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[Fekin]

I did leaflet drops door to door, back in August, and Im still getting phone calls from streets that I posted leaflets through.
Cheap to get printed, a bit of foot work, and plenty of calls from them.

Only other method of advertising I do is a free listing with Yell, and on Trusted tradesman.

 

[Leatherface]

Hello

From my own personal experience.........

Have been self employed for 2 and a half years now, always busy, so must be doing something right.
I have an old escort van - not sign written.
Have not spent one penny on newspaper advertising or yellow pages etc.
My name is not in the phone book.

From day one I used the phone book and Yellow Pages to find as many kitchen and bathroom shops as possible within a 10 mile radius & cold called as many as I could to find if they needed a tiler. got some success & again re-called a few months later - the result is that I have quite a few good firms for whom I do work ( also more whom I have f****d off because they messed me about or sent me to jobs with badly prepped walls )
I also make the point of chatting to EVERY tradesman I find on jobs and ask for their Business Card - some in turn ask for mine - Networking is the key to success, with no cost. All tradesmen will be happy to pass on the name of other good tradesmen. What goes around comes around.
Find ONE tile shop for your adhesive and use it regularily, build up a rapport with the staff. Buy them some beer at Christmas. Slip one of the guys behind the counter the odd £20 note occasionally.
Bear with it and before you know it you will have more work than you can cope with
If you do a good job - very important, then before long the work will come flooding in.
Do a bad job however and don't put it right, then you bad reputation will go around quicker than a dose of the clap & you will find that your phone stops ringing.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Do a bad job however and don't put it right, then you bad reputation will go around quicker than a dose of the clap & you will find that your phone stops ringing.

Correctamundo!! Fonzarreli once said.

Grumpy

 

[mwss77]

Cheers for info lads, Got my next job booked in for the 8th December - full bathroom + fitting the new suite as well :hurray:

Did a basic bathroom plumbing course in 2006 so that I could do a complete job

Just got my new work shirts on order , with company name etc etc added. If you are thinking of doing this try this place. It only cost £16.50 per T-Shirt for the front and back to be printed. Price included delivery as well. [DLMURL]http://www.tshirtstudio.com[/DLMURL]

Smiffy

 

[brian c]

Cheers for info lads, Got my next job booked in for the 8th December - full bathroom + fitting the new suite as well :hurray:

Did a basic bathroom plumbing course in 2006 so that I could do a complete job

Just got my new work shirts on order , with company name etc etc added. If you are thinking of doing this try this place. It only cost £16.50 per T-Shirt for the front and back to be printed. Price included delivery as well. www.tshirtstudio.com

Smiffy

where did you do your domestic plumbong course and how much was it?

 

[customceramics]

when i started my business here in the usa in 1999 i got a list of all the contractors in my area and made up a leaflet introducing myself etc,a photo of a nice marble foyer and a copy of my insurance. a brief introduction and an overview of my business .
i got 1 call a few weeks later that led to a big limestone job worth $10,000
paid for the stamps and the envelopes no problem.

 

[mwss77]

Did the bathroom plumbing course wth OLCI - you can look them up on the web. Plus also hae a friend of the family who is corgi eg and also does bathrooms.