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ian1972

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any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« on: November 30, 2009, 06:18:49 pm »
any1 addvertised in yellow pages?and i dont mean the piddely little 1 line adds,am curious

wfp master

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Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 06:20:08 pm »
nope

Dean Taberner

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Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 06:23:37 pm »
free ad only

Dean
Operations manager at J.V Price Ltd

http://www.thepricegroup.co.uk

Neil

Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2009, 06:24:47 pm »
I used too,  I found it useless.

Someone told me the other week how many get chucked away without ever being unwrapped, the number is huge.
 

GWCS

Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2009, 06:33:05 pm »
I used too,  I found it useless.

Someone told me the other week how many get chucked away without ever being unwrapped, the number is huge.
 

yuppie - chucked mine as soon as it arrived in the recycling.

I use google if I want to find anything :D

daz1977

Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2009, 06:41:29 pm »
google is the future, spend your money on there ad words for your web site,  u will get a better return

The Jester of Wibbly

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Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2009, 06:51:14 pm »
The only calls you will get is those trying to sell you a mobile phone or to sell you a loan !
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Ian Lancaster

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Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2009, 07:27:54 pm »
I have advertised in YP for many years.  I have a 5cm display ad in two directories and they have always brought in a steady trickle of enquiries.   Older people (like me :P) may not be internet savvy and may never be, they are the ones who still use YP and Thompsons.

The also make the best customers ;)

YP/Thompsons account for about 15% of new enquiries, the majority of the rest come by sign written vans, seeing us working and recommendation.

Ian Rochester

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Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2009, 08:05:13 pm »
We have a similar sized advert in YP, and get lots of work from it, recently picked up a commercial window cleaning contract worth £2800pa from them seeing us in YP.

Get a fair amount of domestic work from it as well as a lot that is outside our area which we then pass on to other cleaners.

ian1972

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Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2009, 06:15:21 pm »
oopps so a half page add u dont think would work ?

Ian Lancaster

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Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2009, 11:13:09 pm »
Half page ad??   You got more money than sense? That would cost a fortune.  Go for a 5 or at the most a 10cm ad and use the money you've got left over to buy flyers.

Unless you are trying to attract some big commercial contracts, a half page will give completely the wrong impression.


matt

Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2009, 11:15:47 pm »
i have allways not bothered with YP, all the local lads had ad's in it, so i thought i was missing out

i was right

i was missing out on 2 or 3 calls a day trying to sell me a new mobile phone or insurance  ::) ::)

eddie d

Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2009, 11:27:22 pm »
cant say ive had much responce this yre,i usually get one good commercial job a year fron it.but nothing much since august.the add i have cost 600 or so .its the smallest colour add you can do.
im tempted to go for a small card size add next time at around 250 a yre.

ian1972

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Re: any1 addvertise in yellow pages?
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2009, 04:26:08 pm »
the half page spread is 4k not sure wat u mean by wrong impression though,i have done flyers and canversing all worked well upto now but want more of a pressance,