastefully simple- wrap for the sides of the box truck, and some logo’d shirts. The wrap will be advertising the website and social media accounts. I want clients to know who we are, what we do, and how to easily contact us within 2 seconds at 60mph.
I hope to have everything setup and running by the start of the winter, so I can start the next spring with a bang.
It’s to be a marketing company, that also happens to clean carpet. I think well edited online videos will be a cornerstone. Like the Dirt Army vid that went viral a while back. Direct mail with in person follow ups to about 200 specific commercial locations is also something to try.
At this point I’m knee deep in making the website, social media account on every platform, adding info to all the listing sites. I have a second phone and number setup, an OP on the way, and a new Orbiter for stairs/tight spots, and an electric sprayer- just like the Wheeler Pros…
Next up is a new 500 psi portable and a Wespak hard surface wand, an eye popping- yet tastefully simple- wrap for the sides of the box truck, and some logo’d shirts. The wrap will be advertising the website and social media accounts. I want clients to know who we are, what we do, and how to easily contact us within 2 seconds at 60mph.
I hope to have everything setup and running by the start of the winter, so I can start the next spring with a bang.
Cleanworks
Moderator
All that advertising sounds great but don't neglect the direct sales aspect. Drive around the areas you would like to work in and look for higher end industrial parks. Visit the businesses you think you would like to work for and explain to the receptionist who you are and if you can speak to someone in charge of the building maintenance. When you do a job, ask for a review or reference that you can show to other prospective customers in the same area. It's more leg work but can be very productive. Before the internet, I used to work for a company as an estimator. I had a photo album loaded with pictures and high end references. I would target very specific businesses in the areas we wanted to work in. Combine that with the type of advertising you are doing and you will have the best of both worlds.
AlienAgent
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You're 110% correct on the direct sales. It's how I build my current business.
I think the online presence and image I'm trying to project with that will make the direct sale/ cold call efforts more effective. That's really why I'm doing it, to back up the impression I make during those visits. I know it's like creating my own credibility, put people really like shiny packaging.
I would like to phase out my current business over the next few years. I hate strip and wax, fighting hoses, wanding, and residential services. I love walking around for a few hours, with my earbuds in, Cimexing and vacuuming. Life is too short to work yourself to death.
Meter Maid
The Undetective
How do you know?
Cleanworks
Moderator
Jimmy's been crapping for a long time.
Meter Maid
The Undetective
Out of his mouth and fingers.
AlienAgent
Member
Jimmy, it’s not a higher calling. It’s just a business.
20 years from now all of these floors will be torn up and forgotten, is anyone in 2042 going to care if I got every last particle of dirt out?
In 2042 will my kids and grandkids care if I changed the trajectory of my branch on the family tree’s growth with a scaleable and highly profitable business?
I see everyone laughing at the Wheeler Pros. But I watched those videos and thought, I wonder if you could make $100k a year off sending idiots out in minivans with Orbiters and doing $59 specials. Heck I made a hundred dollars on one of todays jobs in 20 minutes encapping an RV with my Orbiter.
20 years from now all of these floors will be torn up and forgotten, is anyone in 2042 going to care if I got every last particle of dirt out?
In 2042 will my kids and grandkids care if I changed the trajectory of my branch on the family tree’s growth with a scaleable and highly profitable business?
I see everyone laughing at the Wheeler Pros. But I watched those videos and thought, I wonder if you could make $100k a year off sending idiots out in minivans with Orbiters and doing $59 specials. Heck I made a hundred dollars on one of todays jobs in 20 minutes encapping an RV with my Orbiter.
hogjowl
Idiot™
There’s a place in this world for hacks.
Continue to fill it.
Continue to fill it.
Mikey P
Administrator
What city?
AlienAgent
Member
I live in Hillsboro, OH but will be servicing from there to the eastern side of Cincinnati to south Dayton. While I hate to drive, sometimes you just have to play the hand you’re dealt.
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