Free Advertising

[peter241]

Hi everyone,

i have been reading some of your threads about getting work in and thought i would Google 'FREE ADVERTISING' to see what came up, and guess what?

there is quite alot out there its just knowing where to look.

its worth a go. ive found a few sites that let you advertise free. for example http://www.bttradespace.com/

I hope this info helps.

 

[Fekin]

The problem with most free advertising on the web is that these websites might rank high in Google for a search of "free advertising", but will most probably be somewhere on page 157 for a search results of "tilers" for example.

So in that case you need people to search for "free advertising" first then hope they find the website you have an advert on, then find your own advert, and want tiling to be done.

All I have found with placing free adverts on websites is that I increase the amount of cold calling to my mobile for paid advertising and nothing more.

Best way of placing free adverts that will have a chance of bringing you more than just cold calling is to search something like "tilers in manchester" or where ever, and then sort through the results and try and find some websites from the first couple of pages that let you place an advert for free.

 

[peter241]

an there was me thinking i had stumbled on to a winner. lol.

Thanks for the advice an i will continue with my search

 

[Fekin]

Sorry if it burst your bubble :lol: just talking from personal experiance mate

 

[peter241]

No probs, im a big boy now, well so the wife says, lol

 

[Daz]

I have to agree with Fekin, as I've had similar experiences.
The only free web advert that has brought me any enquiries has been the free Yell.com ad that I signed up for; and that has only generated a couple of small enquiries.

I've taken the time to keep showing my face at the local tile shops and, now, seem to get a lot of enquiries from them - and it doesn't cost me anything to advertise with them - except boxes of donuts for the girls as a thank you!:lol:

 

[Fekin]

Customer streets a good one to go with :lol: ... joke by the way, though I must say Im nearly on first name terms with their whole contact center now as they keep calling me so much :yawn:

 

[Daz]

LOL - Been there, done that. I ended up getting quite aggressive with them 'cos I couldn't get any tiling done I was getting that many calls from them trying to sell me advertising!

 

[Fekin]

I know, and the amount of times they call after being told that I think their crap is unbelievable really.
Last time they called a few days ago, I told'em they had already called me 4 or 5 times and the answer is still the same, to which the guy asked "what's the answer" sounding a bit confused, so I said, well if your calling me to try and get me to advertise with you then you know I haven't done so already, meaning the answer was obviously no I am not interested, to which he asked why not, have we told you what we can do for you, yes I said and I have no interest because until you lot called me I had never heard of you, so how are my customers going to find you in the first place.....

I guess I don't mind cold callers the once, but over and over is stupid by the same company.

 

[Daz]

Next time they call, just ask if they've heard of the "telephone preference service" - the phone will go down so fast and you wont hear from them again.

 

[Fekin]

Next time they call, just ask if they've heard of the "telephone preference service" - the phone will go down so fast and you wont hear from them again.

Yeah I heard about that a while ago but never remember about it when they call :lol:

 

[peter241]

i agree, there is no better place to advertise that where people are buying the product that we fix

 

[Fekin]

i agree, there is no better place to advertise that where people are buying the product that we fix

Good point

 

[peter241]

Me too, they have called me 4 or 5 times in the past 3 months. What is there deal???

I blatently told them today when they called that i didnt want to know and i had heard alot of bad things and the rep just wouldnt take no for an answer. what a dope. they dont understand the word NO!

Anyway i went to the tile show today, what a let down, it seems to be shrinking. there was a few things there that interested me but not alot to jump about at.

Is this the best we have to look forward to conserning our trade

 

[Dave Carr]

http://www.bttradespace.com/

Have you tried www.tilerregister.co.uk for free ads?

 

[brian c]

gumtree.com is not a bad free website,ive had a few calls from it,worth a try.