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Originally Posted by tickle  Love your company name ! I would suggest you have flyers made up of your website and just get them out in the neighbourhood, take out a small ad, etc.
You are going to have to spend some money on advertising. It is a waiting game, unfortunately, have patience and they will come.
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In all due respect, I'm going to have to take exception to a bit of what you've stated here, Tickle. Advertising for handyman services in order to be successful at it, doesn't have to cost a lot of money if any at all. Most of my new business comes from the free ads that I've placed on the Internet. I do the flier thing and have gotten some business that way, though.
Also, anyone who is self-employed must also be a sales person. That almost literally means walking the streets looking for work and selling yourself as to what you can do for people. When someone does call because of advertising that a person has done, the person who has done the advertising needs to sell themselves just like a professional salesman might do. You open, present and close the "sale", so to speak.
When a person does get the call to possibly do a job, they also need to make sure that they're "Johnny-on-the-spot" as far as timeliness, integrity and accuracy with everything in order to get the job and to build their reputation. In that respect, it's not so much of a "waiting game".
Thanks!
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