gman201

Largely, we have had great success with just our web site.
 
Rod

With new power washing season around the corner I am interested in seeing how others are attracting new business this year. 

Most likey those aren't rust spots? Probably run off of wet insulation that has dripped through soffit  vent holes Mike

We use a 1/4" 3-way ball valve to switch from soap to rinse. One way pulls soap, switch valve the other way and valve pulls water from buffer tank to automatically rinse injector. Saves time and injector lasts longer.

Could also be a mud-daubers nest (wasps).
Soft rinse is all I use in this case.

Rod

Gordon I wish we had more sunshine in Mo as well it has not arrived yet. Andrew in my neck of the woods our winters are mostly days below freezing tempetures so when it gets this cold I choose not seek any jobs. The risks involved in working in freezing tempetures are just to great for me.

Yeah were starting to get  several  bookings here in KY but it will probably be end of march also before it's warm enough!I I wish we had a little more sunshine here in KY to spread some love!! lol

With this warm winter, I've been getting calls for work on the warm days which has been nice.  Otherwise, looking back at the calendar last year, end of March is when we started picking up.  I think it will probably start a little sooner this year.

Andrew you are one of the lucky ones to have a warm winter and be able to still work. In MO we winterized everything in December and do not start until late March.

That's a big topic. Great questions! First, you need to build the FB page especially for your business. Next, invite your customers to like the page and share it with their friends. It won't get huge overnight. You can do some focused advertising to get more people to your page too. You also have to consider what you post on the page. Keep the variety of topics well rounded, and family rated. Try using Hootsuite to schedule posts in advance so you don't have to think up new content each day.
 
Beth

Any an all estimates now will be scheduled for the spring of 2016 due to cold weather in KY! How many others shut down this time of year?

Hail Ice Damns!
 
;)
 
Rod

This ice damming is for commercial flatwork only for a particular object. My connection has 6000 accounts and I will be covering the 5 Borroughs of NY city and possibly a chunk of NJ. This work sucks but a friend of mine made over a 100grand doing this so with those #'s I'm willing to role the dice.

We used to do Ice Damn removal as well. Cold work and a bit treacherous in the snow of yards you have not been on before and are trying to find
good footing for ladders.
God I hate getting snow down the back of my jacket...
 
 
Rod

Gearing up for commercial ice-damming with one of my trucks. I may regret this because I'll be on call whenever they need me. Could even be called on Christmas day. The money side is good because we get paid the minute we leave to the minute we get back.
Right now where doing gutter clean outs and and an out of state Parking Garage thanksgiving day weekend which is going so suck but it will help pay the bills.

 
Same here Rod........unless it warms up in Feb.....but March is useually when we fire back up. We've got a bit of Commercial work in Dec....Budget Surpluses.

Our season tapers off around ThanksGiving. December is not as busy.
Jan-Feb are too cold.
Start up in March.
 
Rod

Well just winterized my Hydrotek and Landa today I going to take it easy until next spring.

I don't charge $150/hr for the house wash. It's to show up on the job and to market to folks letting them know I can do it. If nobody knows you can get AF off, then it won't matter what you charge. $20/hr won't bring in enough $$ to afford a marketing Campaign to get you out in front of some AF. Most of the bids we do are for "behind the scenes" costs.