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    Haven’t had a day off since Aug 15

    @patricia1213 Siding is handled by another crew. Lighting is done by whatever guys want to continue working through the winter. Nearly everyone is a subcontractor, the core group is 4 guys that have profit sharing agreements with each other. Hourly guys come and go, a lot of them are relatives...
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    Haven’t had a day off since Aug 15

    @patricia1213 We used paid ads on facebook/instagram and google ads. Both of these are managed by marketing companies.
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    Haven’t had a day off since Aug 15

    @tiressa No it’s all relatively local work. We’ve been transitioning from subcontracting into homeowner sales for the past couple years, trying to build a brand and reputation. This year we went hard on advertising. Edit: oh my wife is in the military so we are often living apart while I run...
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    Haven’t had a day off since Aug 15

    @neo_ocelot Everyday is different of course but my average week from April 1 until today is 63.47hrs. My profit share check for October was just cut on the 1st. That was about 12k plus my daily pay ($250/day) for October was $7750. I spent around 5k last month on my helpers, insurance and gas
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    Haven’t had a day off since Aug 15

    @neo_ocelot We don’t run our prices like that. Our focus is on smaller homes and elderly customers. Basically the first year we will come out and make the custom lighting, that can be fairly expensive. But, once the lights are cut and planned the first year we put them up and take them down...
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    Haven’t had a day off since Aug 15

    @joegordon35 No holiday lighting season is just getting started. We’ve got like 40ish repeat customers for that. Probably do like 20k gross. It’s not a big money maker but it keeps the wheels greased
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    Starting a cleaning company in Minnesota. Need a catchy name

    @gordonmarry ChatGPT says: Nice’n Clean, Ya Know?” You Betcha Clean-Up Crew” “Oh Fer Clean Sakes” Minne-Snow-Ta Clean ‘N Cozy” “North Star Sparkle Services” Frozen Lakes Clean Co.” Twin Cities Tidy Team
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    Haven’t had a day off since Aug 15

    @rls It’s about 125,000$ worth of work for me and a rotating cast of hourlies
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    Haven’t had a day off since Aug 15

    Just under 6000’ of gutter, about 4000’ of downspout, 1200’ of fascia and 2000sqft of soffit installed. I don’t even know what the siding crew has done. Holiday lighting can kiss my ass this year. Call me if you need me but I’m burned TF out! Thursday is the last day. Deer hunting in...
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