What is your reason for not signing up?

[Brian R]

why not sign up? must have been the last e-mail that said i'd better sign up before prices go up.
That's one side of "no contract" -you can raise price whenever you chose. So whenever down the road, that you decide to ,you can continue to raise price until member(S) leave.You'll justify it as "just business"and well heck someone has to service those zips;might as well as be Priority Carpet Cleaning. And for as those that have not had Priority Carpet Cleaning pretending to be a local quality service company in your market yet it goes like this:
Priority c.c. shows up on google/maps and has local phone number and bogus local address pretending to be right down the street . His thought"why would you not call?" How about because everything you advertise is a lie.You are like a politician."I'm serving those communities".Now it's" I'm helping carpet cleaners".All you are doing is clouding the waters.
In DFW Priority c c had 11 bogus numbers and addresses and was adding a new one about one a week. Of course you could self justify it by thinking that if you don't do it someone else will. Some here may think you have changed from a mouse-house carpet cleaning company(they bring you cheese and you don't even leave the house) to a 100% marketing company. I have noticed that google has pulled all your bogus addresses here.
If any here have the same problem in your marketplace with companies claiming local address there is a "report a problem" button on all google map ads.
besides it's just business

Hey, I'm glad you're back...I thought you gave up on me. Have we met in person? just curious.
Ok, so I pulled my ads down myself and only because of similar address' that Google picked up and I claimed. If you clicked the button..nothing happened.
I don't have 11 numbers. I have 3 numbers (one for each state) and a toll free.
Please, if you're going to insult me, get your facts straight.

Anyone on the program would still only pay $35.00...anyone new would pay $40.00...and I still haven't done it.
If it ends up not being worth it, you don't have to do it. THAT is the beauty of no contracts.

Dude, you might be a little paranoid or just trying to screw me (not sure yet) but really "everything you advertise is a lie"?? You sound like a woman scorned because that is just irrational.

 

[Brian R]

Truth is truth, snap the towel, ouch :shock:

Jay, if you think that is the truth then you haven't heard one word I've said.

 

[Brian R]

brian you could tell these guys where they could trade 10 dollar bills for 100s and they would call you a liar.

Not everyone...just a few. In general, I think people are smart but there are always a few that can't see the dollars because the pennies are covering their eyes.
Thanks Ron.

 

[Brian R]

Its true........

What's true?

 

[Brian R]

I really don’t think what you’re doing is all that unique and if I wanted to do something similar there are better referral services for the buck. It’s parasitic like the rest of your business.

Name one other company that lists ONE company per zip code or 3 zip codes.

Any "directory" will have a a few hundred carpet cleaners bunched together. That was a big reason for doing it this way.

Edit: There area bigger and better companies than Network Carpet Cleaners. You will pay $600.00 per month to get to the top of them (depending on area) and there will still be guys all around you on the list.

I really think I am trying something new with an extremely low price. It's not going to take over the world instantly...give me some time. :mrgreen:

Parasitic? You've got that backwards.

 

[Ron Werner]

First, I'm in Canada
2nd, I'm already in a small community that knows me and if I started showing up under a different name and or charging a lower price for your clients then my clients are going to get confused.

 

[Brian R]

First, I'm in Canada
2nd, I'm already in a small community that knows me and if I started showing up under a different name and or charging a lower price for your clients then my clients are going to get confused.

Whoa! You don't show up under the name Yellow Pages (for example) because someone found you there right?

This is just an alternate way for someone to find you...if you have "enough" business then there you go. But if you want to keep another door open, this is an option.

 

[Jay D]

The truth is the address you had listed in my area was a Japanese Steakhouse. The others I saw in neighboring citys were Starbucks coffee locations. I Don't have time to debate this, it is a observation I made and someone else called you on and reported it. You have the talents and ability to build a successful company if you make the effort to. I wish I had that business, sales and marketing knowledge you do. Just find another way of building it.

 

[Brian R]

The truth is the address you had listed in my area was a Japanese Steakhouse. The others I saw in neighboring citys were Starbucks coffee locations. I Don't have time to debate this, it is a observation I made and someone else called you on and reported it. You have the talents and ability to build a successful company if you make the effort to. I wish I had that business, sales and marketing knowledge you do. Just find another way of building it.

Jay, I cosider you a friend and I know how you stand on what I've done. That's ok with me.

But I never...ever...listed my company at any address that wasn't mine. If their is a mistake listing me at a Steak house or other...that was not me.
Google admits to screwing up so I wouldn't put it past them...they even have an option where you can "correct your marker" on their maps.

Just want to make that perfectly clear.

 

[Jay D]

To bad google screwed things up.

 

[Brian R]

To bad google screwed things up.

 

[The Great Oz]

Brian,
Good idea to get some feedback if the program isn't moving, but I would suggest you start over and let people say what they think without arguing each point.

Let the comments pile up.

You wanted feedback, right?

Once you've collected a bunch of comments you can address misconceptions, which allows you to alter your sales pitch to better reflect the realities of your service and stop those misconceptions.

Once you've collected a bunch of arrows you can either alter your approach to better address those complaints, or just admit that what you're trying to do isn't going to suit everyone.

Good luck!

 

[Brian R]

Bryan,
Your are probably right. I just wanted to correct the misconceptions before they were taken as gospel.

I've already made some changes because of the posts in this thread.

Thanks

 

[clnr76063]

You had 11 seperate physical addresses each in a different part of DFW. And I stand corrected you did only have four phone numbers.Your last address ,the one in Keller was just added a week ago. And yes they are all without local addresses now not because you had a change of heart but because I flagged your addresses each one of them with google's maps "report a problem". The next day they were gone . Don't try and take credit for something you didn't do. If anything you saw they were removed and tried to go on and change so you could come here a act like you had a change of heart. To anyone with google map scammers in your market the "report a problem" does work.
Your first e-mail said" get your zips before someone else" and your last e-mail said "get em before they go up".So you can and will raise until the zips are seo'd and when someone backs out you'll simply move in as Priority CC and run some smuck in there You will have let others foot they bill for your moving in. Here"s a thought .Put it in print that you will never use the network to aquire jobs in any of the zips on your network, now or in the future.

 

[Brian R]

I think I have a stalker. Thank you Nostradamus.

If you really did flag my Google listings then you will have to refer to the Chicken Shit thread but I'm sure it didn't effect me.

I did cancel some of the listings whether you did anything on your end or not.

So what's the reason for you being so butt hurt over all this? Do you think there isn't enough work for everyone?
Or are you blaming me for you not having enough customers?
:roll:

Again...some of you give me WAY too much credit.

 

[Brian R]

looks like you deleted the wrong ones...you don't listen

LOL. I did delete the duplicates...I also deleted some of the other ones because I am marketing a little different. Those listings didn't help that much and they were a pain to keep up with.

I will keep the areas that work.

I am also paying for some ads again to free up my time.

 

[Burtz]

I think before doing business a non compete agreement would be prudent for the way your business model is

 

[Lefty724]

I'm just curious. I've gotten way more hits to the Network Carpet Cleaning website than I do members.

What is YOUR reason for not signing up with Network Carpet Cleaning ? Hit me, I can take it.....I think.

Because Mikey has my whole area sewed up!!!!!


.................................................................Which is very understandable BTW!

 

[Ron Werner]

[quote="Ron Werner":12tomypl]First, I'm in Canada
2nd, I'm already in a small community that knows me and if I started showing up under a different name and or charging a lower price for your clients then my clients are going to get confused.

Whoa! You don't show up under the name Yellow Pages (for example) because someone found you there right?

This is just an alternate way for someone to find you...if you have "enough" business then there you go. But if you want to keep another door open, this is an option.[/quote:12tomypl]

what are you talking about. Would you not be advertising online as Network Carpet Cleaners that would come up in someone's area? Would they hire Priority or would they hire Happy? Would this just be another website I would advertise on?

 

[clnr76063]

You are not the only slick willy in the carpet cleaning marketplace; you just happen to be the one that is not just trying to fool the public you have the balls to come on this and other carpet cleaning boards and try to sell your crap to carpet cleaners as well.I'm in DFW and have seen you pedal your crap here ; whereas there are many on here that are not aware of your marketing because they don't see it in their market- yet. As for me, I'm "doing it for the good of the other carpet cleaners".
And no you are no threat to me .I've come to the conclusion that the internet will go the way of the yellow pages because of all the flim flam marketers anyway.The reason people like you love the internet is that you don't have to tell your lies to customers in person.This is just my opinion.I have no intention of following you around -if a person sees something that they think is unjust and says nothing they are a chicken-shit. Prove you are honorable and give (as stated above) a non-compete to all who sign up.(I still won't) and show you have no underlying motives. Bet you won't.

 

[Brian R]

http://networkingcleaner.com/Carpet.html[/url]

Put in 94056

 

[Brian R]

You are not the only slick willy in the carpet cleaning marketplace; you just happen to be the one that is not just trying to fool the public you have the balls to come on this and other carpet cleaning boards and try to sell your crap to carpet cleaners as well.I'm in DFW and have seen you pedal your crap here ; whereas there are many on here that are not aware of your marketing because they don't see it in their market- yet. As for me, I'm "doing it for the good of the other carpet cleaners".
And no you are no threat to me .I've come to the conclusion that the internet will go the way of the yellow pages because of all the flim flam marketers anyway.The reason people like you love the internet is that you don't have to tell your lies to customers in person.This is just my opinion.I have no intention of following you around -if a person sees something that they think is unjust and says nothing they are a chicken-shit. Prove you are honorable and give (as stated above) a non-compete to all who sign up.(I still won't) and show you have no underlying motives. Bet you won't.

You really have no idea. This website is to help bring in business to carpet cleaners...including my own carpet cleaning business. I did it BECAUSE I didn't want to sub out to everyone in the country.

Your statements above have no merit and it's clear now that you have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[Brian R]

By the way, Robert. Aren't you the one that had a problem with the cut and paste feature or couldn't post right in a thread because you accidently started another on? Something like that right?

I'm sure you are just afraid of the Internet and the technology because you don't understand it.
The internet makes millions of dollars for a huge amount of companies because they learned how to utilize it instead of bashing it.

Stick to your yellow pages or door hangers or whatever and I'll stick to the internet.
"Go the way of the yellow pages" ? Really? It's all just information...it's not voodoo.

Name another source where people can get the information they need, when they need it and who they need it from.

 

[Able 1]

I have gotten 5 off of them in 2 weeks...

Are you getting any jobs from my area? when I punch in my zip code your company comes up :shock:

If I put my zip in Joey's site come up also... Lot of traveling for those 5 jobs??? :shock:

Edit: I didn't read the whole thread...

 

[Brian R]

[quote="Bruce Humphrey":1irwri0r]

I have gotten 5 off of them in 2 weeks...

Are you getting any jobs from my area? when I punch in my zip code your company comes up :shock:

If I put my zip in Joey's site come up also... Lot of traveling for those 5 jobs??? :shock:

Edit: I didn't read the whole thread...[/quote:1irwri0r]


It's cool, I think I need to put some placecards in the middle of big distances to let people know there is not a cleaner yet in their area.
The way things are going, I may not have to.

 

[Shorty]

Your bloody site won't accept my post (zip) codes.

Oh, & there must be a problem with people there that have short arms and deep pockets, none of the enquiries I have received from the good ole' US of A are prepared to pay my relocation costs.

Crikey, talk about having bloody Taipans in yer kick, no-ones game to stick a claw in, in case they get bitten.

Ooroo,

shiteatinggrin

PS ::: 4870

 

[Brian R]

Your bloody site won't accept my post (zip) codes.

Oh, & there must be a problem with people there that have short arms and deep pockets, none of the enquiries I have received from the good ole' US of A are prepared to pay my relocation costs.

Crikey, talk about having bloody Taipans in yer kick, no-ones game to stick a claw in, in case they get bitten.

Ooroo,

shiteatinggrin

PS ::: 4870

I think I only understood half of that. :shock:

I'll talk to my programmer and see if we can make those digits work.

 

[Ron Werner]

Ok, so for 35/month I would get my website listed on your website which you are marketing. no other charges or percentages?
I don't know how the zip codes work but the postal codes in Canada would be too narrow a search. There are 300 postal codes in my town of 10000 alone. every community mailbox has its own.

 

[daniel@procarpet]

Ok Robison I took the bait. I will give you a fair shot. Hell for the money I feel my odds are much better than going to a casino.

 

[Brian R]

Ok, so for 35/month I would get my website listed on your website which you are marketing. no other charges or percentages?
I don't know how the zip codes work but the postal codes in Canada would be too narrow a search. There are 300 postal codes in my town of 10000 alone. every community mailbox has its own.

If you are the only cleaner signed up in your area then any zip code typed in that is close to yours will go to you. If another cleaner signs up in near your area then the zip typed in goes to the closest cleaner mathematically.
It actually went up to $40.00 earlier this week for any new members signing up. No other % or charges. Once you sign up, you are locked into that price.


Daniel, thanks for giving it a chance. Like anything on the internet, it will take some time to optimize but I will work on your area to try to drive traffic to you.