What's your diarys like?

[AliGage]

Hey guys and girls,

Just been out for a 3rd visit to a customer whose bathroom and en-suite i'm pricing at the moment. After a 2 hour chat over products and price i got a deposit to secure a start date of the 3rd of September. Should be two lovely travertine bathrooms with fitted oak furniture.

So, i've had a look at the diary since getting home and to my surprise i'm finding myself mega busy. I have three more jobs i'm quoting. Two of which i'm certain to get as it's recommendation and they're not looking around. "IF" i do land those two as well i'm packed out until mid-february. Which i was quite surprised about.

I've taken a different approach to promoting myself this year. I've not paid for any advertising other than getting a website off the ground (self build). But i have been working a lot on building relationships with suppliers, and it's here where my leads are coming from. The suppliers are pushing my cards, and as it's people actively looking it's turning out most are genuine customers.

Just wondered if things are picking up though and how everyone else is looking for the second half of the year?

 

[DHTiling]

My Diary is about A5 size and page a day.. :lol:

 

[Ian]

I use my iPad


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[AliGage]

Very funny, walked into that one. Mines got pink and purple hearts on it, A5 size. lol.

 

[bugs183]

All good here, booked solid until Oct, That's as far as i like to be booked, after 8 weeks i find it starts getting hard to organise.
I never find advertising works, as you say talk to the suppliers, and the work will come in. I always seem to be at my suppliers when a customer has an awkward question so i help out! I sometimes get the job too!!

 

[Tony73]

Booked until december :hurray:. 10 bathrooms and two patios, with treads,caps 60 and 80sq.m at the moment .

 

[gamma38]

Booked up until October, same as bugs I don't like to get too much further ahead than that. But that said I did quote a job the other day for 300sq mtrs of 1200 x 600 porcelain. In a rather large house which if that comes my way I will have a pretty full diary for a while longer............

 

[Peter]

Full up util mid September and one for October just booked in. I find that most customers won't wait for months as most jobs I go to are gutted out already, although lately I've been doing full bathroom rip out and replacement so you can keep those jobs a bit further away.

 

[Andy Allen]

mines black..:smilewinkgrin:





picked up well here after the worst 6 months ive had in 30yrs, thought about jacking the lot in at one point, now ive got another tiler giving me a hand next week, i find it hard to get some customers to wait now, and have knocked back a few jobs because of that, funny when you think in march i would of given my right arm for a run of work, one things for sure you never know whats round the corner it the momment....boom or bust!!!........lets hope its all boom..