yellow pages

[Andy Allen]

had a call today customer wanting some quarry tiles putting on her kitchen floor.

was just finishing grouting a floor so i said i would be round in an hour

when i got there it was a simple 11m2 floor no units dead square, no problem, just needed latexing.

the tile sample she had was a b&q quarry (rubbish) , so i got on the phone and managed to get her a pilks quarry better quality and cheaper price.

priced it all up and the customer was over the moon, turns out she was just about to give up ever getting it done, apparently she had rang every tiler in yellow pages, and thomsons local and as soon as she mentioned 6x6 quarry tiles no body wanted to know.

so, i know the web is the way to go for advertising but you can still get some work from the yellow pages, my add cost me £352 per year, and with this job i will be up to just under £2000 worth of work from y/p

 

[DHTiling]

had a call today customer wanting some quarry tiles putting on her kitchen floor.

was just finishing grouting a floor so i said i would be round in an hour

when i got there it was a simple 11m2 floor no units dead square, no problem, just needed latexing.

the tile sample she had was a b&q quarry (rubbish) , so i got on the phone and managed to get her a pilks quarry better quality and cheaper price.

priced it all up and the customer was over the moon, turns out she was just about to give up ever getting it done, apparently she had rang every tiler in yellow pages, and thomsons local and as soon as she mentioned 6x6 quarry tiles no body wanted to know.

so, i know the web is the way to go for advertising but you can still get some work from the yellow pages, my add cost me £352 per year, and with this job i will be up to just under £2000 worth of work from y/p

How come she rang you last then...:lol:

 

[diamondtiling]

Andy Allen, thats two AA's, you should be on the cover.

:lol:

 

[Andy Allen]

she was saving the best to last

 

[Time's Ran Out]

How come she rang you last then...:lol:

Because she started at z and worked back to a.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[doug boardley]

she probably thought AA was an alcoholic heading for a breakdown

 

[PJ Tiling]

:lol: I didn't think they did Yellow pages anymore

 

[garretridge]

well done but my colour add cost me £1000 quid had one job from it i wont be doing that again next year!:lol:

 

[Andy Allen]

:lol: I didn't think they did Yellow pages anymore

where do you live on the moon?

its all about getting your name out there, yellow pages, parish mag ,shop window, i even got a £800 job once from a card i put in my local barbers shop

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

is there anywhere this man will not advertise!!:hurray:

 

[Time's Ran Out]

where do you live on the moon?

its all about getting your name out there, yellow pages, parish mag ,shop window, i even got a £800 job once from a card i put in my local barbers shop

Yes but what has Male Escort got to do with tiling!:smilewinkgrin:

 

[kickkick]

Every little bit of advertising will bring about a job every now and again. I don't have my free listing in yellowpages anymore but when I did it did bring in about £2000 worth of work a year. It's not much but its better then nowt and plus you gain a new customer from it.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Havn't Advertised for years, but thinking about a web site now

 

[mikethetile]

I got a call from my free listing on yell.com, the webs defo the way forward with this

but I wouldnt pay to advertise with these companies as the cost outweighs the benefits to me

 

[mistral]

Used to use yellow pages and did quite well out of them, but stopped for a few years. decided to give them another go last year - paid £450 to go in Birmingham South West and Birmingham South East with a quarter column block ad which stood out well, and I had good page position in both........... got one job worth £260 all year from it - oh, and loads of sales calls. Needless to say i won't be bothering again.

 

[david campbell]

tried the paid listing one year in the yellow pages and got just enough work from it to cover the cost and a night out,it all depends on what area you are in and how many listings for the trade are there!