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Karl Wildey

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Yellow pages dead in 6 years
« on: March 16, 2005, 04:04:15 pm »
Just had salesman on phone trying to sell me web site, domain name etc...
He said that in 6 years everyone will buy on-line and the yellow pages will be dead, That will be nice for us all, save a fortune in yellow page ads.

or was it just salesman b/s. I think so.
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Mark@Eco-Powerclean

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Re: Yellow pages dead in 6 years
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2005, 05:51:02 pm »
Quote from: Karl Wildey on March 16, 2005, 04:04:15 pm
Just had salesman on phone trying to sell me web site, domain name etc...

I've had about three of them phone me up offering me websites with "virtually no cost". One even told me that they had funding from the EU so that it would cost me virtually nothing. When I pressed him on what government body or enterprise agency he was affiliated to in order to get this business enterprise funding, the line started to go a bit funny (only at his end) and he just said he'd e-mail me details. Got home, received the e-mail and suddenly there was no mention of this EU grant in writing, and it just looked like the other standard website creation e-mails I've received, but with one difference. No address, no company name and a single 0800 number to contact them on. They did give links to other websites they created, and I wasn't impressed with them. They look OK, but they all look identical in layout. Just shows how much you can make with just one cheap copy of an off the shelf internet design package.

Quote from: Karl Wildey on March 16, 2005, 04:04:15 pm
He said that in 6 years everyone will buy on-line and the yellow pages will be dead, That will be nice for us all, save a fortune in yellow page ads.

or was it just salesman b/s. I think so.

No, it's absolutely true. Yellow Pages will be dead and buried.....and it will then cost you four grand for an enhanced ad on Yell.com.  ;D
 
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ian richards

Re: Yellow pages dead in 6 years
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2005, 10:14:17 pm »

Karl

I think he is probably right!!

There is currently a big movement towards websites, via yel.com ect!!!

I do a lot of networking and the more i speak to people the more i am told that they get more work from the net, than they do from mainstreem advertising!!!
It has certainly worked better for me.

Ian
 
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martin19842

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Re: Yellow pages dead in 6 years
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2005, 10:22:37 pm »
hi there,

it would be interesting to see how many company workstations, have www.yell.com in their recent websites visited list.

i would hazard a guess a LOT

we have been a registered Ltd company for 3 days, and got 2 junk maill in the post this morning selling websites.

regards

martin
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Mark@Eco-Powerclean

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Re: Yellow pages dead in 6 years
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2005, 09:07:53 am »
Quote from: martin19842 on March 19, 2005, 10:22:37 pm
hi there,

it would be interesting to see how many company workstations, have www.yell.com in their recent websites visited list.

i would hazard a guess a LOT

we have been a registered Ltd company for 3 days, and got 2 junk maill in the post this morning selling websites.

regards

martin

Well I just hope YP survives over the next year, as I've just booked in for about four grand worth of advertising starting from August.

Yell.com is a lot cheaper, and has the advantage of being instantaneous, i.e. the ad appears almost as soon as you've booked (and paid for) it. My enhanced Yell.com listing went live just over a week ago, and I've already had three jobs from it, so I'm certainly impressed so far.

As for those website letters, I think you'll find they're in some way connected to the register at Companies House, and are sent out automatically as your incorporation appears on the register. I had a couple of those, plus a load more junk mail stuff sent to me within two weeks of incorporation. One of those website letters is from a company around the Liverpool area, isn't it?

 
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stu_thomson

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Re: Yellow pages dead in 6 years
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2005, 11:07:35 pm »
I was told by a yell rep selling me ads that yellow pages would be non exsistant in a few years time,and the web was the future, that was a few years back now and the darn book seems to get thicker every year ???

 stu
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Steve Weatherley

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Re: Yellow pages dead in 6 years
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2005, 11:30:37 pm »
When I get the daily call from some sales rep trying to sell me advertising I just put the phone down and let him / her carry on talking whilst I carry on working. In the end they realise I am not listening and go off to pester somebody else.
As far as Yell.com I am in the S.East and have had b***er all from my add in the last year.
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Karl Wildey

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Re: Yellow pages dead in 6 years
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2005, 08:56:10 am »
Interesting response Steve, as I sure I have read this on other post.
So can someone set a poll up, where you get to vote. If those with web pages or yell.com pages, could vote on how many jobs they get a year, or whether what they pay they get back, make a profit or lose big time.
The future is in the web we all know, but your housewife likes to chat on the phone and book the appointment not type on a computer.
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