who to work for now

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Re: who to work for now

A customer told me the other day that because she is on a tracker mortgage she is now some £300 better off per month since last year. She doesn’t have a huge mortgage, but she has an extra £300 per month to spend along with many others who have a tracker mortgage.

Despite this fact you can be persuaded that it is not the right time to start your own business – I disagree.

I only do private & lettings work, I only advertised in shop windows to start & even negotiated a deal for a six month ad.

No yellow books
No newspaper ads
No leaflets

The next step was parish mags – cheap and people trust ads in them. They generally have local news etc so people keep them for a month b4 the next one comes out & if you are in them EVERY month you will get work as people remember seeing “Someone advertising”

Spend your money on looking smart! turn up when you say you will and ‘phone if you are to be five mins late.

Spend your time finding as many free ad websites as you can there are loads! Touch local in my experience is Brilliant, but there are lots more.

If you are unsure, then start with the web ads, start a free website and just list what you do along with a ‘phone number……you will be pleasantly surprised at how many people now look online for a repair, but you must spend the time finding all the free ad sites and choose your key words carefuly.

Pricing…..Don’t try to compete with the rest of the world! don’t say “Oh uhhm that will be £59 labour charge madam” rather “I can do that for just £59 inc Vat” You are the BEST and therefor will charge accordingly.

Think long and hard before you name your new business ….who would you call first “Cheap as chips” or “Value Appliances”

I will now count backwards from ten & when I click my fingers you will open your eyes……… 😆

But seriously good Luck & if your heart is in it you can’t go wrong! Don’t waste another second! DO IT NOW 🙂

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[philfish]

Re: who to work for now

Thanks for the advise i dont know about 10{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} commision would a beer be ok? 😀

phil

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