As a Spark of many years, if you are honest, clean and tidy, reliable and polite, then you are already better than 90% of the rest. You only need to do a few jobs and recommendations will keep you busy. No need to advertise, if you are good and honest enough.
I wanted my house rewiring but my electrician was too busy to fit me in. So I asked him what boards wanted lifting the cable routes etc so he spent some time explaining what was required. I drilled the joists and got pull throughs where required. Outcome. He was able to fit me in and I saved a load of money on labour. Result happy client and tradesman. Mind you much respect to you house bashers as it wasn't easy.
Did something similar on the board replacement I just had done. The sparky left me a length of 10mm cable, we discussed the route and I put the cable in so that it came down next to the board and the other end dropped into my kitchen where it needed to be. There was much dark muttering of swear words during that process 😂
I started a long time ago, asking what a person's budget was, if they have £2k in mind for a rewire and I think it's £4k then it's no point going any further. I often think with people like the guy in the video, that if everyone in my area were using his services where's the benefits🤔. Also the majority of people are only price oriented, and when it goes wrong they are all over social media crying about it, and I have no sympathy with those people. Since time began a lot of electricians like to be in the race to see who can get to the bottom first, something I have never been interested in, I price my skills accordingly, they can take it or leave it.
You get a good or bad vibes from customers. If your senses feel off about someone. You give them an off the top over quote. Sometimes it's not worth the hassle. If you represent yourself and your quality well enough. You should be able to bring in the work. Just remember growth doesn't come in a day or few weeks, It can take years. We try to learn and expand our knowledge in a forever growing industry.
All the jobs I won when other companies was quoting for the same job, wasn’t based on price. The customer always says that I was more expensive. The reason customers go for me is because of confidence in my ability. In fact I’m one of the more expensive one man bands. Sometimes you don’t win a job because of how you come across to the customer.
Really interesting video this. I've lost 3 big quotes recently(2k-7k) one of which I'd spent a whole weekend on the quote. I had already mentally worked out it was about £7k and I was pretty much bang on so next time I'm going to give the customer my rough estimate and gauge their response with a view of not even providing a quote for that work. Thank you Sales Geek!
Great video opening up the big picture of self employment lads. It's difficult if you are in a small area and trying to deal with call outs as well as scheduled jobs. I always used to say to delayed customers that one day it could be them in an emergency and my policy was to sort the emergencies first.
I do specialist work and I get beat on cost by non electricians who tell the customer they are proficient in electrics. Then I get the "customer" using it against me and all I can do is say well I had to serve 6 years to get to Approved status (Scotland) have 46 years experience and cannot do the job on Handyman rates Remember Proficient is not qualified . If not qualified then your not insured to do electrics and legally you are personally responsible for any claim by the customer. Another point is Kenny the kitchen fitter and Billy the bathroom fitter are not qualified either yet they stil "dabble" in electrics . Joe public needs to be educated
You say that but insurance companies will not insure them or their work. I I plumbed in a washing machine for a customer and flood their house my insurance would not pay pointing out I am insured for electrics Yes aminsured for putting a nail thtough a pipe but not to do plumbing@@jonh1808
Been in this trade 25 years now. Never before has there been a level of toxicity and arrogance surrounding this trade than there is now. Ok they are usually all for the banter but how everyone perceives us is beyond a joke. I have made a good living. I do well. I have gone to jobs where I have made very decent money but been half the price of the dearest quote. Yes it needs a bit of skill, common sense, and a grasp of the regulations but we aren’t brain surgeons and the perception of us on site is wanting a kings ransom for doing naff all. Love the channel. Keep it up 👍
Thanks for the video, I agree. Most electricians and other trades at that are great at the trade but not so well at running a business. I would say sales skills are just as important and in some cases more important than knowing everything in the trade. Without selling you have nothing. It's the number one questions I get in my coaching classes.
When we get an enquiry for a quote, the first thing we ask is “do you mind if I ask what the purpose of the quote is” Ie to get the cheapest quote, or get an idea of the cost. We point out that we are unlikely to be the cheapest quote and explain why. The majority clients really appreciate this and will say thank you for your honesty, and the ones on a tight budget will tell you they are on a tight budget.
Great vid guys. Pleased to see how much of that I already do. The video I would love to see is how to go from being self employed with maybe having 1 or 2 labourer type people working for you. To having a business, having a second van and how to find and trust the skilled person in that van. That's been my stumbling block in the last few years
I had an upholstery business name that only the customers with loads of money could pronounce correctly. That was a great filter when customers called up . Good talk, I will have a look at the app thingy, It will be a nice refresher.
Some great advice here. I’ve been thinking of going alone for a long time and always thought I’d have to be a house basher. You made a good point in that that’s not my skill set. I’m commercial/industrial and maybe that’s what I should stick to.
Over many years I have found there are people you just can't help, and no matter how cheap the price how short the time you have allowed, it's not good enough and they have a (cretin) mate who will bodge it in for nothing. Just walk away leave them to it. 🐔
The cheapest is not always the best as the standard of work is going down hill ...been on some newish installation and the workmanship and install is unbelievable.
From my point of view I almost never have to give a price. I’m not the cheapest and I use top brand products. Customers I find what a good job and someone who will turn up in an emergency on a cold winters night and not rip them off. . I get fed up of seeing cheep jobs where the electrician has damaged floor board as they don’t know how to lift them . Unnecessary holes cut in ceilings for fishing. . No tube in walls the list goes on. And then they have used the cheapest consumer unit out there and you can’t get Mcbs rcds off the shelf. It’s the same with other trades not just electricians.
HOUSES ARE WORTH MORE MONEY THAN EVER!!! ....BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL STINGY WITH MONEY!!! ...I tend to blow out any work where they WHINGE about the cost of the MATERIALS which I have ordered ...if they won't pay THAT then they won't pay ME!!! ...just WALK AWAY!!!
Hi, question for you guys. Just done a job installing a 150KVa engine Generator (replacing 100KVa) & I’ve just been pulled up on the test certificate because the three position changeover switch doesn’t disconnect the DNO earth. NIC are saying that it needs to, but when looking on line can’t find any switches that change over the earth or means of doing so. I have looked on forums but getting mixed responses. Cheers guys
The NIC answer seems correct to us that you can’t rely upon the DNO earth when operating in “island mode” - eg the DNO could be working on their network cabling and you lose the earth.
If you advertise yourself as a *Cheap Electrician,* You will only get the low end of the market. You will be fitting low end equipment which is a pain to work with. You will find more problems being paid. And more call backs you will use poor equipment.
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As a Spark of many years, if you are honest, clean and tidy, reliable and polite, then you are already better than 90% of the rest. You only need to do a few jobs and recommendations will keep you busy. No need to advertise, if you are good and honest enough.
I wanted my house rewiring but my electrician was too busy to fit me in. So I asked him what boards wanted lifting the cable routes etc so he spent some time explaining what was required. I drilled the joists and got pull throughs where required. Outcome. He was able to fit me in and I saved a load of money on labour. Result happy client and tradesman. Mind you much respect to you house bashers as it wasn't easy.
Did something similar on the board replacement I just had done. The sparky left me a length of 10mm cable, we discussed the route and I put the cable in so that it came down next to the board and the other end dropped into my kitchen where it needed to be. There was much dark muttering of swear words during that process 😂
I started a long time ago, asking what a person's budget was, if they have £2k in mind for a rewire and I think it's £4k then it's no point going any further.
I often think with people like the guy in the video, that if everyone in my area were using his services where's the benefits🤔.
Also the majority of people are only price oriented, and when it goes wrong they are all over social media crying about it, and I have no sympathy with those people.
Since time began a lot of electricians like to be in the race to see who can get to the bottom first, something I have never been interested in, I price my skills accordingly, they can take it or leave it.
You get a good or bad vibes from customers. If your senses feel off about someone. You give them an off the top over quote. Sometimes it's not worth the hassle.
If you represent yourself and your quality well enough. You should be able to bring in the work. Just remember growth doesn't come in a day or few weeks, It can take years. We try to learn and expand our knowledge in a forever growing industry.
All the jobs I won when other companies was quoting for the same job, wasn’t based on price. The customer always says that I was more expensive. The reason customers go for me is because of confidence in my ability. In fact I’m one of the more expensive one man bands. Sometimes you don’t win a job because of how you come across to the customer.
Really interesting video this.
I've lost 3 big quotes recently(2k-7k) one of which I'd spent a whole weekend on the quote.
I had already mentally worked out it was about £7k and I was pretty much bang on so next time I'm going to give the customer my rough estimate and gauge their response with a view of not even providing a quote for that work.
Thank you Sales Geek!
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Great video opening up the big picture of self employment lads.
It's difficult if you are in a small area and trying to deal with call outs as well as scheduled jobs. I always used to say to delayed customers that one day it could be them in an emergency and my policy was to sort the emergencies first.
I do specialist work and I get beat on cost by non electricians who tell the customer they are proficient in electrics. Then I get the "customer" using it against me and all I can do is say well I had to serve 6 years to get to Approved status (Scotland) have 46 years experience and cannot do the job on Handyman rates
Remember Proficient is not qualified . If not qualified then your not insured to do electrics and legally you are personally responsible for any claim by the customer.
Another point is Kenny the kitchen fitter and Billy the bathroom fitter are not qualified either yet they stil "dabble" in electrics . Joe public needs to be educated
You say that but insurance companies will not insure them or their work. I I plumbed in a washing machine for a customer and flood their house my insurance would not pay pointing out I am insured for electrics Yes aminsured for putting a nail thtough a pipe but not to do plumbing@@jonh1808
Been in this trade 25 years now. Never before has there been a level of toxicity and arrogance surrounding this trade than there is now. Ok they are usually all for the banter but how everyone perceives us is beyond a joke. I have made a good living. I do well. I have gone to jobs where I have made very decent money but been half the price of the dearest quote. Yes it needs a bit of skill, common sense, and a grasp of the regulations but we aren’t brain surgeons and the perception of us on site is wanting a kings ransom for doing naff all. Love the channel. Keep it up 👍
Thanks for the video, I agree. Most electricians and other trades at that are great at the trade but not so well at running a business. I would say sales skills are just as important and in some cases more important than knowing everything in the trade. Without selling you have nothing. It's the number one questions I get in my coaching classes.
I very rarely have to quote for work, I normally do the work then invoice. Builders mainly but the odd new contact wants a quote.
Remember
Cheap
Fast
Good .
Then explain to the customer they can only have two of these three as no trade business can provide all three .
When we get an enquiry for a quote, the first thing we ask is “do you mind if I ask what the purpose of the quote is” Ie to get the cheapest quote, or get an idea of the cost. We point out that we are unlikely to be the cheapest quote and explain why. The majority clients really appreciate this and will say thank you for your honesty, and the ones on a tight budget will tell you they are on a tight budget.
Great advice 👍
Great vid guys.
Pleased to see how much of that I already do.
The video I would love to see is how to go from being self employed with maybe having 1 or 2 labourer type people working for you. To having a business, having a second van and how to find and trust the skilled person in that van.
That's been my stumbling block in the last few years
Some get tips Richard massive thanks for your time. Gaz 👍🏻
I had an upholstery business name that only the customers with loads of money could pronounce correctly. That was a great filter when customers called up . Good talk, I will have a look at the app thingy, It will be a nice refresher.
That’s a great tip 😂😂😂
Some great advice here. I’ve been thinking of going alone for a long time and always thought I’d have to be a house basher. You made a good point in that that’s not my skill set. I’m commercial/industrial and maybe that’s what I should stick to.
Over many years I have found there are people you just can't help, and no matter how cheap the price how short the time you have allowed, it's not good enough and they have a (cretin) mate who will bodge it in for nothing. Just walk away leave them to it. 🐔
Most of the times there isn’t a cheaper guy.. it’s just the customers that are super tight
The cheapest is not always the best as the standard of work is going down hill ...been on some newish installation and the workmanship and install is unbelievable.
Wonder why this comment didn't get a heart?
Wonder why your comment didn't get a heart???
Are well 😂
Top video as always! Keep up the great work, thanks!
Excellent advice and some great tips. I found this video very interesting and informative
Fantastic video guy’s as always 👍👍👍❤️⚡️
Most of the Sparks around my area all went to work in the aerospace industry.
There are a few good ones left, but always always booked up.
Spot on commentary Chaps !
From my point of view I almost never have to give a price. I’m not the cheapest and I use top brand products. Customers I find what a good job and someone who will turn up in an emergency on a cold winters night and not rip them off. . I get fed up of seeing cheep jobs where the electrician has damaged floor board as they don’t know how to lift them . Unnecessary holes cut in ceilings for fishing. . No tube in walls the list goes on. And then they have used the cheapest consumer unit out there and you can’t get Mcbs rcds off the shelf. It’s the same with other trades not just electricians.
Agreed
🥰🥰🥰 eFIXX 🥰🥰🥰 "It is not about the numbers, all about the right feeling and connection to the customer."
Talking about McDonalds, have you noticed the way they persistantly ask "anthing else?", they are exhuasting the customer to say no thanks
Be great if you could do some more vids like this.
Really struggle in my area as the market is flooded with all types of sparks
Very useful advice.
Spot on sales advice
advice??????
Agreed
Ah the new 1MVA wago. Good for 185mm2
HOUSES ARE WORTH MORE MONEY THAN EVER!!! ....BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL STINGY WITH MONEY!!! ...I tend to blow out any work where they WHINGE about the cost of the MATERIALS which I have ordered ...if they won't pay THAT then they won't pay ME!!! ...just WALK AWAY!!!
Easy just charge what Mr Artisan does, based on £85ph, and he gets loads of work apparently 😳
Nice
That was interesting, may I make a suggestion, invest in some comfy chairs you all look really uncomfortable, take a look at how chat shows do it.
You’re right they are really uncomfortable 😣
Good video
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Where can I get the giant wago?
Hi, question for you guys. Just done a job installing a 150KVa engine Generator (replacing 100KVa)
& I’ve just been pulled up on the test certificate because the three position changeover switch doesn’t disconnect the DNO earth. NIC are saying that it needs to, but when looking on line can’t find any switches that change over the earth or means of doing so.
I have looked on forums but getting mixed responses.
Cheers guys
The NIC answer seems correct to us that you can’t rely upon the DNO earth when operating in “island mode” - eg the DNO could be working on their network cabling and you lose the earth.
A generator supplier should be able to advise on the kit.
If you advertise yourself as a *Cheap Electrician,* You will only get the low end of the market. You will be fitting low end equipment which is a pain to work with. You will find more problems being paid. And more call backs you will use poor equipment.
I’d sooner hire the second cheapest professional to install electrical equipment
Electrician is no less a trade than a motor mechanic, think of the cost of car repair
Great quote
Audio’s really quiet except laughter which is REALLY LOUD!
Pay peanuts you get monkeys, set yourself to whatever you are happy to earn but always remember, you can stay at home and earn nothing
Judging by the table looks like unistrut technicians at work
Where do you get a wago that big haha
From Wago 😂
From Lego da😭
My brother got his Ford transit from Nissan 😭
I'd rather go broke at home.