Advertising in Thomson local

[CLAYS TILES]

Originally Posted by cjones

well for what i wanted originally the salesman quoted £1500-£1600. But after a bit of choping and changeing he said £750.

ru sure he was from thompson local??
the new book is out this month so be careful!
i've paid £200 for my advert,i'm sure the dearest was £495!
ru sure you've not been conned or was it yellow pages?? that can cost upto £1500 for the year

[ad tiling]

if you have a free ad with yell.com you should get a free line in the book
when the next copy is due for print they will phone and phone and phone again to make your ad bigger for a price, then wait, haggle (150 in the bag)

[cjones]

My name is already out there with other trades and i get a constant flow of work through word of mouth,

however i would like to be doing whole bathroom refits and the only way of doing this is to get directly in contact with customers and to do this I think advertising is essential.

Thanks for your comments

[whitebeam]

Was in the thompson many years had a advert quite a big box, Never had a single call in a year did,nt bother after that

[ryanmc0305]

mate why dont you just make your own website ! and theres loads of sites that allows free advertising ! i made a website in like five minutes ! have a look RMC Tiling LTD | No job to big or small you can then submit your site name to google and haypresto your on google search page ( takes 14 days tho ) . thats all they do when they charge you for it ! i made mine on Freewebs.com - Free website, free hosting, free webpage - Make a web site with photo albums, blogs, videos, forums and more! !

Damn maybe i should of charged you for that info lol !!!!!!

[Dan]

JESUS! What an outlay for a business for just an advert!

The Sun can do you a better deal and hits more locals I'm sure!

I recommend you always use the free listings - as customers will look at those too whilst they're on the page - but I'd recommend investing that cash in advertising more uniquely personally.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by ryanmc0305

you can then submit your site name to google and haypresto your on google search page ( takes 14 days tho )

Doesn't work quite like that. And it doesn't take 14 days. It can be quite quickly - just a few days - or ages - months.

You're best getting a couple of links from already indexed websites. And you don't need to submit to google or any search engine to list in google or any search engine. You just need links to your website.

Are you actually ranking for "Tiler in yourlocalarea" with that website then?

[ryanmc0305]

Thanks for my first thanks dan the man !!!!

[ryanmc0305]

just goin on what your sayin dan , links do help to move you up the page also key words such as (in my case say "liverpool tiler") but acording to google your website has to be submitted to them for you to apear in there search !

Are you actually ranking for "Tiler in yourlocalarea" with that website then?
What do you mean by that ?

[Oli]

He means when you do a google search for tiler in liverpool, does your site appear in the search results.

[Oli]

And the answer to the question is yes, your site is ranked on the 1st page of results when 'tiler in liverpool' is searched.

[ryanmc0305]

oh , i see ! and yes it is on the 1st page so i must of done somethin right lol !