Looking for ideas to pick up Bizz

**Richard Baldwin** · 05-11-2009, 08:38 PM

Still doing 2-3 jobs per day, but next week is looking pretty sparse. Im not comfortable unless Im booked over a week in advance full days. So, decided I havent been marketing enough lately and need some new ideas!

So far Im going to do the following.

-5 around door hangers, to use where applicable
labeled "Dont take our word for it, ask your neighbor"

-Small directory listing in local paper, runs every week, change focus on a different service every month.

-New brochures made up for colorsealing, trying to increase local interest in that.

Not sure what else at this point. Any ideas?

**kevin mccreary** · 05-12-2009, 12:09 AM

Try to solicit higher end hair salons for carpet and tile cleaning (demos).
If you can get your foot in the door and impress, you will get
hundreds of new referrals. Those lady's love to talk. You do however have to have a charming personality and be mullet free!
Leave them lots of free spotter with your name on it.

**farleycarpet** · 05-12-2009, 12:51 PM

mullet free is a must and older folks don't like to see your hat on backwards.

**Jason Whaley** · 05-12-2009, 02:19 PM

I'm not sure if you like working at night or not but you can cold call to businesses to try to pull new work.

Colleges are graduating soon so find some college condos or apartments to do door hangers. I am seeing allot of calls coming in for this.