Web sites.

« **on:** April 30, 2010, 06:25:22 pm »

I am just in the process of getting a new website put together.What i would like to know (honest answers please)...do those who have their own websites find that it actually brings business in?
I suppose we could ask how many enquiries first and then conversion rates if you dont mind divulging that information.
Thanks

« **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:27:40 pm »

My website brings in loads of work.

I'm fussy though,.. i prob only accept 1 job in 4.

« **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:30:41 pm »

Quote from: Nathanael Jones on April 30, 2010, 06:27:40 pm

My website brings in loads of work.

I'm fussy though,.. i prob only accept 1 job in 4.

Is the work local to your business or do you recieve calls from all over the place?Thanks for the answer by the way.

« **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2010, 07:03:14 pm »

Mine brings in nothing doesn't even get any hits :

« **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2010, 07:06:32 pm »

i need a new site,but i get plenty of work and enquiries through my site!
280 hits this month!

Quote from: chris@c.m.s on April 30, 2010, 07:03:14 pm

Mine brings in nothing doesn't even get any hits :

« **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2010, 07:10:59 pm »

To be honest I'm really at a lost as to what's going on or wrong, on my Pc I'm first placed with some keywords yet nothing.

« **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2010, 08:26:13 pm »

ive had my site since last summer and its raked in allsorts of unusual jobs i would never have got by doorknocking/leaflets such as 4th floorwork .i get about20 hits per day generally, HOWEVER being honest i prefer the run of the mill ordinary work and most likely i will be pulling plug on my website at summers end as im working flatout now anyway

« **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:08:52 pm »

mines the dogs got loads of work off it only went live jan.
www.sudswindowcleaning.co.uk

« **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:38:29 pm »

Quote from: upvc-cleaning-services on April 30, 2010, 06:30:41 pm

Quote from: Nathanael Jones on April 30, 2010, 06:27:40 pm
My website brings in loads of work.

I'm fussy though,.. i prob only accept 1 job in 4.

Is the work local to your business or do you recieve calls from all over the place?Thanks for the answer by the way.

I do get some calls/e-mails for jobs out of my area which I pass on to guys closer to hand which suits me fine as they pass on work to me also. I also get calls for national contracts which I'm simply not able to consider being a one man band,.. so again I pass these on to someone who is more able to manage them. The rest (prob half of all that contact me) are local and within my abilities and I get approx half the jobs I quote for. To date I have approx €1100 per month of mainly commercial work that I know came direct through my website.
Its important to design & optimise your site to work with Google, and get your keywords spot on, otherwise you won't see nearly the results you should.
Just in case you peek at my website,.. I know its a bit dated, I'm planning a complete overhaul in a couple of months with 2 separate sites, one aimed at commercial clients & one aimed at gaining residential work.

Quote from: chris@c.m.s on April 30, 2010, 07:03:14 pm

Mine brings in nothing doesn't even get any hits :

What's your website address? I might be able to help

« **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:46:53 pm »

Quote from: cleewindows on April 30, 2010, 07:06:32 pm

i need a new site,but i get plenty of work and enquiries through my site!
280 hits this month!
Quote from: chris@c.m.s on April 30, 2010, 07:03:14 pm
Mine brings in nothing doesn't even get any hits :

number of hits doesn't mean that many people visited your website, if the same person clicks on different pages each one counts as a hit

« **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:58:39 pm »

nathanael, what keys words do u use?

« **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:06:25 pm »

Nathaneal the website is www.cmswindowcleaning.co.uk It seems well placed on google on some search terms but still no visits

« **Reply #12 on:** May 01, 2010, 06:16:28 am »

Quote from: Nathanael Jones on April 30, 2010, 10:38:29 pm

Quote from: upvc-cleaning-services on April 30, 2010, 06:30:41 pm
Quote from: Nathanael Jones on April 30, 2010, 06:27:40 pm
My website brings in loads of work.

I'm fussy though,.. i prob only accept 1 job in 4.

Is the work local to your business or do you recieve calls from all over the place?Thanks for the answer by the way.
do get some calls/e-mails for jobs out of my area which I pass guys closer to hand which suits me fine as they pass on work to me also. I also get calls for national

Quote from: chris@c.m.s on April 30, 2010, 07:03:14 pm
Mine brings in nothing doesn't even get any hits :

What's your website address? I might be able to help

got a call from surrey to do a conservatory yesterday that's about 350 miles away! lol....anyway gave her the guilds web site to choose someone a bit closer.lol

« **Reply #13 on:** May 01, 2010, 07:48:17 am »

Quote from: chris@c.m.s on April 30, 2010, 11:06:25 pm

Nathaneal the website is www.cmswindowcleaning.co.uk It seems well placed on google on some search terms but still no visits

If you look at the page source for your website you can see that you've got masked forwarding setup to different hosting. The masked forwarding is stopping Google indexing any of your website content. Simply changing your hosting would make a big difference.

My website stats are below,.. nothing particularly amazing but it'll give you an idea of the numbers you should be looking for as a minimum:

« **Reply #14 on:** May 01, 2010, 07:50:34 am »

Quote from: Blue Monkey on April 30, 2010, 10:58:39 pm

nathanael, what keys words do u use?

A comprehensive list of the areas I cover and all the names of the services I provide,.. plus extra's like "insured, accredited" etc.

« **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2010, 08:33:34 am »

Quote from: Nathanael Jones on May 01, 2010, 07:50:34 am

Quote from: Blue Monkey on April 30, 2010, 10:58:39 pm
nathanael, what keys words do u use?
A comprehensive list of the areas I cover and all the names of the services I provide,.. plus extra's like "insured, accredited" etc.

Nat, your hits are not just for window cleaning are they, they are more like for people that are trying to find your forum

« **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2010, 09:11:47 am »

The forum is on a different domain,.. it gets way more hits than my website.

« **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2010, 09:20:46 am »

Quote from: Nathanael Jones on May 01, 2010, 09:11:47 am

The forum is on a different domain,.. it gets way more hits than my website.

thats the way I go onto your forum Nat

I visit your site alot , all part of my fee good service

« **Reply #18 on:** May 01, 2010, 09:27:07 am »

lol,.. there's prob a few do the same,.. even if "real" traffic through my site is a lot less the results are the same. I'm getting a lot of work from it recently.

« **Reply #19 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:41:09 am »

I made mine free.

http://souterwindowcleaning.weebly.com/

Probably took me 2 days in total.

I've had 5 jobs from it.

It helps in other ways too though, i.e. educating customers.

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