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This Is What I Can Offer Y'all
Hi all, I joined last night and have already learned a lot and had many thought prompts. As someone just five months in to my business journey, I don't foresee that I'll have much if anything to teach a majority of you on the technical side of window, gutter and pressure cleaning. There's a whole trove of collective knowledge held in here that would be of huge benefit to me and I will be certainly posting my share of questions and requests for advice.
I don't want to be a leach though! So, these are the things I have a background and experience in that perhaps you have some gaps in with your business that I can help with;
- Business Development: getting new customers
- How to make effective cold calls that generate revenue (mindset, who to call, what to say, what you want from the call)
- Account Management: managing existing customers
- Marketing
- LinkedIN: I'm not personally a huge fan of social media, particularly this platform however, it is a necessary evil in business and especially in the phase I'm in. LinkedIN has been invaluable to me for the last 16 years for new business prospecting in the B2B sector
The skillsets above were earned starting from age 21 (37 now) in selling Technical IT Education and IT Managed Services and consulting in ISR, business development, account management and marketing roles. I've had my share of other physical roles too like bricklayers labourer, saw milling and factory work.
For the 4.5 years leading up to kicking this business off last November, I was a small business banker with one of the 4 major banks here in Australia, promoted at that bank and then poached by a recruiter to another bank (the 5th largest) in the next tier up from where I was at and was a relationship banker specialising in Agribusiness. I excelled in banking and learned a lot- I don't have a university degree or any formal qualifications either.
With that experience I can also assist with;
- Analysing, Interpreting & Using Financial Data
- Revenue/Cashflow Forecasting
- Basic Accounting
- General Financial Queries
What I can not and will not help with in this regard is financial advice as it is both illegal and I don't want to be responsible for any harm to your business if I am wrong.
With the above items, it would be about understanding your own numbers and using them, along with any changes or plans for change to produce a revenue/cashflow forecast (in collaboration with your accountant or suitably qualified financial adviser who will far better understand the nuance of the US system than a random Aussie window cleaner). If there's a certain income level or specific dollar figure you are trying to achieve in income you need to have one of these and be constantly reviewing it.
I can also help settle arguments about which direction the sink drains, if knifey spoony is a real game or not, if you moon the Prime Minister if we do indeed deem suitable punishment to be a kick up the back side with a giant boot and if we ride kangaroos to school (spoiler alert; only on certain days 🙂)
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This Is What I Can Offer Y'all
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