Has your business picked up this year?

[JJZ 109]

I'll tell you what I know has recently made a change in my business. I started advertising differently. Threw out the yellow page ads and started advertising online on every free site I could find...especially the ones that let you post pics.

This time last year I had about 2 jobs done in the seamless gutter business. We had some warm weather in March this year, so I've already done 12 jobs. 8 more still on the list to do along with several estimates to perform.
I've advertised in YellowBook for the last 2 seasons but I'm done with them when the current ad runs out. Way too much money for the return. Heck, Verizon even sold their Yellow Pages because they know it's soon to be a thing of the past.
I paid someone to design a website for me and have it hosted on GoDaddy. I can get in to edit it as needed. Not super expensive and gets results. The internet is definitely the way of future advertising. Ads in our local paper have gone absolutely nowhere.
In my business I also find that if you do one house in a neighborhood, you're likely to get more in the same area. Word of mouth is great advertising.
I've also gone to free sites like Manta and Yahoo and posted ads. Not sure about the results, but the price was right!

 

[grsthegreat]

yellow-page advertising for me didnt pay off one cent. all it did was get me on the radar for all sorts of nuts trying to sell me stuff 24/7. In 3 years of ever increasing sized ad's .... i never made enough $$ to pay for the ads. never again

The local Nickles Worth has done real good for the money invested. Though i get most of my business from word of mouth.

 

[McCaskey]

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