Help!: Trustatrader advert

[tile55]

Hi guys, just after a little bit of advice.

Are any of you advertising with trustatrader.com and what kind of response have you had.
I have spoken to a couple of people who are advertising with them, but none of them are tilers or tiling companies.

I have been in the business for over 15 years but I still haven't found an ideal advertising medium which keeps the phone ringing 24/7.

could this be the one........?

[Dave]

You have to be careful, a lot of these comps are only after your hard earned cash and egt little or no return for it....

so tread carefully i say..

[graham31]

In my opioion your only paying money to these companies for some 1 to sit on their backside and do nothing.You'd be better putting your money into new trainers and go a long walk delivering leaflets and go round all the uaual suspects shop wise

[brian c]

sounds like another get rich quick scams from these companies

[Fred]

Like that myhammer.com.................

[tile55]

Like that myhammer.com.................

Who? never heard of them.

I did get caught out with 118trades.com, lost a lot of money.

Beware Dan Corby, don't have anything to do with any of his companies.

needatrader.com 118trades.com theverificationassociation.org motortrades.co.uk mt media plus more how the hell does this man get away with this

I'm sure many of you guys got stung by this crook

[grumpygrouter]

Who? never heard of them.

I did get caught out with 118trades.com, lost a lot of money.

Beware Dan Corby, don't have anything to do with any of his companies.

needatrader.com 118trades.com theverificationassociation.org motortrades.co.uk mt media plus more how the hell does this man get away with this

I'm sure many of you guys got stung by this crook

Not me, only site I am on is "Find Trusted Tradesmen" through this site. http://www.findtrustedtradesmen.co.uk/

[graham31]

myhammer.com.......people post jobs and what they expect to pay.The jobs advertised for lets say a week.You can ask questions about the job,ask to view the job if you want.You leave a quote on the information given and the customer picks the quote that suits him best when the advertisment runs out.

[tile55]

myhammer.com.......people post jobs and what they expect to pay.The jobs advertised for lets say a week.You can ask questions about the job,ask to view the job if you want.You leave a quote on the information given and the customer picks the quote that suits him best when the advertisment runs out.

uhmmmmm.......interesting

[tilerd]

ive been looking into these sites it seems to they dont let you do anything other than send you a couple of jobs here and there. i got an email off a new site coming out they seem to be the best bet but we will wait and see
great site by the way ive just found this tilers forum 2day how many members are on here

[tile55]

to the forum tilerD, not too sure how many members but there are lots of guys on here with a wealth of information and knowledge feel free to keep posting and ask questions, don't be shy.

[strummerman]

i got a phone call today from sumbody from homebase askin would i like to be on a notice board near the tills offering a cheaper fiiting service than homebase if there fittin charges were tomuch for there own customers and guess wot it would cost me so i told them very neicly wot to do

[Phil Cooper]

Trustatrader have appeared to have invested quite large budgets on a series of FM radio campaigns designed to generate opportunities for their members; so there is definately a positive intent to create a return for the initial membership fee - and I believe they can even track customer interest which probably makes it one of the few "advertising" slots where you can find out how effective it actually is.

With the vetting procedures they implement before membership is complete (they have been known to actually turn traders away) and their profile they have created has ensured many customers use this website as the first point of contact when they need trustworthy traders - this website works.

[tile55]

Are you a member then, or do you work for them.
Ps to the forum

[Dan]

Trustatrader have appeared to have invested quite large budgets on a series of FM radio campaigns designed to generate opportunities for their members; so there is definately a positive intent to create a return for the initial membership fee - and I believe they can even track customer interest which probably makes it one of the few "advertising" slots where you can find out how effective it actually is.

With the vetting procedures they implement before membership is complete (they have been known to actually turn traders away) and their profile they have created has ensured many customers use this website as the first point of contact when they need trustworthy traders - this website works.

Textbook reply there. Clearly a company employee.



There are a lot of these websites, they all work a bit differently. But one has to work out where they get their advertising budget from, it'll be the customer, or the tiler.

I think the tiler and the customer would save a few quid going through the normal routes to point-of-contact. So business cards, leaflets, website, knowing a shop or two that recommend you, and your local rag.

Checkout the threads in the Arms about marketing. You'll find a lot to read in there.

[cornish_crofter]

Trustatrader have appeared to have invested quite large budgets on a series of FM radio campaigns designed to generate opportunities for their members; so there is definately a positive intent to create a return for the initial membership fee - and I believe they can even track customer interest which probably makes it one of the few "advertising" slots where you can find out how effective it actually is.

With the vetting procedures they implement before membership is complete (they have been known to actually turn traders away) and their profile they have created has ensured many customers use this website as the first point of contact when they need trustworthy traders - this website works.

Sorry, this sounds well dodgy to me. Only one post on this site by someone we don't know and he's bigging up a company that is under discussion by the regular members here.

1) I'm sure Dan, the site owner, would be happy to discuss terms with him need to advertise his business that serves tilers.

2) I suspect it's likely that this individual spends his time doing google serches for discussions on companies he wants to comment on and joins the relevent forums to do so.

Sorry, it just doesn't figure that this is a genuine post. One more reason to avoid me thinks.

[Dan]

That's pretty accurate mate. His account will be removed.

[cornish_crofter]

Good to see you jumped on that one Dan.

I always feel that this sort of behaviour by a company employee or someone with a vested interest in the product is actually an act of desperation, and further lowers the status of the product in question as a result.

So, that's another site to avoid, the irratating sore that posted this carp has just confirmed it for me.

[Dan]

I think it's them that are threatening with solicitor action about a comment made by a member on electriciansforums which states something or other. That too could be seen as an act of desperation in my opinion.

I'd certainly not sign up with them if I was a tiler.

[tilerd]

im a member of trustatrader and trades4work
a while back on here i asked wether these sites were worth joining and i got accused of working for them i'l tell you now they both work since feb ive had about 17 job offers from trustatrader & from trades4work ive had about 20 fone calls from customers direct from ads ive got on there.
although i dont know why im writing this cos it'l probs be removed