30K marketing budget
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Topic: 30K marketing budget
Posted By: acecarpet
Subject: 30K marketing budget
Date Posted: 28/November/2009 at 2:44pm
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I am starting a new carpet cleaing co. next year and have $30K set aside for advertising. I need some opinions on where that would be best spent. I was thinking of half page ads in all the yellow pages, a website, and direct mailings.
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Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 28/November/2009 at 11:39pm
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Starting out a new venture like carpet cleaning for the 1st year.....spend nothing on advertising , keep your day job, and work only week-ends and after work hours. If you have 30k to lose then your equipment must be all paid and debt free.....RIGHT. If the answer to that question is WRONG Then I will stop here and not even bother to continue..........let me know the answer.
Nightrider
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Posted By: acecarpet
Date Posted: 29/November/2009 at 10:50am
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Yes. I plan on buying all new equipment including a midsize truck mount. I am paying cash for everything and have no debt. Getting a job is not really an option. I currently own a lawn service & make 100K a year. I'm moving to CA where doing the same thing would pay 20-30K due to all the illegal imigrants working for cheap. I only need to work 1 day/ wk to cover basic living expenses. Why do you say don't spend anything on ads?
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Posted By: 88hybrid
Date Posted: 31/March/2010 at 5:04pm
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All the ways you posted are all old fashioned, and are not the best route to go for marketing. A top knotch website, will give you instant credibility, and allow you to market through a modern source. Focus on getting internet optimization software, and start by linking your site to as many sources online you can. The most direct link from other website to yours the better you will be, and the more likely Google or other web search engines find you. I am building my business from the ground floor, and have our buisiness model focusing on web-based marketing, and heavy online presence. I havent went to a Yellow Pages in years. If I need something like an address or a number I "google" it. Think about it, and start there.
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Posted By: 88hybrid
Date Posted: 31/March/2010 at 5:06pm
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Wouldnt it be wise to start with a GOOD Portable, that way you are not limiting yourself to just residential jobs also. You can approch the high rises, and other busisness that a truck mount just wont cut.
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Posted By: amera
Date Posted: 27/June/2010 at 7:47pm
yellow pages is done website is best but you have to market the site if nobody see it. also if your price is right pay per click works very well till you build a list of client you can have some repeat customers
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Posted By: kkcleaning
Date Posted: 27/June/2010 at 8:21pm
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Website + online directory listings + targeted keyword advertising sounds right to me.
I'm not convinced of the return for yellow pages print advertising...
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Posted By: Soil Lint Green
Date Posted: 28/June/2010 at 11:07am
Even if you don't have a job to do, have the van on busy roads where the signage can be seen. It is a billboard on wheels. Starbucks is a great place to start out early in the morning with your company shirt on and a business card holder on the side of the van. Busy working stiff both male and female venture there. If they have $4 to blow on a coffee drink they make enough to enlist your services.
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It's ORY GUN, not OR A GONE. Learn to talk.
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Posted By: TulsaCarpetCleaner
Date Posted: 01/September/2010 at 7:57am
I started with 2K and used ValPak and a website (ranked with SEO). I referenced the website demo videos and before and after pics on my ValPak ads. It worked like a charm. My business took off right away.
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http://tulsacarpetcleaningpro.com - Tulsa OK Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning and Janitorial
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Posted By: duckcountry
Date Posted: 01/September/2010 at 11:52pm
Do you continue to use ValPak? Would you say the response is as good as when you started, better, or working but at a reduced rate?
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Are you in a high paying business or are you just a self employed low paid grunt who thinks this business provides dignity?
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Posted By: les21
Date Posted: 13/September/2010 at 6:40pm
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spend it on web marketing, business cards and leaflets!
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Posted By: amera
Date Posted: 24/September/2010 at 9:28pm
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web , local small newspapper, real-estate agent
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Posted By: vacman2000
Date Posted: 29/November/2010 at 9:08am
All I can say is to stay way from places that other carpet cleaners advertise, unless you are the first ad to be seen
When I loked at starting up in Minnesota, I was going to get a small moped, have someone go around and postinging them in the under part of their mail box, secret is to fit a tracker to the bike to ensure they actually do the job.
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Posted By: alphacleaning
Date Posted: 02/December/2010 at 9:41am
website is good, few websites is better. Also buy yourself DSLR camera and some lenses (or just a video camera) and shoot some videos about your company, before/after pictures so you can show it to your customers. It works better if they can see it but not only hear it from you.
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Posted By: CDRX
Date Posted: 12/April/2011 at 11:13pm
Website and internet marketing, that's where consumers are looking.
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http://www.completecarpetcare.com/organic_steam_cleaning.html - carpet cleaning redmond
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Posted By: Soil Lint Green
Date Posted: 15/April/2011 at 12:09am
You will find some of your people turn to the web. Others see ads on TV. Some work from ads delivered to their door or mailbox. Consumers are not a single herd, they are broken into several herd heading in different directions from what I have observed.
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It's ORY GUN, not OR A GONE. Learn to talk.
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Posted By: CDRX
Date Posted: 14/October/2011 at 4:36pm
New phone book arrived today, 4 years ago there were about 6 pages of display ads for carpet cleaning, from full page, half page and on down, (I was spending about 30k/yr) The new book has only one display ad about 1"x2". Carpet cleaners have seen yellow page usage die out almost completely, our target market is all online searching now.
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http://www.completecarpetcare.com - carpet cleaning bellevue
http://www.completecarpetcare.com/organic_steam_cleaning.html - carpet cleaning redmond
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