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02-23-2012, 09:37 PM #1
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February Residential Help California
Hi it's usually the slowest month I have. Do you guys do any marketing or call back past customers to get jobs this time of year? I get mostly everyone tell me that they are waiting until after the rain. Even though we have had very little rain here. I hate the feeling of running out of money and I cant just pop into some job. What do you guys do to make sure you have enough cash in the winter? Also wondering about daily operations and what to do. If you are your own boss there has to be self inflicted routine. I have a hell of a time with this. What can be a way to get me out of this rut and make some moves!
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02-23-2012, 10:58 PM #2
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02-24-2012, 12:10 AM #3
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Hi Brian,
I'm In Temecula but I do work in San Diego county as well. It just horribly slow. I hate the days with no income. Do you stay busy this time of year and are there any tricks?
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02-24-2012, 12:16 AM #4
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How long have you been in business? I find the longer I've been around the slow seasons are not as slow bigger base. I'm in Vista but I'm trying to cut down on driving I want to be mainly within 15-20 minutes of my home. Gas is way to high.
how to stay busy? one word: marketing
at the same time it's the nature of the beast just be patient based on how my year has started and how last year went. Starting mid march(one catch if all the no rain we have had decides to come next month) this year is going to EXPLODE.
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02-24-2012, 12:31 AM #5
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Yea I started this while as a side gig and never treated it like a business until a couple of years ago... obviously some downfalls were dropping the ball with an overloaded schedule in the summer that I couldnt make all my appointments on time. Everyone wants their windows done at the same time and sometimes on the same day.
People have told me not to spend anymore than a couple hundred a month on marketing but I'm not sure that's good advice. Hopefully the year explodes before my head does!
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02-24-2012, 09:20 AM #6
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What kind of pricing do you have, be careful being to cheap, better to have a lighter schedule that pays more than a full schedule that's not paying great.
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02-24-2012, 09:50 AM #7
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I consider myself a "resi" guy, but I have a small route of monthly commercial stuff to keep my head above water. Where we live, the threat of potential rain can even stop some of the commercail stuff!
Bruce likes this.Brett's Window Cleaning
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02-24-2012, 09:58 AM #8
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We have a small monthly residential route that we will be working on making bigger this year. Our goal is to have enough monthly resi work for an employee to work one day a week on.
Tony Evans
A New View Window Cleaning
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Scrapers Don't Scratch Glass GANA Bulletins Do!
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02-24-2012, 10:10 AM #9
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I went to Bible College in T-Mec, there is no rainy season there. I would look at offering a different service related to what you do, i.e pressure washing seems like it could be a year round service there. You got to continue to make calls and knock on doors.
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02-24-2012, 10:15 AM #10
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Also, you might want to offer a rainy day guarantee, where you would complement them 50-100% if it rains in certain amount days within the period that you cleaned there windows. Or you can say if it rains with 1 week of the service we will come back and clean the outside windows free of charge. Its a gamble but I bet on the Sun there 9/10 times.
