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Back in 2005, I landed my biggest commercial job yet. During a 3 month period every year, this company has enough work that I don’t have to work for the rest of the year, although I still choose to work the rest of the year.
In 2006, I did even more work at this same commercial job. I ended up grossing half of my year’s earnings in a 2 month period. But, I made the mistake of not hiring a foreman. Consequently, I had a guy on the job throwing beer bottles behind one of the job sites. On another job site, I had a guy who left his heroin pack in the bathroom. On another job site, the guy who was throwing beer bottles behind one of the site was staring at one of the owner’s 17-year-old daughters. There were mistakes left and right. It was like a circus. And consequently, I was not able to get any work for 2008.
Last year, the commercial company’s liaison left the company and a new and very nice woman took her place. I visited her to obtain more work from the company. She told me that I would have to talk with a couple of supervisors. I recognized the names of these supervisors and I’m hoping that they do not remember me, although the only problem that they know of is a mistake that one of my guys made. I changed the name of the company back in 2009, so I am operating under a different name (I was an hour away from moving 700 miles, but that is a-whole-nother story).
I know that I am going to give a very generous volume discount. But, I wanted to know how others would approach this potentially rewarding situation. How would you get this client back?
In 2006, I did even more work at this same commercial job. I ended up grossing half of my year’s earnings in a 2 month period. But, I made the mistake of not hiring a foreman. Consequently, I had a guy on the job throwing beer bottles behind one of the job sites. On another job site, I had a guy who left his heroin pack in the bathroom. On another job site, the guy who was throwing beer bottles behind one of the site was staring at one of the owner’s 17-year-old daughters. There were mistakes left and right. It was like a circus. And consequently, I was not able to get any work for 2008.
Last year, the commercial company’s liaison left the company and a new and very nice woman took her place. I visited her to obtain more work from the company. She told me that I would have to talk with a couple of supervisors. I recognized the names of these supervisors and I’m hoping that they do not remember me, although the only problem that they know of is a mistake that one of my guys made. I changed the name of the company back in 2009, so I am operating under a different name (I was an hour away from moving 700 miles, but that is a-whole-nother story).
I know that I am going to give a very generous volume discount. But, I wanted to know how others would approach this potentially rewarding situation. How would you get this client back?