Amanda - Profile

Hi, Have you thought about offering a loyalty card for existing customers..

Sometimes you have to plant a seed in their brain by using such words as, see you next week month, you are basically asking them to come back

Ask your customers if they will recommend you to their customers

Flyers dont work and you get aching legs (where I come in as a business..hint hint!!)

Sometimes you're business has to "be seen" upwards of 200 times before someone knows you are there

Do you use an A board advertising you are where you are?

Pay a teenager to walk around wearing something eye catching that advertises you and you're business

Do a charity car wash, with X being donated to the charity, that way you can advertise in the local paper - and bonus get some free advertising..for example

This saturday we at Extreme Clean Car Valeting Services are doing charity car wash in aid of (insert chosen charity here) tell the paper why you are doing it..eg, dad died of cancer, how such charity helped you and your family and you want to do something back

then the following week..tell the paper how much you raised and thanks to everyone who supported you..again name your business,,

and during the day give out loyalty cards, free tea and coffee etc, 

Hope that helps

Amanda

A simple solution would be to ask the clients you already have. You have friends outside of your business,ask them, ask other people doing a similar job..dare I say using  linkedin/ facebook/ other social media

I personally dont send out marketing gumph, as its to costly for what I do, however when I sign a new client up, I ask them if they would like to receive no more than 2 texts messages a month, explaining that some months they might not receive anything from me. I always give an option to stop receiving messages. then make sure I take that person off the list, with a conformation text telling them they have been un-subscribed

Hope my input helps

Amanda