Serious topic : self employment is it all worth it...?

[TilingLogistics]

Thanx for all the positive replies guys.
I hope if I hang in there it will soon pick up, all the very best of luck to everyone on the forum. Cheers:grouphug: :yes:

As a matter of interest where are you in Cardiff?

Kev

 

[riggers]

i think its steady all over m8 ,ive been scratchin around for wrk the past three weeks ere in west yorkshire, the old xbox 360s getting some hammer i can tell ya.:hurray:

 

[mc497]

Hi Kev, Im in the Pentwyn area.
Do you know Cardiff ?

 

[TilingLogistics]

Hi Kev, Im in the Pentwyn area.
Do you know Cardiff ?

Born and bred there mate. I was in Cardiff last week. Strangely enough and I know it doesn't help you but I was hunting everywhere for a tiler in that area a few months ago and posted it on another Forum. No takers whatsoever!!!
I do however know a few people in the area and will keep my ear to the ground for you.

Kev

 

[mc497]

Born and bred there mate. I was in Cardiff last week. Strangely enough and I know it doesn't help you but I was hunting everywhere for a tiler in that area a few months ago and posted it on another Forum. No takers whatsoever!!!
I do however know a few people in the area and will keep my ear to the ground for you.

Kev

Cheers Kev, thats really generous of you...!
My business name by the way is MCW services,(if im allowed to mention it on here..?)
Where did you grow up in Cardiff...?
I live and work from Pentwyn nowadays, but I'm a Grangetown boy born and bred.

 

[DHTiling]

I wish you all the best mc497 mate....will you keep us posted how you are doing please..many thanks..........and good luck.......

 

[TilingLogistics]

Cheers Kev, thats really generous of you...!
My business name by the way is MCW services,(if im allowed to mention it on here..?)
Where did you grow up in Cardiff...?
I live and work from Pentwyn nowadays, but I'm a Grangetown boy born and bred.

Born just outside Tongwynlais, grew up in Llandaff North

Kev

 

[TilingLogistics]

Top post Kev. Andrew would be proud of you.

I don't know why Andrew would be proud. It was just some snippets from an old 10 week business course I did 15 years ago. I ran a business course about 18 months ago back at PITT and adapted it for tilers!!!

The advice applies whether you are tiling or selling ice cream


Kev

 

[GRAYLIN]

When I was 16 waiting to join the RAf I was unemployed. My father kicked me out of the house at 8am to find a job and not allowed back until 5pm, unless I had a job. It took me 3 days to find a job. This was 1981.The moral of the story, I would not have got that job sat at home.
:furious3: :mad2:
Those of you at home GET OUT and find work. Park outside tiling, diy stores. Go to building sites, tiling shops. Leave cards in pubs, surgeries, anywhere the public go.
The public like to see you more than once sometimes especially when you advertise, this way they know your not a fly by night.
People spend most of their money on services within 5 miles of their homes. So dont travel miles when it could be under your nose. :hurray:

Sorry TOUGH LOVE is needed sometimes.:grouphug:

Good Luck to you all.

 

[TilingLogistics]

When I was 16 waiting to join the RAf I was unemployed. My father kicked me out of the house at 8am to find a job and not allowed back until 5pm, unless I had a job. It took me 3 days to find a job. This was 1981.The moral of the story, I would not have got that job sat at home.
:furious3: :mad2:
Those of you at home GET OUT and find work. Park outside tiling, diy stores. Go to building sites, tiling shops. Leave cards in pubs, surgeries, anywhere the public go.
The public like to see you more than once sometimes especially when you advertise, this way they know your not a fly by night.
People spend most of their money on services within 5 miles of their homes. So dont travel miles when it could be under your nose. :hurray:

Sorry TOUGH LOVE is needed sometimes.:grouphug:



Good Luck to you all.

Sounds like you had a Dad similar to mine:hurray: :hurray: :hurray:

Kev

 

[brundlefly]

do yourself an email template, brief introduction letter
open yellow pages or local Business directory get email addys of builders, shopfitters anything fire off as many as you can, this is the electronic version of the old mail shot, register with Agency’s, cold call on any site work

i think work is a bit slow all round at the moment..dont loose heart it will come if you get your name about

 

[LM Ceramics]

top advice from bundlefly there thats exactly what i did im now in with a large building firm who have loads of tiling work

 

[brundlefly]

i think i should follow my own advice & get emailing just ran out of work for a few weeks just finished 9 wet rooms, 360m2 limestone floor and a pool in one house, how the other half live, me want more of that type of work :yes: .... site work (house bashing) seems to be very very slow,