How’s your local economy?
How’s your local economy?
- Thread starter Ron Musgraves
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Beth & Rod
SR Wood Geek / Moderator
Big question. Good question.
Soft. Hesitant. Too many professionals out of work, too many worried about layoffs, too many worried about water restrictions. At least the worry about white vans and contractors is over.
Beth
Soft. Hesitant. Too many professionals out of work, too many worried about layoffs, too many worried about water restrictions. At least the worry about white vans and contractors is over.
Beth
Steven Rowlett
Member
Glad to see you Gav. Where hav you been? I haven't heard from you in a while.
Grant
Administrator
So. Cal is doing rather well. (I like all of you, but don't move here).
We have been steadily increasing customers and jobs. Most of the riff raff in the business is gone now, including one big company. One other company is actively persuing some of our accounts, but we get a little more than half of them back after 6 months or so. He is better at sales than at flue cleaning. It keeps us on our toes, but every customer we regain is a customer for life. So in effect he is selling for us in the long run!
We have been steadily increasing customers and jobs. Most of the riff raff in the business is gone now, including one big company. One other company is actively persuing some of our accounts, but we get a little more than half of them back after 6 months or so. He is better at sales than at flue cleaning. It keeps us on our toes, but every customer we regain is a customer for life. So in effect he is selling for us in the long run!
I got a PHD in chemistry going around right now Grant. This guy is using the wrong methods trying to get business. some people fall for tactics...
they will be back... thats for sure..
they will be back... thats for sure..
Hey Steve, I've been around, mostly reading posts rather than posting and just generally trying to keep the proverbial wolves from the door, between nonstop rain and threats of hurricanes every couple of weeks for the last three months.
Problem being that circumstances like that cut down on advertizing money, so I went and got a couple of yellow page adds, trouble is they dont circulate till the spring, so I'm surviving on repeat customers and a few new ones from home made fliers.
Nay worries though, I grew out of giving up a long time ago!
Gav
Problem being that circumstances like that cut down on advertizing money, so I went and got a couple of yellow page adds, trouble is they dont circulate till the spring, so I'm surviving on repeat customers and a few new ones from home made fliers.
Nay worries though, I grew out of giving up a long time ago!
Gav
Steven Rowlett
Member
Good to hear from you Gav. Glad to know you are still around. No hurricanes in TN so come over when you can.
Dave Olson
Workin North of 60
Our local economy has been soft for the past few years! The last unemployment numbers that I saw for our area were around 12%!
Dave Olson
Dave Olson
Clean County PW
Active member
Wow 12% unemployment rate. Thats bad!! Its getting tough here also but nowhere that high. Hopefully times will turn soon because if not then we will all be hurting to a certain degree.
have not had one call from anyone in the last two months that wasnt a commercial client.
ps my other buisness is recession proof,thats what is keeping me going right now.
everyone here is out of work or complaining about not having any money,and Corning just shut down a local plant,not to mention the whole US AIR bankruptcy
ps my other buisness is recession proof,thats what is keeping me going right now.
everyone here is out of work or complaining about not having any money,and Corning just shut down a local plant,not to mention the whole US AIR bankruptcy