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[Leatherface]

As a last resort - put an ad in the back of the Sunday Sport as a nude Tiler - if you offer a few "extras" , that may pay the bills until some other work comes up :wink_smile:

 

[vince]

You are right about newspaper ads as i have spent quite a lot of money on them with no return. I am going to do some flyers, everone i have done work for has been very happy & want me to go back to do more, but that hasn:t happened. Thanks for your advice.

Vince
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That either means i will be paying them or a career change

Vince

 

[grumpygrouter]

Picking up on Leatherface's post, I agree wholeheartedly. However, I tend to put business cards through letter boxes. Flyers have a tendency to head for the nearest rercycling bin. Business card seem to be retained for some reason. I also walked around a local town centre car park putting business cards on cars. Unlike leatherface though I stuck them into the seal on the drivers door window. Has to be seen before they get in - don't you get pissed off when you drive away and not notice something under your wiper until it's too late? I watched a number of drivers go to their cars and drive away, not 1 card was "disposed of". Business cards in letter boxes resulted in 4 enquiries within 3 days.

 

[Varley]

As a last resort - put an ad in the back of the Sunday Sport as a nude Tiler - if you offer a few "extras" , that may pay the bills until some other work comes up :wink_smile:

Going to be tough competing with wivers though :wink_smile:

 

[tjsmiler]

OK don't put ads in your paper if it has already failed you enough lol... do whatever it takes to get work in...personally i do all of the things Leatherface says in his post and it all works, i get quite a few jobs via other tradesmen and tile staff handing my cards out for me, i tell them to write their name on the card as they hand it out so i know who to give a drink too when the job is finnished (i am very generous with it too mate :wink_smile: )

You have to get out there and get mega and i mean MEGA busy.... advertising works really well for me, probably get 80 - 90% of my work this way, many of these refer me to others too so it more than pays for itself. Any work that i cant take on personally i sub out to someone else. My ad costs £105 for 6 weeks so i suppose i'm quite lucky that it don't really cost me too much.

Whatever you do just make sure you do something....... good luck mate and keep us posted

TJ

 

[formula one]

Hi vince welcome to the forum.

 

[Scottish Mark]

Hi vince welcome and all the best:happy:

 

[brian c]

welcome vince

 

[christo]

welcome vince,things do go slow at first ,soon pick up:wink_smile:

 

[tjsmiler]

Have i had a post removed from this thread, one about placing an add in the papper?? if so, why?

 

[Fekin]

Hi, welcome to the forums.