I'm pleased to hear many are doing so well. More than I expected for so soon in the year. I know many of you say that last year was better but I'm sure it'll pick up once people start getting their Jan wages etc. This year has just been hard for many more than usual. More unemployed, less grants for work, dodgy economy still, etc Tesco even reported losses like-for-like! etc etc I'm sure you know the score. It'll pick up soon for most though I'm sure.
Obviously remember to keep checking the 'I'm looking for a tiler' forum category and perhaps consider doing a leaflet drop or changing a bit of your advertising in some way to try a couple of new things and stop a couple of things that aren't working. If you've not got one, get a website sorted this year from somewhere. Make sure your business is registered with Google Places (
Google Places - click the one on the right to add your business), that can get you phone calls even if you have no website (worthy double brownie points if you link it to a website too though mind!).
And of course if you're a bit slack and have the time, keep going out there to the tile shops and network a bit more than usual. Call the old builders you worked with etc etc.
I'm 100% certain this is the worst part of this year we're getting out of the way though. It's just a time of year people are a bit skint and not much gets done around most homes improvement-wise this time of year as you all probably know better than me.
As I said though - nice to see so many booked up, and others with big jobs possibly lined up.