Before posting a recently received email and my response, I’d like to wish you a very happy 4th of July. Independence is a wonderful thing…especially if you are independent in your own window cleaning business. :o )

An email received asking about flyer restrictions:

Hi, I received the package yesterday, and printed out the manual, and starting to study and learn. When I do a domain name search, a lot of good names are taken…but these names are not.  What do you think of "yourwindowwasherguy.com"?  Or maybe "Clearview Window Washing of Reading"?  Or do you have any other suggestions?
 
Probably will start this parttime, until I see what happens.
 
Thanks, George

2nd email from George…

Sorry for the questions, I think of these are I am driving down the road.
 
Do you think there are any restrictions on placing the flyers in the newspaper tube holders that are usually on the same pole as the mailbox in front of peoples homes?
 
George

My Responses:

Note: Normally I would block out things like someone’s domain name suggestions above, but George already chose his names so I left the entire email posted above intact the way that he sent it to me. 

Hi George:

I’m glad everything arrived safe and sound.  No probs on asking whatever questions you come up with.  This is what I’m here for, so ask away.  :o )

I love "yourwindowwasherguy.com" as a domain name.  Great name.  The "Clearview Window Washing of Reading" name is a bit too long for me.  I would just go to godaddy.com and spend a few hours searching for all kinds of different combinations of names.  Yes…many are taken.  But there are still plenty to be found.  Don’t forget about using dashes between words if you need to.  And I would focus only on .com (not .net, .info, etc) since you are a business.

Part-time sounds like a solid plan to start.  If you take action on what I talk about within my program, you’ll be able to make the transition to full time seemlessly and relatively quickly.

Your 2nd email:

I don’t believe there are any restrictions at all in placing flyers in newspaper boxes.  I suppose the newspaper company may not like it, but no probs legally.  It’s the post office that puts up a fuss if you stick items in the mailbox without postage.

Keep in mind that a great flyer delivery method is to throw ‘em out the car window.  Have you read a past newsletter where I discuss this method?  It’s working very well for folks who use it.  The main reason is because you can deliver flyers so fast.  For someone like you in retail, you need to find ways to market quickly and to lots of people.  This’ll generate a bunch of phone calls regularly which will allow you to make the move to full time quicker.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steve
256-546-2446

Note: In reference to the flyer delivery method mentioned above…it’s important to do this correctly. We don’t want to be willy nilly just throwing stuff out our car windows. Get it as close to the garage as possible and make the packaging as attractive as possible. People will be curious, look at it, and the calls will come. 

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