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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ryan @ Transparent, Carlisle on January 28, 2010, 08:26:44 pm

Title: yellow pages
Post by: Ryan @ Transparent, Carlisle on January 28, 2010, 08:26:44 pm
do you find you get many leads from advertising in the yellow pages?

cheers
Title: Re: yellow pages
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on January 28, 2010, 08:29:52 pm
ad its day m8
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Post by: R W C™ on January 28, 2010, 08:57:33 pm
Got mine yesterday, must be half the size, maybe thats because the people that normally advertise in it realise its not worth it.
Title: Re: yellow pages
Post by: idealrob on January 28, 2010, 09:55:52 pm
Total waste of time and money, even 15 years ago, with exclusive add with FMWC, got about 2 or 3 chavs ringing up when the £1 a week window cleaner hadent turned up.
Used Yellow pages for another business, dry cleaning 15 years ago up untill 2 year ago and did very good, but its finnished and dated and they still ask stupid money

idealrob
Title: Re: yellow pages
Post by: britishwill on January 28, 2010, 09:15:03 pm
Funny you should say that.

Had 3 enquiries in 2 days.....

Thought it was a wind up. as not had any for 4 months.

I only have a free listing as I try not to spend any money advertising unless I can help it!

Why not get a free listing?
Title: Re: yellow pages
Post by: daz1977 on January 28, 2010, 10:01:01 pm
have only ever had one from yell.com,  yellow pages are a rip off,   i cancelled a advert with them,  even kept e-mails off them confirming it  yet they went and printed the one i didnt want
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Post by: ccmids on January 28, 2010, 10:04:33 pm
yellow pages no ive never done any good with that one , you never know you might though good luck
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Post by: prestige cleaners on January 28, 2010, 10:17:44 pm
i had at least one call a month from yell.com but i cant handle anymore custs so i cancelled it
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Post by: george formby on January 28, 2010, 10:27:21 pm
i have three adds in yellow pages it works for us it only takes one good job and its paid for have had it for 18 years
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Post by: robbie72 on January 29, 2010, 03:25:59 pm
yell.com works for me paid for it self in first month still getting calls which turn in to work
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Post by: AJ on January 29, 2010, 05:01:19 pm
£960 = 5000 views, 62 clicks to our site. not one single job in a year. Thats for a premium listing for North London. got the bloke from yell coming for a meeting this week, can't wait to waste his time as much as he's wasted my money.
Title: Re: yellow pages
Post by: lee09 on January 29, 2010, 05:26:43 pm
Quote from: AJ on January 29, 2010, 05:01:19 pm
£960 = 5000 views, 62 clicks to our site. not one single job in a year. Thats for a premium listing for North London. got the bloke from yell coming for a meeting this week, can't wait to waste his time as much as he's wasted my money.
lmao ;D
Title: Re: yellow pages
Post by: Dennis Taylor on January 29, 2010, 05:39:06 pm
Yell.com brings me nothing at all, yellow pages however is great, a steady stream of good quality residential work and commercial too.
Best advise i can give is don't put a big advert in as custy's think your gonna be really expensive.
Good van sign writting is a good source of enquireys too.

Dennis
Title: Re: yellow pages
Post by: Dale Smith on January 29, 2010, 11:43:08 pm
Yell.com has worked for us, paid for itself quite quickly to be fair.
We have gone for a nice advert in Yellow Pages next year, and will see where that takes us, looking forward to seeing how we get on.
My plan is to only advertise for 1 year to help get established more, then kick it into touch  ;)