Why I shout about...
Safestyle Window Man continues his tour
21st May 2009
Hi there! Don’t forget to vote for the Window Man T-shirts in the poll below! Now, recently I was at the Burnley-Reading football match last Saturday, as compere in the corporate hospitality suite. This is where we interview players before the match, have raffles, quizzes, and the chairman comes in afterwards to present the Man of the Match. This time it was Brian “The Beast” Jensen (the goalkeeper).
I love being at Burnley FC, especially as we won 1-0, and the following Tuesday we won 2-0 at Reading, setting us up very nicely for the match at Wembley on Bank Holiday Monday, against Shefield United. This is the £60 million pound game (that’s what it means to the club to be promoted into the Premiership). Fingers crossed, the Clarets are going up!
Safestyle customer
reviews are great
to see!
Meanwhile in my Safestyle double glazing capacity I’ve been in Manchester, Bristol, Swindon, Romford and Southampton, buzzing up and motivating our hard-working Safestylers. I like to play a game called the “Donkey Derby” which helps with the training programme of our Safestyle Marketing Agents. Training our people to liaise even better with the public and improve their communication skills is one of the most important and satisfying aspects of my work with Safestyle. The positive customer reviews and feedback we are getting have been great to see.
I am regularly on tour up and down the country and get tremendous feedback from our lads, especially now as we’re gearing up for a big push in the coming months where Safestyle has got some truly amazing incentives up for grabs! I have also been presenting the Safestyle Champions League branch competition prizes and trophies in Gateshead and Sheffield, which has been a great experience too!
Check back here for more news from me, as I tour around the country!
Yours with positive
feedback,
Safestyle Window Man Jeff
Window Man attends football Player of the Year Awards
12th May 2009
Hello again! If you haven’t already voted for my Safestyle Window Man T-shirts, check out the poll below and simply click to vote! Now, what’s the latest news with me? Well, as you’ll already have gathered from the title, I was invited to attend the Player of the Year Awards at my long-time team, Burnley Football Club. I attended as guest of honour, and there were stars from Emmerdale too, including Richard Moore (who plays Jarvis Skelton).
I was also delighted to be able to present an award to Burnley’s Jey Rodriguez, a young local up and coming centre-forward who scored in our 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest on 14th March 2009. The Burnley players and managers are making us believe again, we’re now in the play-offs with the goal of getting back into the Premiership.
It was a top class night, I must’ve had a couple of bottles of champagne and the food was top notch (I bet you didn’t know I’m a vegetarian). I’ve been a Burnley fan all my life, since I was 6 years old, and I’ve just turned 44. This has been the best season I’ve seen, and I’m hoping for more! Check out the new photos in my gallery page.
Yours in award-winning
presenter mode,
Safestyle Window Man Jeff
Window Man is Mr Motivator for youngsters
5th May 2009
Don’t forget to vote for the Safestyle Window Man T-shirts below, but in the meantime I’ll let you know what I’ve been up to. I get invited to make various speeches all over the country, and recently I was asked by manager Janet Wallis to do a motivational talk with the young offenders at the Accrington New Era Youth Centre.
to get motivated
to improve
themselves!
The teenagers visit the centre every other Saturday and take part in sports and attend some educational classes, with a guest speaker every fortnight. They get help with general issues to help them get back on the straight and narrow.
I talked about how to concentrate on the good things in their lives, finding out what they are good at and concentrating on those areas to become better all round. The first group I met were ages 12-16, about 20 of them, while the second was older, 16-18 year olds, about 8 of them. The younger ones, as you can imagine, were cheeky and took a while to settle down. They already knew me well from the Safestyle TV ads and I kept getting told to BOGOF!
I felt great about the whole experience! It was a very rewarding thing to do, helping youngsters get motivated to improve themselves, and I would like to do a lot more to help. I’ve done a lot of stuff for the Prince’s Trust such as prize-giving and keynote speeches, and I’ll be going back to the Accrington New Era Youth Centre in the future.
Yours in high energy
motivation,
Safestyle Window Man Jeff
Get the Safestyle Window Man on your chest!
22nd April 2009
I've been getting requests for Window Man T-shirts, but I would like to know what everyone thinks! Please just take a moment to click your vote on the poll below, thanks!
Would you be interested in buying Window Man T-shirts?
Yours in safe and secure
glazing,
Safestyle Window Man Jeff
9th April 2009
A replacement for the Safestyle Window Man? No!!! I meant “replacement windows!” Now I’ve been involved in the replacement window business for well over a decade and it still amazes me that a lot of people think that all windows are the same! I mean, we all buy stuff, whether it’s expensive or cheap, so we all know that you get what you pay for.
I could pay a reasonable amount of money for a decent pair of shoes, which I can then stomp around in like a mad man for quite a while, or I could be really tight, spend as little money as possible and buy a cheap pair which (knowing me) will fall apart in no time (or the first time I kick something – mind out!).
It’s the same with replacement windows. There’s double glazing available out there that’s miles higher than any normal (or sane) person’s budget, but there’s also a vast array of really cheap and, (I would say) below-standard replacement windows on the market. And then there’s good quality, reasonably priced, in between. You could go down the false economy route to buy the cheapest windows and doors from Mr Local Joe Bloggs window man, which you’ll end up replacing in a few years’ time, or you can choose to invest a little more in better quality from a reputable national company, with monitored standards and guarantees to back it up.
If you want to replace your windows, you want something that’s built to last, that will save you energy and money in the long run, that will keep your house safe and secure, and keep the weather out!
You know, a wise man once said, "Personally I tend to worry about what I save, not what I spend."
Yours in replacement
windows,
Safestyle Window Man Jeff
New tour for Safestyle Window Man!
2nd April 2009
Hello again! Today’s big news is that I’ve kicked off a massive tour of England and Wales, aiming to meet as many people as possible all over the United Kingdom!
I’ve been visiting many locales far and wide, and my booming voice has been heard on streets as varied as those of Manchester, Leeds, Maidstone, Middlesbrough, Peterborough, Brighton, Sheffield, St Helens and many more!
shouting out is
save energy and
save money!
Safestyle’s famous slogans of “You buy one, you get one FREE!” and “BOGOF!” were hollered out at mega-watt volumes to the shock and delight of innocent bystanders, onlookers and fans alike!
The message I’ve been trying to get across is about energy saving (trust me, it’s surprisingly difficult even with my megaphone vocals!), or rather, the lack of! As a nation we haven’t been paying enough attention to all the heat leaking out of our windows, and unbelievably there are millions of us either in, or on the brink of, fuel poverty! In this day and age, would you believe it?!
Well as you would imagine, one of the best ways of tackling this that I’ve been telling people about is through energy saving double glazing! All those heat seeker vans driving around all our neighbourhoods have been taking photos of our homes and the disastrous amount of heat loss, costing households hundreds of pounds a year! Well this has to stop, and I’m on a mission!
I might be seeing you very soon, so look out! (You’ll hear me coming!)
Yours in energy saving
double glazing,
Safestyle Window Man Jeff
13th March 2009
Time to BLOG-OFF again! Thanks for visiting my Safestyle Window Man blog site! I’ve been reading with interest the comments and feedback I’ve been getting from you – thanks to all who have contacted me! With the establishment of this blog, my voice as the Safestyle Window Man has just gotten a lot louder (bet you thought that wasn’t possible!), and it has also made it much easier for people to get in touch - fans and detractors alike (no farmyard contraptions, mind you)!
The latest update is in the photo gallery – I’ve added some pics for you to salivate over! Many are rare, never-before-seen photos which vary from studio shots to Safestyle TV ad screen-grabs, and also Safestyle publicity and charity events.
There’s even a very rare photo there of me in a bowler hat and suit – and all in white! It was from an ultra-rare TV ad shoot, but I’m struggling to remember what that was all about! It’s not in my Adography, so I’ll just have to find out and get back to you!
In the meantime, check out the dash-and-splash pics of me in the photo gallery – I’ve never been so soaked in my life! They had me in the stocks and I got battered relentlessly with wet sponges! All in the name of charity, though, so it was worth it!
Yours in double glazing,
Window Man Jeff
Those Window Man Safestyle ads!
27th January 2009
Well I'm back! This is very much a work in progress and I've had many requests to add more stuff to my new blog, so I thought what better way than to add photos from all my famous, and not-so-famous, TV ads! I know that all of you are really keen to see them, especially those ones that are said to be "annoying" yet they're really effective! I wonder why that is? Must be my star quality, eh? It's been said that I "ooze charm" (hey, I said "charm"!).
Doesn't everyone?
Check out my TV
ads gallery!
I remember my first "BOGOF" ad, back in 1999 (10 years ago now!), where I was wearing that green "cape" (I wonder what happened to that one? I really must find out, it'll be a collector's item now!), I was quite methodical in my approach and I remember I was just trying to ease myself very quietly into the role of Window Man... In any case, my performance must've made a great lasting impression as they're still showing it now!
So check out my new Adography page! I'm going to be adding more stuff to this site, don't worry, there'll be lots of new things for you to see (and hear!!!). In the meantime, if you have any specific requests for features you'd like to see, or just want to shout about something, you can now contact me and let me know! I'll look forward to it (no rude words mind you!).
Yours in double glazing,
Window Man Jeff
29th September 2008
I love making the Safestyle ads, but it’s also great to be involved with different projects, and I’m always happy to help out, especially if it’s for charity and that’s a subject that’s close to my heart. There’s nothing like feeling the reward of doing something you know is a good cause, and if you can have fun in the process, then all the better – I’m up for that!!!
Recently in August I had the fantastic honour of not only hosting, but also taking part in (!), one of Safestyle’s latest charity events. It was called the “Wet Sponge event” and for a very good reason – we were all getting great big sopping wet
sponges thrown at us, at very high velocity indeed!
I was actually quite impressed with
the high number of “high up” management that put themselves all vulnerable into the line of fire – there was even one of the Directors, Nick Lilburn. There were about 20 volunteers altogether. But boy, it looked like some of those managers must’ve cheesed off a few employees, because the sponges seemed to be flying with a fast and furious vengeance! SPLASH!!!
honour of taking part
in Safestyle's latest
charity event!
Wow, it was fantastic! The water was splattering and splashing everywhere, Paul Robertshaw (Safestyle IT guy) got an absolute gargantuan drenching – he got dowsed with bucketfuls from up top of the building – bit unfair as he was locked in medieval stocks and had no idea, but it was mighty fun to watch!!!
Well, the fun for me was about to turn because, well, you guessed it, it was my turn!!! I can say that I’m not used to being “restrained” (as you can probably tell from my voice in my ads!) so it was funny being locked up in those stocks, and then being on the receiving end of some seriously accurate sponge shots – crikey it was a bit scary! Once I got into the swing of things though it was really quite fun, and I was even challenging everyone to take their best shot! And – in good true Safestyle fashion – they did!
I also managed to get thoroughly drenched with some bucketfuls especially reserved for me (I might have a piccy or two for you somewhere that I can add to this blog!), it was funny with everyone was telling ME to BOGOF! (don’t you just love the reaction you get from them Safestyle ads!) But all in all it was a fun time and I really enjoyed it. The whole event only took an hour and in that time we managed to raise £150 just in the shots taken, and the sponsorship money was still being counted last time I looked. I was given a towel in the end, too, which I was very grateful for!
Incidentally, the event took place to raise money for the children’s charity, the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), which I’m sure you’ll agree is a very worthwhile cause and I’m glad I helped even in a small way, so many thanks to the organisers and to Safestyle!
Till the next blog, keep tuned in to check me out on TV! Until then, don’t forget to BLOG-OFF!
Yours in double glazing,
Window Man Jeff
