idea-good or not

If it works for roofers, painters and other contractors, why not give it a shot

cmaster wrote: If it works for roofers, painters and other contractors, why not give it a shot

Pool contractors in SoCal do the same.  But we clean and leave in a couple of hours, those guys are what - a couple of days, weeks, months?

The reason many enjoy having signs in the yard has nothing to do with advertising the nice man's business; it has much to do with saying "hey! look at me....my house is better than yours now - my sh*t don't stink anymore!!" - human nature of keeping up with the Joneses.

Advertising the fact that you just had your carpets cleaned is saying "hey, look at me who does such a lousy job of housekeeping that I had to get my carpet cleaned and sanitized" which amounts to putting a quarantine sign on the house.  Expect to be met with resistance but do share the results.  Not saying it won't work, just try stepping into the psyche of the customer for a moment and see things from their perspective, not from yours.

If I take my clothes to the dry cleaners, do I want a patch sewed onto my garments advertising his service? 

Now, if you sold them beautiful new carpet, that is a renovation worthy of their neighborhood's admiration and something they want to advertise to say "I have the money, I am successful, I am worthy of your admiration, I am to be looked up to".  But cleaning their old carpet, that would equate to my dentist putting a sign on my teeth saying "These teeth made new and fresh by Dr. Dave Schmidt, DDS - 555-1212".  With or without my permission, that is a line no pro would cross.  And if we are doctors of Carpetology we won't either.

Not attacking cmaster who I respect, just referencing his quote because I could see where he was going with the analogy and wanted to use it as a lead in to the SoCal swimming pool craze.


Edited by duckcountry - 23/August/2008 at 4:03am