expanding business

[robdent]

alright lads , just wanted to pick your brains regarding work .been in the game since school (15 years) and have finally taken the plunge on my owm . got a few ads in yell.com and done a few mail shots put some flyer in letting agents etcbut seem to have hit a brick wall . any ideas about getting more work ?
cheers rob

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

try the local paper rather than yellow pages

IS your Van sign written?

Try flyering the local community, door to door

 

[Garryaca@yahoo.]

Do you have a parish magazine or one of those little freebee mags that drop through the door

 

[johnmcginty]

Google adwords and a nifty website, Free index is good too, free ad on gumtree, viva street, google maps, ebay, poster in the offie, local mags and parish rags, van sign

 

[Spudhater]

Chk out your local area planning portal and do a mail shot for people having an ext, worth a try, mail shot any house with a skip outside..

Good luck!

 

[turnpin]

one of the tricks I was taught was to leave 2 cards with your details one for customer one for them to pass on to friend /neighbour etc with the promise of a drink if you won any more work also if your partner works in office school etc they sometimes have notice boards where you can pin up card.Also noticed pin up notice boards at Toolstation for all trades good luck regards turnpin.P.s if you do a good job you seem to find you may also get more work following on.Good luck regards turnpin

 

[oldplumber]

got my first referal off the ciphe web site for registered plumbers today, only paid for insertion on it 7 days back, impressed with that one.

 

[ratrace]

Google adwords

Got me baffled this. We got £80 odd in vouchers for it when we changed the van insurance. Not had 1 click on it yet in near 2 weeks.

 

[johnmcginty]

Got me baffled this. We got £80 odd in vouchers for it when we changed the van insurance. Not had 1 click on it yet in near 2 weeks.

what is your maximum budget for the day though? I could spend that in a week easily on adwords.

 

[ratrace]

50p per word. £5 per day. Guess i would need to up the per click bid to more?

 

[johnmcginty]

50p per word. £5 per day. Guess i would need to up the per click bid to more?

I would up it to a tenner a day mate