The Carpet Cleaning Business That’s Not Clean Enough

It was 11:36 in the morning and I’m in my home office studying when my phone rang.

I normally don’t answer phone calls if I’m studying but for some reason I had the urge to do it this time.

Sure enough as I suspect, it’s a cold call from a Carpet Cleaning Company based in Calgary, Alberta.

The tone of the telemarketer was friendly and he said “Hi, my name is Richard and I’m from XYZ Company. How are you today?

And then he said that they have a promotion going on and offering me their services for $89.95.

I think the price is reasonable but as a typical consumer, I just don’t jump in and accept any offer especially from a cold call. I want to think about it first and see what their competitors have.

So I just asked him to leave his company name and telephone number.

Quickly I went to Google, and searched for their company name.

They don’t seem to have a website but I was surprised to what I’ve discovered.

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Have You Asked Yourself This Question?

I used to think that being good on what you do like coaching, consulting, or other services should be enough for me to get more clients than I can handle. That’s seems to be common sense. People would like to hire someone who is good if not the best in what they do. We all do hire someone with that criterion, right?

If your car needs repair, you ask your friends if they know a “good mechanic”.

If you need a family portrait, you ask your friends for “good photographer”.

If you’re looking for a new house, you ask for “good realtor”.

It’s just the way it is.

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5 Reasons Why People Are Not Buying Your Services And What You Should Do About It

It will be much easier to attract more clients in your business if you knew why people don’t hire you so you can fix it.

In my experience for the last 10 years  as consultant and now a coach, I can say that these are the 5 reasons why people are not hiring you.
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