Also think in BIG numbers, if you know in your heart of hearts , you run a tight ship, you will always be in time, always do a cracking job, wont ever give customer reason to complain, you have not just landed a £12 a month job boo hoo :( NO ! you have just given yourself a a £144 a year pay rise. £12 x 12 month cleans. Get a £144 annual pay rise every day by just hooking x1 new customer a day ! = £12 x = 5 working days = £60 a week / £260 month / £3,120 year New customer around current work = more compact = less travel = less fuel = quicker job = more exposure = more potential chance of new work
Hi bud. Ive been trad window cleaning for more than 30yrs and now transferring over to pole system. And im so grateful for your youtube messages am learning so much from you. You simply just make sense. please keep them coming.
This is brilliant advice! The work is there, don’t be put off if you see other window cleaners around or in the road, quite often they have their own customers and not really interested in expanding so they come to the same 2 or 3 houses and that’s it. So the rest is fair game! Most people want a window cleaner, but often have tried to look for one or have been let down even before getting their windows cleaned, so you knocking their door is a god send to some! Some have never really thought about it so when you offer they think, “oh yeah ok I guess they do need doing!” As Darren said, clean smart friendly approach 9/10 beats any pompous woffle and over the top promises of this that and the other! Your local area is your oyster! 😏
Darren. Your advice is bob on. I dont canvas any more ( I dont want any extra work, Ive decided I want a life instead and i have enough money, but 20 years ago I basically did exactly as you say...I developed a succinct doorstep patter and hit the streets. My previous job involved some salesman skills so I just used those on the doorstep. In 18 months I was working 9 hour days 5 to 6 days a week. Great advice again Darren and even though you are naught but a sprat in window cleaning terms, youve still taught me quite a bit. 😁👍
I usually spend 2/3 hrs knocking doors on Saturday mornings from about 10 to 12:30ish. Most people are home and in a much better mood cause they've had a bit of a lie-in (so don't knock to early) and they don't have to go to work. So they usually have a bit more time to talk. I Keep the patter short sweet and to the point trying not to bore the life out of people. Even if i only pickup 1/2 customers a month for me that is a success.
Same on the areas where we're established but when we put more vans and franchisees out there we need to grow fast so got to tread that tarmac Johnny! :)
This is sound advice. I started up over 12 years ago and built a round in a little over 3 months. Canvassing for 6 to 7 hrs a day monday tuesday wednesday and then cleaning thurs and fri. Evening canvassing ia very effective as most people are in including the husbands who in my experience tend to give the go ahead.
You dont know this Darren but you've actually done my apprenticeship lol! I had no clue what so ever just practised loads at home before went out canvassing. In 4 hours I've opened 7 regular accounts in a fiercely congested area with other guys. It can be done you just have to want it!
Well said Darren, I finished a few minutes earlier than expected last week so decided just to post a few business cards (ten to be exact) .ended up getting four phone calls all wanting my services ,that’s an extra £60 in my pocket thanks to 5 mins work :-)
The work is their but you gotta go looking for it, I canvas at least an hour everyday when I have finished rounds and when I get a new customer who I have been recommended to that lives in a street I have not done before I always knock and post leaflets on every house on that street after doing their property, window cleaning is a great job with a great income, but you got to put the hard and draining work in to get the money.
This is the truth knock the doors, close the customer make them happy with the first clean & keep the customer, between Canvassing & a sign written van you will be turning jobs down or passing them on... My only restriction is being a single parent. I can't always work 9-6, as I would if I was on my own... I have to spend time with my kid, I am all they have in their life, evenings & weekends are golden to us but I do take every job inbetween & take my kid with me when they let me haha pass on the skills early... No such thing as no work, only you're own negative mind gets in the way of you working
Good sound advice in & out thank you and goodbye ive knocked doors with a average of 3 jobs per 100 doors with flyers this drops to 1 job per 200 leaflets
As always pal great advice. Like anything in life you only get out what you put in, there is a world of work out there if you want it bad enough. Keep up the good work.
i work full time as a canvasser for a cleaner in cheshire/wirral - on a daily basis i will pick up between 150 an 300 quid of new customers..im actually thinking of starting up as a cleaner
Hi Steve, I run a window cleaning business in Wirral, Cheshire and Flintshire, and I've been looking for a quality canvasser. I'd like to meet for a chat if you're interested.
To any doubters out there - there IS SO MUCH work out there, and so many folk doing poor jobs/service. you dont need to pay for it, go find it. reframe your mind that you are NOT a window cleaner but you are in the "people pleasing" business. £££ money is the natural by-product of people pleasing, (ie being true to your word, good value, reliable, good job, honest, clean all year) with chappng doors - The more you do, the more you got a chance. the more swings you take at the ball the more chance of a home run. Don't look like a convict, cover up the tats, be clean shaven, SMILE :) always take a set back upon the front door opened, keep it brief as green pro says, dont keep them any longer at the door than you want to be there yourself if you dont get a nibble. when you out working doing jobs youve landed, always try to get a 'personal' connection with dog walkers/ neighbours/passers by. a nod, smile, good morning is a personal connection. Dont just yell " you want your windows done ? " Neighbours,talk/rep is what builds compact rounds. they may approach you once fido has parked his breakfast on the way back when they seen you doing your job. also always have a clean van, CLEAN VAN = HIGH STANDARDS. the more the introductions or chaps on doors you do the better chances happen. overcome your anxiety, i perosnally dont like general public/stranger to like Green pro/ , but it needs to be done, OK, nobody EVER likes to be ever told NO, but every other door you chap MAY say YES . thats the way to think of it. folk will lie and think on spot on door step. but for every door your DONT chap you are guaranteed to get 100% NO WORK sitting on your rump indoors waiting for the phone to ring because you have spent £1000 on a web site DOESN'T guarantee or get you work. ALWAYS be taking action on your business
paul lots of valid points. I’m very similar in lots of respects. Always try to clean some people cheaply who are not loaded but do charitable stuff. Just some. Karma works well my friend 👍
When I canvass I go out at 2pm. Knock until 5pm writing down all the numbers of the dirty ones whilst canvassing. Then between 5 and 7 repeatedly go over my numbers I’ve written down. This way, between 5 and7 when most people are in, I am only knocking doors which have dirty windows. Yields great results. Similar to pitch here except if I’ve customers near them I will name drop like “ hi I clean Andys windows 2 doors down - can I put you on the rounds? “ whilst handing the card. Agree with the close on the price. I emphasise I clean all the windows, frames, sills and doors plus I notify them the night before and pay online. If an easy going person I might add that the only thing I don’t do is pay for them and smile. Each has there own bit of gift of the gab. There is another way to get customers that’s dynamite - I might even let this gent know as he’s sound ( 25 years in the game - spent wayyyy too much money early doors) 😂😂
Hi there, just come across your videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I’m down south btw. Just starting out, purchased hot water system. Any advice would be priceless .....
Great advice Most people lose there attitude after being told no An that effects there ability to sell to even a willing customer... Takes me back to my canvising days ✊✊✊
Do you have to be clean shaven 😂 only kidding Darren....good video as always....would love to see some I depth roof cleaning videos if you ever have the time to do one mate
Q. and this may raise some eye browes, I am thinking of starting a window cleaning round, canvasing, but hear that if there is a window cleaner on the street you target then if you get a house etc, then they kick off, ie some can be violent, this doesn't really bother me to much but how do you and other pro cleaners feel about people poss canvasing your area, is it fair game ie anyone can try any area, or dont tread on other peoples toes??
Hello, I am trying to make business cards as soon as possibe. Should I make them for the business or should my cards be person specific? should I have my name on the card or is it just a business card for the business? What stuff would you say is very important to have on the card? Thanks for your help so far!
Depends on whom I am knocking for. Each franchisee can decide if he wants cash, GoCardless, BACS etc but mostly I would say 80%. It's simple to sign GoCardless when the enquiry comes to you but when cold calling not so simple.
Also think in BIG numbers, if you know in your heart of hearts , you run a tight ship, you will always be in time, always do a cracking job, wont ever give customer reason to complain, you have not just landed a £12 a month job boo hoo :( NO ! you have just given yourself a a £144 a year pay rise. £12 x 12 month cleans. Get a £144 annual pay rise every day by just hooking x1 new customer a day ! = £12 x = 5 working days = £60 a week / £260 month / £3,120 year
New customer around current work = more compact = less travel = less fuel = quicker job = more exposure = more potential chance of new work
love this video, principal based... knock, love the pitch
Hi bud. Ive been trad window cleaning for more than 30yrs and now transferring over to pole system. And im so grateful for your youtube messages am learning so much from you. You simply just make sense. please keep them coming.
This is brilliant advice! The work is there, don’t be put off if you see other window cleaners around or in the road, quite often they have their own customers and not really interested in expanding so they come to the same 2 or 3 houses and that’s it. So the rest is fair game! Most people want a window cleaner, but often have tried to look for one or have been let down even before getting their windows cleaned, so you knocking their door is a god send to some! Some have never really thought about it so when you offer they think, “oh yeah ok I guess they do need doing!” As Darren said, clean smart friendly approach 9/10 beats any pompous woffle and over the top promises of this that and the other! Your local area is your oyster! 😏
Darren. Your advice is bob on. I dont canvas any more ( I dont want any extra work, Ive decided I want a life instead and i have enough money, but 20 years ago I basically did exactly as you say...I developed a succinct doorstep patter and hit the streets. My previous job involved some salesman skills so I just used those on the doorstep. In 18 months I was working 9 hour days 5 to 6 days a week. Great advice again Darren and even though you are naught but a sprat in window cleaning terms, youve still taught me quite a bit. 😁👍
I usually spend 2/3 hrs knocking doors on Saturday mornings from about 10 to 12:30ish. Most people are home and in a much better mood cause they've had a bit of a lie-in (so don't knock to early) and they don't have to go to work. So they usually have a bit more time to talk. I Keep the patter short sweet and to the point trying not to bore the life out of people. Even if i only pickup 1/2 customers a month for me that is a success.
Wouldn't catch me chapping doors mate.
People ask me to clean there windows.
I don't ask them.
Love your videos Darren 👍
Same on the areas where we're established but when we put more vans and franchisees out there we need to grow fast so got to tread that tarmac Johnny! :)
@@Darren-Green Yes seems like you are doing very well for yourself mate. Keep it up 🙂
This is sound advice. I started up over 12 years ago and built a round in a little over 3 months. Canvassing for 6 to 7 hrs a day monday tuesday wednesday and then cleaning thurs and fri. Evening canvassing ia very effective as most people are in including the husbands who in my experience tend to give the go ahead.
You dont know this Darren but you've actually done my apprenticeship lol! I had no clue what so ever just practised loads at home before went out canvassing. In 4 hours I've opened 7 regular accounts in a fiercely congested area with other guys. It can be done you just have to want it!
Well said Darren, I finished a few minutes earlier than expected last week so decided just to post a few business cards (ten to be exact) .ended up getting four phone calls all wanting my services ,that’s an extra £60 in my pocket thanks to 5 mins work :-)
The work is their but you gotta go looking for it, I canvas at least an hour everyday when I have finished rounds and when I get a new customer who I have been recommended to that lives in a street I have not done before I always knock and post leaflets on every house on that street after doing their property, window cleaning is a great job with a great income, but you got to put the hard and draining work in to get the money.
This is the truth knock the doors, close the customer make them happy with the first clean & keep the customer, between Canvassing & a sign written van you will be turning jobs down or passing them on... My only restriction is being a single parent.
I can't always work 9-6, as I would if I was on my own... I have to spend time with my kid, I am all they have in their life, evenings & weekends are golden to us but I do take every job inbetween & take my kid with me when they let me haha pass on the skills early... No such thing as no work, only you're own negative mind gets in the way of you working
Good sound advice in & out thank you and goodbye ive knocked doors with a average of 3 jobs per 100 doors with flyers this drops to 1 job per 200 leaflets
Thank you Chris.
Keep it up Darren, look forward to your video's mate!
Great video Darren! Ill definitely be using your tips in the coming week! Thank you. :)
As always pal great advice. Like anything in life you only get out what you put in, there is a world of work out there if you want it bad enough. Keep up the good work.
i work full time as a canvasser for a cleaner in cheshire/wirral - on a daily basis i will pick up between 150 an 300 quid of new customers..im actually thinking of starting up as a cleaner
We'll, you'll be a busy fella with those figures mate - and a happy one too.
Hi Steve, I run a window cleaning business in Wirral, Cheshire and Flintshire, and I've been looking for a quality canvasser. I'd like to meet for a chat if you're interested.
To any doubters out there - there IS SO MUCH work out there, and so many folk doing poor jobs/service. you dont need to pay for it, go find it. reframe your mind that you are NOT a window cleaner but you are in the "people pleasing" business. £££ money is the natural by-product of people pleasing, (ie being true to your word, good value, reliable, good job, honest, clean all year)
with chappng doors - The more you do, the more you got a chance. the more swings you take at the ball the more chance of a home run. Don't look like a convict, cover up the tats, be clean shaven, SMILE :) always take a set back upon the front door opened, keep it brief as green pro says, dont keep them any longer at the door than you want to be there yourself if you dont get a nibble. when you out working doing jobs youve landed, always try to get a 'personal' connection with dog walkers/ neighbours/passers by. a nod, smile, good morning is a personal connection. Dont just yell " you want your windows done ? " Neighbours,talk/rep is what builds compact rounds. they may approach you once fido has parked his breakfast on the way back when they seen you doing your job. also always have a clean van, CLEAN VAN = HIGH STANDARDS. the more the introductions or chaps on doors you do the better chances happen. overcome your anxiety, i perosnally dont like general public/stranger to like Green pro/ , but it needs to be done, OK, nobody EVER likes to be ever told NO, but every other door you chap MAY say YES . thats the way to think of it. folk will lie and think on spot on door step. but for every door your DONT chap you are guaranteed to get 100% NO WORK sitting on your rump indoors waiting for the phone to ring because you have spent £1000 on a web site DOESN'T guarantee or get you work. ALWAYS be taking action on your business
paul lots of valid points. I’m very similar in lots of respects. Always try to clean some people cheaply who are not loaded but do charitable stuff. Just some. Karma works well my friend 👍
Great advice. Classic film 👍
always good advice darren 👍👍 cheers
When I canvass I go out at 2pm. Knock until 5pm writing down all the numbers of the dirty ones whilst canvassing. Then between 5 and 7 repeatedly go over my numbers I’ve written down. This way, between 5 and7 when most people are in, I am only knocking doors which have dirty windows. Yields great results. Similar to pitch here except if I’ve customers near them I will name drop like “ hi I clean Andys windows 2 doors down - can I put you on the rounds? “ whilst handing the card. Agree with the close on the price. I emphasise I clean all the windows, frames, sills and doors plus I notify them the night before and pay online. If an easy going person I might add that the only thing I don’t do is pay for them and smile. Each has there own bit of gift of the gab. There is another way to get customers that’s dynamite - I might even let this gent know as he’s sound ( 25 years in the game - spent wayyyy too much money early doors) 😂😂
Hi total agree with how you do it
Thank you
Hilarious loving it I'm going to use all of these tips your awesome
I know this is many years old but how do I pitch if I’m brand new and never had a single customer??
Bite the bullet and knock on the first door. Just be genuine and friendly and try not to sound like a salesman.
Hi there, just come across your videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I’m down south btw. Just starting out, purchased hot water system. Any advice would be priceless .....
Keep watching. 👍
What you want my friend is some cleaning contracts I reckon you would do well on that
Excellent advice again
nice.
Thanks
I love canvassing prefer it to the cleaning.
Perhaps a service you may wish to offer out to others? Plenty of window cleaners always looking for a good canvasser.
I already do for a few local companies in wales and a couple up in the midlands got my brother doing all the cleaning now.
Great advice
Most people lose there attitude after being told no
An that effects there ability to sell to even a willing customer...
Takes me back to my canvising days ✊✊✊
This is 🔥🔥🔥👌
Do you have to be clean shaven 😂 only kidding Darren....good video as always....would love to see some I depth roof cleaning videos if you ever have the time to do one mate
On a serious note, no. BUT if you want to have a beard or stubble at least groom it so you dont look like a hobo. Think that sums it up! :)
@@Darren-Green haha love it
A hobo 😂🤣😂
Q. and this may raise some eye browes, I am thinking of starting a window cleaning round, canvasing, but hear that if there is a window cleaner on the street you target then if you get a house etc, then they kick off, ie some can be violent, this doesn't really bother me to much but how do you and other pro cleaners feel about people poss canvasing your area, is it fair game ie anyone can try any area, or dont tread on other peoples toes??
Lol well said..... 👍
Do you price the same no matter the size of the property or change it from 3 -4-5 bed houses ?
I think more in terms of time taken to do the job as opposed to size of house.
Hello, I am trying to make business cards as soon as possibe. Should I make them for the business or should my cards be person specific?
should I have my name on the card or is it just a business card for the business?
What stuff would you say is very important to have on the card?
Thanks for your help so far!
Company name - contact number - email - what the business does.
@@Darren-Green You have many useful & handy bits of information! Thanks very much sir!
Are you still getting them to sign up to GC on the spot Darren?
Depends on whom I am knocking for. Each franchisee can decide if he wants cash, GoCardless, BACS etc but mostly I would say 80%. It's simple to sign GoCardless when the enquiry comes to you but when cold calling not so simple.
Green Pro Clean Ltd that's my challenge, on the door. Any other context is dead easy, never questioned! If you have any tips, that would be great!
Darren why you out canvassing!??? .... when you’ve got your lead generation company?? Just asking mate.
Lead gen, canvassing, web site, other ads..... how do you think we grow so fast?
what details u have on your buisness card darren if u dont mind me asking ive always used flyers
People make me laugh, if you want work you will find it. Even canvassed with a full beard and got work. If you don't ask, you don't get.
So very true!
Um I've cleaned windows it's all about the squeegee
Boysie, eat your heart out. 😉
You’ve got to look the part and be smart, tooooo many scruffy looking blokes in this business