In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
mrcheerful . wrote:

My advice (as a self employed person for thirty years) is DO NOT
advertise at all (not even on the van)

So how did you get those first few jobs, that led to those next few jobs,
that led to....... etc, etc. I've started a 'pipeline'.

It can be a bit of a catch22 situation, which if you solve it, you could
write the book and retire

Starting from scratch can be a bit of a bugger - I've been there

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geoff