Newbie, Let’s talk flyers..

Hate to burst your bubble Pirate, but the carpet cleaning ship has NO GOLD to pillage and NO JEWELRY to bring home as a trophy for your girlfriend.

You can count on 1% return on giving out flyers, perhaps you might achieve 2% but don't bet on it.

In other words .......hand out 1,000 flyers and you probably will get 10 calls, whether you will actually clean those 10 calls is another story.

When you call them back, they will ask you what type of cleaning you do, then they will ask " Do you guys come with a big truck and just come into my home with the hoses " or do you guys flush all that sh*t from my carpet down my toilet and make a mess like the guys that did Mrs. Smith down the road.

I think at this time reading meters sounds real good.

Why not put a flyer into each house where you go offering them consultation of how to cut their electricity bills. You should have the knowledge as to where they are going wrong in the way they heat or cool their homes, wattage used in the light, outside lighting, timers, whatever.................you'll always make money in a service offering your customer ways to save money.

                                 Nightrider

The best advice I can give you is..........don't re-invent the wheel.

See what the other cleaners in your area are doing, and if it's working for them .........it will work for you.

Every cleaner will give you different advice, only because every cleaner lives in a different area that you do.

Go to a bookstore and read up on marketing, and use your creative imagination to sway the customer towards you.

You can take the " Green Clean route "

You can offer emergency service whereas if they drop a pot of coffee within 2 months after the cleaning you will return and clean it free.

2 for 1 always works.

best thing.........see what the others offer, and outdo them.

                                Nightrider

Hey pirate...Keep your City job...If you have no experience in marketing you will be eating macaroni and cheese 32 different ways...hope your a good cook...

Not trying to discourage you.... Having business/marketing/accounting/sales/communications skills knowledge is a plus and also the adrenalin and persistence for being an entrepreneur...

good luck man.........

Go for it... you might want to knock on the door or ring the bell and hand it to the person...in person.

I send out over 250 thousand flyers every month

I'm lucky to get .00004%...lol

but nothing tried nothing done

I think you got some pretty good encouragement from the pro's in the trade.........don't take my posts to heart I'm just the KleenKuip Joker.

                              Nightrider

pirate... the fastest way to pass flyers out is drive...grab a passenger... have 1" masking tape...your passenger will tape your flyer to the maibox post... not the mailbox....It's faster...you will get more out...but also cost some gas expense but worth it...

pirate wrote: Mr. Steamer, Those 250 thousand flyers every month..  Are those hand delivered to the door or do they arive in the mail?

In my area we have a lot of competition.... one of the biggest advertisers here CANADIAN STEAM does 2 rooms and a hall for 34.95..

and they send out a coupon twice a week.....I loose alot to them