Clean It Up

UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JandS on October 16, 2008, 05:34:23 pm

Title: Advertising
Post by: JandS on October 16, 2008, 05:34:23 pm

Just been approached by Yell.com.
Anybody any feedback on them.
Bulk of my work comes from ads in 6 local papers in the region.
The commercial stuff is from Thompsons or Google.

Regards
          John

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: Gerry Styles on October 16, 2008, 05:40:26 pm

Yell & Yell.com - ********** waste of money

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: derek west on October 16, 2008, 06:08:27 pm

yell .com very good. 9 jobs in about 9 ish weeks, cost £450 for the year.
works for me,
derek

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: spencer davies on October 16, 2008, 06:49:02 pm

I wouldn't waste my money with them, invest in some www.

S

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: fenclean on October 16, 2008, 07:21:54 pm

Had a call from them today. The guy got very shirty when i told him i wasn't interested and threatened to remove my free listing.

Steven.

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: Jim_77 on October 16, 2008, 07:57:53 pm

How many of your competitors are using the sponsored/enhanced listings?  The more of them there are, the less "special" the paid for listing is, so if there's more than about 4 or 5 don't bother, you'd probably be better sticking with the free listing and let people choose to call you because you have a local number.

If you do go for it do it small-scale first year, if it doubles your money consider stepping it up next time.  You can use another address in another town as an add-on listing at a lower price than the full one, all you need is an address and postcode but it isn't displayed on the web page so won't confuse people about your actual address

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: JandS on October 16, 2008, 08:28:25 pm

£450?
He's just quoted me £30 and some pence a month payable over 10 months.
Can't go far wrong at that.

John

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: derek west on October 16, 2008, 08:47:05 pm

different regions different prices i guess.
derek

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: Shaun_Ashmore on October 16, 2008, 08:51:40 pm

My area is 220 plus vat.

Obviously some areas are better than others, I wonder how much Brighton area is? as Spencer does well with his website.

Shaun

Title: Re: Advertising
Post by: Peter Dawson on October 16, 2008, 09:36:35 pm

Have had add in yellow pages and yell .com for a year. Low response has not covered outlay but am trying another year. Better response from Thompson Local but still short of outlay. Most of my work from local paers but very costly. Just ending my second year. Referal and repeat business just starting to show.

Peter
Beta Clean