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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: poole bay on February 12, 2009, 05:14:38 pm

Title: yell.com
Post by: poole bay on February 12, 2009, 05:14:38 pm

any one on this site and does it bring in more work any on it. regards carl

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: matt on February 12, 2009, 05:24:25 pm

it brings you stacks of crappy phone calls selling you a new mobile phone contract etc etc

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: poole bay on February 12, 2009, 05:59:56 pm

lol great!!

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: colley614 on February 12, 2009, 06:03:37 pm

The number of withheld phone calls quadruples over night.

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: Ian Lancaster on February 12, 2009, 06:04:34 pm

Quote from: carl_foster on February 12, 2009, 05:14:38 pm

does it bring in more work. regards carl

No

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: mikethechamois on February 12, 2009, 06:28:18 pm

another no

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Post by: williamx on February 12, 2009, 06:34:48 pm

It does bring in work, but don't pay for it, a free listing brings in the same amount of work as a paid ad, the reason is when someone is looking or a window cleaner, they type in their postcode, and up pops all the cleaners in that area, the customer them phones the nearest to their house.

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: colley614 on February 13, 2009, 04:59:22 pm

I got a job today from a free listing in touch local.

Just goes to show when I paid for it I never got the work but now I'm free its coming in slowly

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: DaveG on February 13, 2009, 08:26:02 pm

Hi Carl ive been on there since last June and the only calls ive had are from..

Accountants

Insurance Companies

Other "free" listing companies

Insurance Companies

Did i say Insurance Companies??

All trying to sell me stuff!!

But not one window cleaning enquiry! >:(

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: poole bay on February 13, 2009, 08:54:50 pm

thanks H2ose was ment to email you i saw you on there thanks carl.

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: colley614 on February 13, 2009, 09:25:11 pm

Quote from: Stan The Man on February 13, 2009, 08:27:02 pm

i got one job from it  ;D ;D ;D

wow get you, Wish I did lol  ;D

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: DaveG on February 13, 2009, 09:27:16 pm

Like the posh new name Carl

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Post by: luther1 on February 13, 2009, 09:27:34 pm

£1500 ad and got a £55 quarterly office. Waste of money

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: poole bay on February 14, 2009, 09:02:15 am

been trying to think of a new one, i was picking kevs brain for a new one its better that c.r.f window cleaning services  ;D

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: Londoner on February 15, 2009, 09:32:08 am

The trouble with Yellow Pages and all these sort of directories is that they cover too wide an area for the average window cleaner. I for example will not go more than three mile radius of my home. I have had my fingers burned with travelling too far in the past.

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: DaveG on February 15, 2009, 07:25:43 pm

poole bay sounds good mate...kind of high class...might appeal to the Millionaires down Harrys way ;D ;D!

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: sparklebright on February 15, 2009, 08:38:39 pm

Yell.com is fine, but go for the free listing, Iuse to pay nearly £900 for a good ad in the book, yell com listing and link to my website.
Bit by bit I have cut all of them down, the link to my website will go this year.

Waste of money, free is good

Title: Re: yell.com
Post by: stfc on February 15, 2009, 08:52:59 pm

gets me around 4 extra jobs every 2 months...i picked up 2 comercial in january from it which has alrady paid for it