Work

[hammers4spanner]

Gone rather quiet last 4 months only decent month was weirdly January .
Got enough work to get by but would prefer it to be busier .
Trying to come up with ideas to drum up work .

Thing is two routes of advertising i use have both changed and it has defo had an impact on my work.

Thinking about paying SEO so any good or not??

 

[Chalked]

What sort of work do you do?
New build.
Bathrooms.
Maintainance.
Servicing?

Maintainance, repairs and servicing need advertising. New build and bathrooms come mostly from word of mouth and contacts.

 

[Chalked]

What sort of work do you do?
New build.
Bathrooms.
Maintainance.
Servicing?

Maintainance, repairs and servicing need advertising. New build and bathrooms come mostly from word of mouth and contacts.

 

[newcastle phill]

I get most of my work from Gumtree believe it or not.
With link throughs to website.
8 quid for 4 weeks.

Give it a go

 

[mfgs]

I have never tried SEO as I haven't ever got round to sorting a website. Pretty much all my work comes from recommendations now. Where are you currently advertising?

 

[hammers4spanner]

I use checkatrade mainly and have decent reviews but lots more have joined last few months.
I use to get lots of work from streetlife but the site has changed.
Most of my work is maintenance now

 

[bert large]

I found January & February very quiet. Had enough odds & ends to do but very few enquires for bigger jobs.
It's starting to get a bit busier now though.

 

[markadams]

I have a good website (well the customers think so), it generates most of my work, it is strange how SEO seems to work, I can go a week where no one calls and then suddenly google puts it on the first page and I get a string of calls, then nothing again.

Mark

 

[markadams]

I have a good website (well the customers thing so), it generates most of my work, it is strange how SEO seems to work, I can go a week where no one calls and then suddenly google puts it on the first page and I get a string of calls, then nothing again.

Mark

 

[newcastle phill]

Yes i find a similar thing.
I keep an eye on the rankings via googlesearchconsole and the graph is all over. Content hardly changes but position varies.
Having a mobile friendly site helped..

 

[lame plumber]

we cant all be at the top of google front page despite what an seo says. However I know my son uses one for his firm, not plumbing either and he pays over £2k a month to get high up the scale, but he is charging a lot more than most plumbers for his first hour or two of work

 

[Stanios]

Living in the big dump that London is has one advantage and that's never ending work. It doubles up too. Alot of work is just going over what someone else didnt do properly.
Firms take advantage of never ending work just bodge the sh*t out of every job. Their work mostly comes from Google abuse but once you actually find their reviews they are mostly 1 star, ripped off punters and missed appoitnements.

That's why I detest SEO and Google. Google will put you first even if you have 1 star reviews on it, you will be first for a search in Crystal Palace even though you are based in Vauxhall, you can be first even though your website is just a spam of postcodes and keywords. Just try it out, type in your area and word plumber in google, click first link that's not an Ad and I bet you they arent based anywhere near you.

 

[MOSSEP]

Where are you based Hammers?

 

[hammers4spanner]

Where are you based Hammers?

Plymouth

 

[MOSSEP]

Thats a shame, I have a few jobs on that I need help with but your probably a bit far out of the way to want to travel to London areas

 

[Old Account]

I am based in east London. Do you mind me asking what sort of jobs have you got and what help do you need?

 

[MOSSEP]

Hi Matchless. At the moment I have a job in Uxbridge at Harefield hospital that I could do with a hand on, its refurbishment of shower blocks in the nurses accommodation.

I also have work for a chain of go kart centres and have a few to tender for, they will be in Harlow & Chelmsford when they come up. I have just turned down one in Dunstable, not sure how far you are from there but they are quite good jobs.

I should have a small shop fit in canary wharf come up soon, probably in May. It wont need anything major - usually just supplies to a bar, maybe a water heater or 2. It could be something quite easy to fit in between other jobs.

 

[Old Account]

Hi Matchless. At the moment I have a job in Uxbridge at Harefield hospital that I could do with a hand on, its refurbishment of shower blocks in the nurses accommodation.

I also have work for a chain of go kart centres and have a few to tender for, they will be in Harlow & Chelmsford when they come up. I have just turned down one in Dunstable, not sure how far you are from there but they are quite good jobs.

I should have a small shop fit in canary wharf come up soon, probably in May. It wont need anything major - usually just supplies to a bar, maybe a water heater or 2. It could be something quite easy to fit in between other jobs.

Hi Mossep,

Thanks for coming back.

I am sorry for the late reply but the forum was off for a couple of days.
If there is anything to help you with let me know and send me a pm with some more details.

Kind regrads

Ron