worth it or not?

[garretridge]

advertised my add in local newspaper been getting a few calls from it so its been worth while then i had a call from yell.com wanting to know if i wanted to promote my business even more.they will run add in yell direct and 118 24 7 and are giving me a big discount on both the internet add and new yellow pages coming out in november two adds for the price of one.want to know if anyone has this and is worth the money he has guaranteed me i will get lots of calls and can track the amount of calls i get every month to see if its working its £42 per month with the discount so is it worth it or is it just another scam?

[david campbell]

had it in for a over 8 months mate an not one single call,all they say is you have had x amount of people looking at your add but they can't explain why you don't get any calls!

don't waste your money!

[davy_G]

garretridge,

Forget it mate. Norn Iron aint ready for the worldwide web revolution. Most people get tilers from word of mouth or tile shops. A few from papers used to compare prices.

Id keep the money in my back pocket and put an add in the paper if your down to less than 2 weeks work!

[grumpygrouter]

advertised my add in local newspaper been getting a few calls from it so its been worth while then i had a call from yell.com wanting to know if i wanted to promote my business even more.they will run add in yell direct and 118 24 7 and are giving me a big discount on both the internet add and new yellow pages coming out in november two adds for the price of one.want to know if anyone has this and is worth the money he has guaranteed me i will get lots of calls and can track the amount of calls i get every month to see if its working its £42 per month with the discount so is it worth it or is it just another scam?

Do you really want to wait for next Nov to advertise in there? You will get a free line entry anyway.....

[Sir Ramic]

Save your money, waste of time IMO.

[alib103]

I've had Yell, local and national Yellow Pages rep on the phone, can't get a word in edge ways half the time so end up cutting them off! Better to save your cash, like Grumpy says, you get a free listing anyway. I find a fair amount of work through a local mag that gets delivered to all households listing local services, costs about £80 for 3 months covering 6000 homes. BArgain!

[keraldine]

had a few traders comment that it is a waste of time , Try asking round some of the local parish magazines tend to be very cheap and generally once you start work in the area you get asked to quote for family and neighbours

[john32145]

get a free add on yell.com i had 1 with web link last year, waste o money imo, in yellow pages this year had more calls from that than i did from yell.com in the whole o last year.

John

[mikethetile]

you would do better to put that money into setting up your own website as a showcase for your work and then spend the time promoting your web address through small ads , leafltets etc

dont bother with yell, waste of time

if it worked they wouldnt need to employ sales to pressure sell , you would be lucky to get 1 call and that would probably the week its delivered and before its put away

the rest of the time its charity calenders , other ad sales people and people looking for employment

if people want work doing now their first point of call is the internet

[brian c]

yellow pages is in my opinion a pink elephant.Now got a free one line advert with them foc.keep your pennies and post the leaflets and buy a flask with the money instead.

[Leatherface]

Save your money mate, as suggested try local parish magazines,
this may not please everyone, but as you must try all available options have got a free advert whenever I want it in a free local monthly flyer posted into all local letter boxes by our local member of parliament ( was elected with an overwhelming majority )
He is in a certain National Party !!!
Do not wish to discuss my political views, but just to say sieze every available avenue !!