quiet week

[Abstract tiling]

hi people got a quiet week as off weds, hope things pick up a bit .how is your week?

[trevortine]

Flat out, have been for while, stripped bathroom on fri, fitted suite on sat, back this morn to start tiling, needs finished for wed to get started next job, another bathroom, 2 suites to fit and bathrooms to tile next week, then 65m2 of 600x600 in edinburgh starting on the 30th, 3 days in dundee after that and thats not even counting the two estimates i have to to this evening. Hope its picks up for those who are quiet, im sure it will

[guppy]

A bit quiet at the moment ,put about 400 business cards out today got one call,a kitchen floor and a passage way,I havent been at this too long so will see what the week brings

[365drills]

I think as we head to Christmas its either going to quieten down for those who have not got a full order book or you are going to get panic jobs where people realise the VAT break runs out soon.

But I believe next year is going to be much better.

I think the point I might want to make is not to worry if you are quiet this side of Christmas.

From our own point of view (we are not tilers - we are a manufacturer) there is resistance to new business this side of Xmas. All the buyers we are making calls to tell us to contact them in the new year.

So we have almost given up on generating anything new for 2009.

But I may be comparing apples with oranges so dont take our view too seriously. Their may be tiling job up for grabs between now and the end of year. If there is then its probably time to do a leaflet drop!

One thing I've noticed is our local free newspaper is stick thin. Content is sorely missing. They are advertising a rate of 2000 leaflets in a paper for £275. I recon you will get a high readership because there's sod all else in the paper to look at!

[davy_G]

There will be alot of things bought for bathrooms etc (like tiles) before Christmas as Richard says due to VAT increase.

If they waited 'till the sales they would be alot cheeper anyway!

[Sir Ramic]

Been quiet here but as from tomorrow...All hell is breaking loose...too many jobs and all want it done now !!

[brian c]

got a few for next week but nowt after that.

[Sean fsy]

not enough days in the week, booked up till well into the new year.

[sherbert]

i have stuff for the next 4 weeks, for me and this time of the year im happy 4 jobs 3 of them are from recomendations so it shows the importance of doing everything you can to get the word of mouth flying about!

hope it goes well for everyone i have had a fair bit of time off this year still would'nt want to be doing anything else for a job!

[harry]

flat out at the moment worked the last two weekends and book up for the next three weeks

[whitebeam]

Proves how the work various from tiler to tiler, area to area

[faithhealer]

A bit quiet at the moment ,put about 400 business cards out today got one call,a kitchen floor and a passage way,I havent been at this too long so will see what the week brings

well done mate, you have to go and get the work sometimes. It might be only one job but sometimes one leads to another, good luck
and to you Abstract, keep looking mate

[marbleman]

i must be the only one on here that is turning work away , mind you some are real dogs wanting to cut corners aint interested, would rather sit at home playing poker lol

[wacker]

I have solid good work for the next five to six weeks, waiting on one job. Things have picked up over the last couple of weeks. This time last year i was turning away work every other day. Who knows what the new year will bring. Keep plugging at it guys if things are slow in your area.

[enduro]

Starting to get calls about Stone & Tile cleaning as christmas is coming. So glad i got a web site sorted, also got loads of tiling so doing Stone & Tile cleaning fits in quite nicely.

[365drills]

Starting to get calls about Stone & Tile cleaning as christmas is coming. So glad i got a web site sorted, also got loads of tiling so doing Stone & Tile cleaning fits in quite nicely

Are people cleaning their hearths so he has a nice landing

[Abstract tiling]

got a downstairs toilet to look at 2mz walls and floors,so might not be a quiet week they already have tiles so looking good.

[guppy]

What a difference a day makes!The business card drops are working.I have put out another 400 and got 4 calls,one was a recomendation but still am feeling optimistic,only another 9200 cards to go

[365drills]

Yay! Did you drop them yourself or did you pay to have them dropped with other leaflets.

[guppy]

Hello I dropped them myself,i wont do this again though i got 10000 cards printed the leaflet delivery company was pretty reasonable but i didnt want the cards delivered with a load of rubbish,a few here and a few there are ok but i had the time and i could do with losing a stone or so,also you discover a lot of things on foot,4-500 a day is about it though depending on the hills and size of houses also you have control of the areas,if you are working in an area its not so bad just driving round the corner for a quote,also scheduling is easier,i find the cards are prompters ,a lot of the people that have called me havent called anyone else yet

[guppy]

Hello again,just found a message on the phone someone wants a balcony tiled,Turkey for christmas .

[Abstract tiling]

well went to the job 2day its 8 mtrs wall and 3 mts floor, also got a call to tile a porch so not bad

[sherbert]

always keep your cards on the van with you and if you finish a job a hour early for example dont just try to rush home run up and down the road or surrounding roads with them i know you wont be able to do hundreds but you never know !