Some lady asked me

Ran a 1/4 page yp ad in the late 80's.. cost was $450month.. lost $2000 on it...

I never had much luck with realtors. Too cheap

I don't think you've found the right ones.... I work with a few and they are great

MR. STEAMER wrote: I don't think you've found the right ones.... I work with a few and they are great

I have a few good ones too, but most are looking for a deal. A way cheap deal.

nice.thanks magic rick

so screw them.how do you advertise?

 

 The yellow pages has been real good for me I get about 6 to 10 jobs a month off the add, it is a 2 inch add  cost 125.00 a month, a full page add would cost 4000.00 a month.  I think the yp are a good way to start, but a small add will do and put something in the add that is diff from the others.

jcooper...there are a lot of ways to advertise that don't cost that much and will pay off some...you mentioned flyers...try door hangers...your printer will know what they are...a good time to put them out is when you finish a job in a neighborhood...take a few minutes and put door hangers on all the houses on the street where you just cleaned...you will aready have a reference on that street...you can also get some of those plastic signs made up to put on telephone poles (hint...have them made with hunter green letters on yellow background...that's is the most easily seen to the human eye)...if you do that, keep it simple...the more you put on the sign, the smaller the lettering is...just put your company name and phone number and something like "honest carpet cleaning"...I am not a fan of yellow pages...never worked out for me...I have always did well with direct mail or "marrage mail"...I'm sure you have mail packets where you live and they can be very effective...you can also target what area you want to clean in...they will usually have the city divided up into 4-8 areas and you can choose which ones you would like to go into...next time you get one in the mail, check the fine print...it will usually have the info to contact the people who are doing the mail out...and they are always looking for new customers...they will do all the lay out and print for you and it only cost about 4-6 cents per piece...and in case you don't already have it, get a cell phone and call fowarding on your company phone (my home phone is my business phone too)...when you leave out every day, foward your phone to your cell phone and you won't miss any calls...it's much better than an answering machine