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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: merson on August 12, 2008, 08:51:33 pm
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I am thinking of spending some dosh on a website ! Any good for getting new business or not ?
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is that you jonah ???
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Didnt he get eaten by a fish ?
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tonights group :o
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LOL,...
A good website that is optimised for search engines is defo a good way to get business.
A bad website is money down the drain.
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tonights group
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there are alot of companies that do a "free" 3 page website usually its page 1-about us, 2-services 3-contact, some look tacky but ive had one done recently and its looking really professional, you do however have to buy the domain name, £10, and then pay a hosting fee of around £6 a month i think, worth it though. Search engine optimization will cost alot but will put you at top of searches, depends how much work you want!!
try these: h ttp://www.expersol.net/live/
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there are alot of companies that do a "free" 3 page website usually its page 1-about us, 2-services 3-contact, some look tacky but ive had one done recently and its looking really professional, you do however have to buy the domain name, £10, and then pay a hosting fee of around £6 a month i think, worth it though. Search engine optimization will cost alot but will put you at top of searches, depends how much work you want!!
try these: h ttp://www.expersol.net/live/
Mine cost £6.00 and then £4.00 a month to host and nought for search engine optimisation but I hit #1 on Google
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was just checking your website out matt, good that, who did yours??
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Once you've got it finished,.. find out how much it's worth:
www.dnscoop.com/
Mine's up to $247 now!!
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Come on guys,... what are your websites, and what are they worth?
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2K so far ;) I have it optimised regularly
But it brings in 5-6 commercial clients per week - worth every penny ;D
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Ours was done by Ian (windowwashers), cost me £200 and if I guessed how much it has brought in, I would estimate it has got us £1400 of work this year alone, and it's only been up & running for about 4 months.
Today I did a job from it for £55, nice big house in Devizes, crashed it out just over an hour.... superb ;D
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2K so far ;) I have it optimised regularly
But it brings in 5-6 commercial clients per week - worth every penny ;D
DNS scoop rates it at $21!!!
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2K so far ;) I have it optimised regularly
But it brings in 5-6 commercial clients per week - worth every penny ;D
DNS scoop rates it at $21!!!
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What a load of rubbish - It says I dont have any other sites running from here either but I have 7 at the moment, It also says little or no traffic but compared to tesco.com it may be correct but for a window cleaner in this area it does well. Good websites that look pro cost and thats the long and short of it. Almost all of my new commercial work came from this site last year. Put it this way I am spending 4.5K this year on other internet based advertising so what does that tell you ;D
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I so much want a website now . . . . . . . if only i could find somone to build one for me . . . . . ah well :'(
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I am thinking of spending some dosh on a website ! Any good for getting new business or not ?
Always get new business from my site as do others, I cleaned a new commercial that came direct from my site yesterday. Good thing is this is is a global company and will be chatting with the person about window cleaning the others nationwide ;D
Kev knows what hes taking about, and the search engine is by far one of the most important things to make your website work.
Ian
Merson please feel free to call me if you would like a web site designed ;)
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My website is: www.southerncleaningservices.co.uk
I've designed some websites for other forum members in the past... But just don't have the time to do them anymore.
Andy
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www.puresolutionscleaning.co.uk
not quite finished yet needs a little polishing up and adding some new up to date photos, it replaces the old site i had.
I have about 400 enquirers a month, although its linked to various phrases from the company i use, cost is £35.00 per month plus i have four domain names linked to it, which optimizes the search engines they normally get me on the first page of peoples search which helps,
it takes time, i think its worth it ,yet it brings in more than enough to cover the costs of the hosting and monthly costs
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what is the best way to direct traffic to my site?
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It says mine is worth $0 don't know how that works. When i search google for a Window Cleaner in Nuneaton I get number 1 slot after the sponsored links.
It has brought in a 1 £5K contract this year alone and I also have a larger tender I am also working on that came from my site so I am happy.
It is also great for online payments
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A website not only gives your company more visability but also more credibility. Imagine if you were a customer looking for a window cleaner and you had the choice between a few after flicking through the yellow pages...if one of them had a professional looking website - which one would you choose?
You can advertise your services and prices and the fact that the user can visit your site is more likely to remember a website name than a phone number. It also means that you are advertising your services 24 hours a day and at a time that is convenient for the customer.
Having a web presence shows the customer that you are promoting and advertising your business and so gives the impression of a professional and reliable company. It also gives them more ways to contact you than just a phone number.
Getting to No.1 on Google is quite straight forward once you understand what it is that search engines are looking for. It just takes a little knowledge and a little time. Its quite exciting watching your site once it enters the index and starts to climb - most webstie owners become obsessed with their position in Google!!
The other main advantage to having a website is the ability to advertise on other websites. This not only builds your link popularity but also your exposure. There are so many directory listing style website for every area of the country and having the ability to include your details and website address can only help get more visitors to your website.
Getting visitors to your site is only one side of the battle, the next thing you need to do is convince them that they need your services. To do this you need to create rapport with the customer by answering all the questions they may have about what you offer and why they should use you other another cleaner. Its a fine art converting visitors into customer but there are a few simple guidlines you can follow in terms of site design and the copy (the text on the page) that will help.
So there are things you need to do to get a website:
1) Buy a domain name.
Make sure that the domain name is relevant to your business and most importantly easy to type and remember. Its no good having a domain name like www.johnbottingssuperiorwindowcleaningandothertypesofcleaningservices.co.uk
A .co.uk has a more local feel about it and if you are in the uk then it is advised to used .co.uk instead of .com. A .co.uk domain costs about £5-£6 a year. Make sure that whatever company you decide to purchase from that you are able to change the name servers yourself and without any charge. A domain name taskes about 24-48 hours to register.
If you want my list of recommendations for companies that sell domain names then just ask.
2) Get yourself a logo.
Having a logo gives your company a sense of identity and pride. Logos can cost anything between £50 upto £1000 depending on who you use and whether you want an off-the-shelf logo or one developed just for you. I personally pay about £150 per logo.
3) Buy some hosting
Hosting can cost anywhere from £15 a year, it all depends on what services you want. If you dont require anything special (for example a database to hold customer details etc...) then you dont need half the features that most hosting companies offer. Hosting can take about 24 hours to set up.
4) Design your site
You can either do this yourself or you can get someone to design it for you. There are 2 initial steps in getting a site, the design and the the code. Its difficult to say how much a site can cost as it depends on how many pages, the complexity etc...
5) Upload and promote
Once you have your site and the hosting all set up you need to upload your site so that everyone can see it. This is normally done via something called FTP. There are many free programs out there to help you do this. Depending on who you get to do the design they may do this for you.
The next step is to start promoting your site, make sure that you include it on ALL your correspondance (letters, quotes, invoices) with customers and include it in any adverts you place. You dont need to worry about submitting your site to thousands of search engines, simply submit it to Google and the rest will follow :-)
Start to sumbit your site to directly listing sites for your area. Make sure that you are using the title of the website and the keywords as the link text (extremely important). For example if your keywords are 'window cleaner peckham' then make sure that this is the text the customer sees in the link to your site.
I have seen some of my sites indexed in the first couple of days whilst some have taken months. Just be patience.
Hope that gives you some thoughts and some guidence...
I am just in the process of launching some software for window cleaners and after that I will be offering corporate identities (logo, business cards, letter heads etc...) website design and hosting to window cleaning companies.
If anyone would like any advice about search engine optimisation, domain names, websites or anything else related promoting your business then I am more than happy to answer any questions you have, my personal email is ian@windowcleanerpro.com
Hope some of you find this useful
Ian
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was just checking your website out matt, good that, who did yours??
Did it myself ;D
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what is the best way to direct traffic to my site?
either pay for it, get high page rank links related to what you do, SEO, advertise it offline in way of adverts and sign writting these are just a few ways.
Ian
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How much for a web site window washers ?
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I can do you one ;D
check mine out ;)
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How much for a web site window washers ?
Really depends on what you want or need, there are packages on my site under web design, I do not use templates ;) Feel free to call me on 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 and I will have a chat with you, I have designed a quite a few sites for people so references are no probs ;)
Ian
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How much for a web site window washers ?
Really depends on what you want or need, there are packages on my site under web design, I do not use templates ;) Feel free to call me on 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 and I will have a chat with you, I have designed a quite a few sites for people so references are no probs ;)
Ian
I am still a bit sceptical to be honest ! If I am paying you a lot of money , what guarentee can you give me to get me work ? ::)
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With any kind of advertising there are so many variables (Your area, your competition, your van & personal presentation, your prices etc) that anyone who'd offer you a "guarantee" of work would most likely be a conman.
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With any kind of advertising there are so many variables (Your area, your competition, your van & personal presentation, your prices etc) that anyone who'd offer you a "guarantee" of work would most likely be a conman.
So you are saying window washers is a conman ?
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LOL,... Ian knows his stuff and can guarantee that your web presence will be effective, eg. will rate well on search engines etc.
Coming first on Google doesn't always translate directly to more jobs though.
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I have £50 to spare ! ::) What do I get for that LOL ;D
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With any kind of advertising there are so many variables (Your area, your competition, your van & personal presentation, your prices etc) that anyone who'd offer you a "guarantee" of work would most likely be a conman.
I want to join your back door organisation Nat !
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Which of my many organisations is that then???
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If you join the forum in the next 3 or 4 minutes you will be member number ONE THOUSAND!!
:) :)
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www.studioarts-dtv.co.uk/html/templates.html
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How much for a web site window washers ?
Really depends on what you want or need, there are packages on my site under web design, I do not use templates ;) Feel free to call me on 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 and I will have a chat with you, I have designed a quite a few sites for people so references are no probs ;)
Ian
I am still a bit sceptical to be honest ! If I am paying you a lot of money , what guarentee can you give me to get me work ? ::)
I do not guarentee you work, but it is in my interest to make it work for you ;)
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£50.00 wont get you anything unless you do it yourself, mine cost bugger all, its the hosting that costs.
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I have £50 to spare ! ::) What do I get for that LOL ;D
an area on my site you can have for less than £50
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that dusent all ways folw
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Interesting comments , Thanks 8)
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I use ukreg for domain name (I paid about £5.99 for 2 years) and I use fasthosts internet hosting at £4.69 month, I used their site builder which is free and really simple to use. I did my site my self, its not the most proffesional looking site, but I'm pleased with it and I got it listed on google in 1 week (dont know how though! - beginers luck!) I dont know how much work it fetches in but I did get a large commercial job which I'm sure must have come through it. However most of my custies did check out the site before employing me. To be honest in my area I havent got a lot of competition with websites, but I do pay for google ads, but learnt my lesson in as much that I target them only at the areas I would be prepared to travel, it costs me hardly anything, but at least I know when someone clicks through they are actually looking in my area. I would say to anyone whos thinking of a website - go for it!
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Window washers , if you are so good at web site design , why dont you do one for free for me ? And I will give positive or negative feedback on this site ? You can talk the talk , but can you walk the walk ? 8)
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Window washers , if you are so good at web site design , why dont you do one for free for me ? And I will give positive or negative feedback on this site ? You can talk the talk , but can you walk the walk ? 8)
On that comment I will walk, if you want to catch me please call 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 I can talk and walk m8ty, I am not going for a sales pitch I have no need, your welcome to call me if you want. ;)
Ian
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Window washers , if you are so good at web site design , why dont you do one for free for me ? And I will give positive or negative feedback on this site ? You can talk the talk , but can you walk the walk ? 8)
On that comment I will walk, if you want to catch me please call 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 I can talk and walk m8ty, I am not going for a sales pitch I have no need, your welcome to call me if you want. ;)
Ian
I dont believe for £50 you can get me any business to be honest ! But where do I sign ? I am a sucker I know ::)
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Window washers , if you are so good at web site design , why dont you do one for free for me ? And I will give positive or negative feedback on this site ? You can talk the talk , but can you walk the walk ? 8)
On that comment I will walk, if you want to catch me please call 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 I can talk and walk m8ty, I am not going for a sales pitch I have no need, your welcome to call me if you want. ;)
Ian
I dont believe for £50 you can get me any business to be honest ! But where do I sign ? I am a sucker I know ::)
So when you get a commercial contract fall through your e-mail box will you apologise openly on this forum to Ian, unreservedly ? ? :)
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Window washers , if you are so good at web site design , why dont you do one for free for me ? And I will give positive or negative feedback on this site ? You can talk the talk , but can you walk the walk ? 8)
On that comment I will walk, if you want to catch me please call 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 I can talk and walk m8ty, I am not going for a sales pitch I have no need, your welcome to call me if you want. ;)
Ian
I dont believe for £50 you can get me any business to be honest ! But where do I sign ? I am a sucker I know ::)
So when you get a commercial contract fall through your e-mail box will you apologise openly on this forum to Ian, unreservedly ? ? :)
Not only that , I will french kiss him on you tube !
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Window washers , if you are so good at web site design , why dont you do one for free for me ? And I will give positive or negative feedback on this site ? You can talk the talk , but can you walk the walk ? 8)
On that comment I will walk, if you want to catch me please call 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 I can talk and walk m8ty, I am not going for a sales pitch I have no need, your welcome to call me if you want. ;)
Ian
I dont believe for £50 you can get me any business to be honest ! But where do I sign ? I am a sucker I know ::)
To Be honest I am not going to try and change your mind, But I will say that it is in my interest to make you money, please read this as you like, but I am 100% upfront and honest in what I am saying ;)
Your welcome to ask others if I get the business ;)
Ian
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Window washers , if you are so good at web site design , why dont you do one for free for me ? And I will give positive or negative feedback on this site ? You can talk the talk , but can you walk the walk ? 8)
On that comment I will walk, if you want to catch me please call 01234 870 225 or 07788 732 789 I can talk and walk m8ty, I am not going for a sales pitch I have no need, your welcome to call me if you want. ;)
Ian
I dont believe for £50 you can get me any business to be honest ! But where do I sign ? I am a sucker I know ::)
So when you get a commercial contract fall through your e-mail box will you apologise openly on this forum to Ian, unreservedly ? ? :)
Not only that , I will french kiss him on you tube !
Just 'quoting' you, so you cant edit your post and deny it for future reference :)
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Window washers , I thank you so much for our conversation last night ! I am going to trust you with my £50 for an area on your website ! I know there isnt a guarentee for getting work , but you explained it would help me in my business . When I said I would french kiss you on you tube , I was trying to be funny !!! I am not in the slightest bit gay , but I do not condem either the gay lifestyle ( in fact I can see a lot of positives with 2 men living together , and no hormones ) Any way , just a big thank you for making me feel better about my business . ;D ;D ;D
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Window washers , I thank you so much for our conversation last night ! I am going to trust you with my £50 for an area on your website ! I know there isnt a guarentee for getting work , but you explained it would help me in my business . When I said I would french kiss you on you tube , I was trying to be funny !!! I am not in the slightest bit gay , but I do not condem either the gay lifestyle ( in fact I can see a lot of positives with 2 men living together , and no hormones ) Any way , just a big thank you for making me feel better about my business . ;D ;D ;D
Your Welcome ;)
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PMSL!!!!
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Post a link to the page when it's done guys!!