[peter holley]

i'v been in the yellow pages this past year, and it's worked quite well for me as when i get a call i then go knocking on all the doors in the area where the person who called lives.

what have been your experiences with yellow pages , and what size add do you have???

[AuRavelling79]

None as a window cleaner and that last question is a bit personal don't you think?

[alan andrewswestsi]

i tried it but the results were poor , it just about paid for itself so i won,t be going in this year , think i,ll mtry local parish mags instead regards alan

[Dale Smith]

I have been warned more than once from people of all trades that it's a lot of money for not many custies........ so I will never bother with it..

[peter holley]

None as a window cleaner and that last question is a bit personal don't you think?

lol!   the reason i asked is because size isn't everything......the add size i mean

[pjulk]

i have done the yellow pages in the past a box ad which was £400 odd pound and got enquiries from it not many though and they were usually where i didn't clean.

I ended up with no work from it.
I have the free 1 liner in there but would never pay for a yellow pages ad again.


Paul

[Ian Rochester]

I'm the opposite, we get loads of work from yellow pages and yell.com.

[pingu]

Am not in Yellow pages..just keep sticking out the leaflets and jobs seem to avg around 2.5 per week...seems to do the trick.

[paulscotney]

In my previous window cleaning career I just changed my private house BT line to a business line. I paid a very little bit more every quarter but I got a free single line entry in yellow pages and also the business phone book.

I got asked to do a quote for a Gas showroom and a Meb showroom and in the end got 10 Abbey National, 2 Gas, 13 Powerhouse, 10 Coop supermarkets, various banks, building societies etc etc etc, all reasonably local and all from the same cleaning company.This was my main income for about 7 or 8 years.
 
Also I one day got a call from a Harvester who were desperate. That led to 3 Harvesters fortnightly. These jobs lasted for years as well.

I also picked up a Beefeater Restaurant fortnightly clean which I kept for about 5 years. Plus other jobs I can't remember.

Any of these calls justified the business line. It was from memory only about £5 or £10 extra per quarter.  I don't think u need to spend loads on a big advert in yellow pages.

[daniel b]

Get a lot of work from yellow pages, im in 5 directories with just under a half page add in all of them, I am commercial only though and my adds are aimed at commercial, im not too sure how it would work for the domestic market i would think door knocking/leaflets etc would be better, but for commercial in my areas its good.

Dan

[Paul Coleman]

i'v been in the yellow pages this past year, and it's worked quite well for me as when i get a call i then go knocking on all the doors in the area where the person who called lives.

what have been your experiences with yellow pages , and what size add do you have???

It has been worth me doing it so far.  Nothing spectacular but an odd enquiry here and there.  A couple of the jobs have been pretty decent ones too.

[groundhog]

If you want commercial work, I think yellow pages is essential!

[ronniemc]

Its been great for us.
Plenty of good work for a small outlay.

[s.hughes]

I advertise in most things and to be honest the free adds seem to be the best. I am trying yell.com this year and got a good deal on it but if it dosnt work then I will not bother next year.

[Terry_Burrows]

in a word krap waste of money spent loads, they get no more there krap

[groundhog]

in a word krap waste of money spent loads, they get no more there krap

 

Run that by me again Terry!  :

I think someones been at the Sherry!!!