I'm starting to find a few half and full days appearing in my schedule now, and personally I take this as a blessing! My grass cutting clients are tailing off for the winter leaving me with a little bit of time here and there to get other things done. It's been a manic summer with only one holiday week, just a week ago.
A couple of clients have had their last grass cut already, as their lawns are kept a bit rougher than average, the weekly ones are now fortnightly bar one and due for their last cut in the next fortnight, and commercial sites have gone from fortnightly to monthly, except the one surrounded by mature trees! (hoping for a dry day on Thursday to clear that one up).
How are you all finding things?
I do not intend to try and fill the gaps, as getting new clients (and I have had calls in the past week or two) will mean me being hugely overbooked come spring, and I don't want to hire full time.
Time for more fishing, sleeping and eating I reckon!
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Paul going to the Gym is a good idea, - i'll have to book that in as well, - i'm going to be busy even if i'm not always in clients gardens.
Any chance of the details on constant contact and how you use it?
Claire Brown said:
Fully booked now until Jan.
I just postpone jobs until the grass cutting has finished and now only take on new customers if they want year round work.
these are the courses i'm going on
http://www.customergreenhouse.co.uk/
and
http://www.flourishstudios.co.uk/speaking/marketing-workshops/focus...
not cheap, but i've found that they are excellent for networking (I almost always get work out of them) and they force me to take a day out of the business, to work on the business
very happy to tell you more about constant contact, - can you message me phone number please or email and i'll give you more details (on half term at the mo so may be an additional voice in the background!)
Fenlandphil said:
Got a good client base of winter work which I am keeping though. Such a relief to drop a few seasonal jobs and enjoy some time to myself again.
Greenlawns - cutting weekly? I see the point for leaf removal, but the grass has stopped in it's tracks now.
I do notice at this time of year I get a lot of enquiries from folks who have, to politely put it, neglegeted their garden over the summer and want them tidying.
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