have i waisted my money advertising in local paper

[kevemo]

just wonderd wot you all thought of advertising in your local paper for work have put an advert in mine and not had a single call in a week wondering if i have waisted my money and going down the wrong route to get work

[crazysteve123]

I advertised in two papers one brought me work the other didnt also had a few jobs from ebay and gumtree advertising works differently in certain areas

[kilty55]

you had jobs of ebay??? how does this work?

[crazysteve123]

Kilty you can place a advert on ebay it only costs about 30 pence for a month

[kilty55]

i see and have you had jobs from this mate?

[crazysteve123]

Only a couple mate but am not complaining give it a try

[kevemo]

was gonna do a leaflet drop but a bit unsure as i normally just chuck em in the bin an had a few people say leaflet means gypo

[brian c]

nothing ventured ,nothing gained,so get out and pound the streets,you might be surprised m8.Local paper advertising hasnt really been that sccessful for me either and i dont advertise in them now.

[kilty55]

hi kevemo,have you tried contacting plumbers/bathroom fitters/plumbers in your area? this is free to do i done it about a month ago called 20 of each ,,not every response was what i wanted to hear but out the 60 i called ive had 3 jobs of one guy and 3 more said they would keep me in mind if too busy,,its worth a go mate every job you get on could lead to another.

[cct]

Times are hard at the minute mate give the local rag a chance ,most of my work comes from recomends but i still advertise in the local paper (it's only a tenner)still get the odd job now and then, also leaflet drops are worth doing i got the kids to hit an estate near me with biz cards and got a couple of jobs .goodluck

[JAMES MCK]

When I first started I paid for 4 weeks advertising in my local paper and never got one single enquiry. I was absolutely devastated. £120 I had just thrown away. I then started assessing at where maybe I had gone wrong. Was the wording wrong in my advert or what? Should the advert of been bigger? I thought of all these things.
Then looking back at the newspapers I noticed there were about 7 tilers advertising in the paper at that time and I noticed I was always 2nd or 3rd from the bottom every week. I thought this was not acceptable. The next time the newspaper approached me to renew my advert I was straight to the point with them. I told them if they could assure me in the next 4 weeks if I placed an advert it would be in a different position every week, then they could have my business. I was told that they could never guarantee this. I said “that’s fine then have a nice day”. 10 minutes later the phone rang guess what? They want my business. Placed my adverts. 1st week got a job worth £2,500. I now get about 1 job a week from that newspaper or at least an enquiry. The moral of the story anyone that is new to the game should always be firm with the people that you are paying money to for your advertising. This has worked for me.

[365drills]

I'm a believer of repeat advertising over a long period of time. But nothing wrong with a small weekly ad should be fine for say a few months.

One offs never seem to work for me.


To start with you have to advertise a lot. Later on you can do remineders