Renegade Conservatory Guy

This post is a shameless plug about our company, and the sales seminar we recently held in Wakefield.
We’ve never asked all our Conservatory Outlet dealers, their sales guys and our favourite suppliers to one venue before, and ask them to listen to Andrew and I talk publicly about so many topics.

It was an opportunity for […]

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I recently ran a story about Anglian Home Improvements appearing on the BBC’s Watchdog programme and since then there have been dozens of comments on the webpage. One of the contributors ‘Paul.com’ was keen to get his opinion across as an ex-Anglian salesman.
So, I asked Paul if he would be interested in doing an […]

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More shame for the double glazing industry, with an article in the Daily Mail by Jane barrie entitled Glazing Mad.
I’ve copied and pasted the full article below, and written my comments in bold:
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I HAVE come across some pushy salesmen in my time but the ordeal of Tom McLellan is one of the worst I’ve ever […]

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A new law aimed at protecting consumers against rogue traders has come into force in the UK.
For the first time in UK law there will be a duty on all businesses not to trade unfairly. These new laws could have a dramatic effect on double glazing companies, and how they go about the sales process.

There’s 31 specific […]

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Complaints about Safestyle UK, Anglian, Everest and fighting the online PR war.
One of the main features of the development of the internet is the ability for unhappy customers to air their dissatisfaction (or satisfaction) for the world to see.  I have kept my eye on a few of the review sites out there to see how the […]

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How to run a double glazing company
It can be a lonely position running any company, and running a conservatory / double glazing company is no different for most owners.

I’m lucky that I run my conservatory business with my brother and we can bounce ideas off each other. If we make a mistake it’s a […]

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Double Glazing - the pitch goes horribly wrong.
If you have been wondering how Craig Fairbrass’ sales pitch ends up, I’ve decided to put you out of your misery.
The coked-up, sex-crazed double glazing salesman turns to typical hard sell tactics, with a call to his sales manager:

Well, it looks like this time the double glazing guy […]

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Double Glazing - The Hard Sell- Part 1
The second instalment of the industry debate has been released by the Glazine and to be honest - there’s some good stuff discussed.
Dave Ruzicka, from Sash UK, seems to be speaking a lot of sense. He talks about the pressure on those at the coalface, and he […]

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Is this the face of double glazing?

Or is this the Renegade Conservatory Guy…….
Well, it’s not me, but he could be the face of the industry.
He is Carl Birkenshaw, a double glazing salesman from Paramount Windows. According to the Daily Mail, he launched a violent assault on a customer moments after discovering they had spoken […]

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