Woot woot, five years in a row!
- Thread starter Old Coastie
- Start date
YEA!
hogjowl
Idiot™
AEY?
Good Job, Here's your gold star.
Mikey P
Administrator
Fooker.
encapman
Member
Way to go Stephen!
hogjowl
Idiot™
There’s hundreds of thousands of dirty ovens scattered all over them thar hills
NAY!
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
In my town, one family has several businesses sewn up; gyms, carpet cleaning, pharmacies. I find customers who are computer literate and affluent by Angies List. However, they typically are 50-90 miles away. My travel radius is 120 miles and I charge for fuel.
hogjowl
Idiot™
He loves to talk
And nobody near him will
And nobody near him will
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Lol
SamIam
Member
How much did it cost you?
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
If you are asking if I pay for the award, no. It is based on reviews.
I do run an ad, less than an average job per month.
SamIam
Member
Does paying work for you??
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
If you got it too, then yay!
But a search on Angies List doesn’t show it on your 17 reviews, half a dozen of which are duplicates.
What are you playing at, Sam?
But a search on Angies List doesn’t show it on your 17 reviews, half a dozen of which are duplicates.
What are you playing at, Sam?
SamIam
Member
They just sent me this, I dropped a grand 2-3 years ago and got nothing, maybe one call.
They’re saying you have to be a paid advertiser to use this promotion SSA.
That’s why I started a thread how much is this going to cost me!
Most said don’t do it!
But I see you have it and I asking if you like AL?
Not being funny at all.
SamIam
Member
Also a few of those customers used me two or three times and wrote a review for each experience!
Your saying you got no customers that gave more then one review?
Your saying you got no customers that gave more then one review?
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Okay, I totally misunderstood, I apologize.
So in my area, Yelp is for restaurants. AL is how I advertise. I tried Groupon once and ditched it. I have no understanding of SEO even though five zillion Mumbai firms would love to help me learn.
My van looks like a poorly conceived rat rod. Facebook is a frustration.
So yes, advertising on AL does work for me. I had to cut way back last year because of an injury; I can only work a few days a week. God willing I hope to do more this year!
California is a tech-rich environment and I bet it is competitive. For me, AL is a filter that almost eliminates the low rent jobs, because volume is not my friend (using a porty). I guess it boils down to your desired market, Sam.
I am going to try hard to bring it in closer to home. The local carpet giant has F rating and I would dearly like to raid their henhouse.
So in my area, Yelp is for restaurants. AL is how I advertise. I tried Groupon once and ditched it. I have no understanding of SEO even though five zillion Mumbai firms would love to help me learn.
My van looks like a poorly conceived rat rod. Facebook is a frustration.
So yes, advertising on AL does work for me. I had to cut way back last year because of an injury; I can only work a few days a week. God willing I hope to do more this year!
California is a tech-rich environment and I bet it is competitive. For me, AL is a filter that almost eliminates the low rent jobs, because volume is not my friend (using a porty). I guess it boils down to your desired market, Sam.
I am going to try hard to bring it in closer to home. The local carpet giant has F rating and I would dearly like to raid their henhouse.
SamIam
Member
Ya the coupon cheepos are doing 3 rooms $60 on AL and I ran a higher end green Cleaning ad got one call there.
Still people review me there but I think they find me on Yelp.
Ps if have a website???
Grab every free listing you can and link your website to those.
Make sure to grab your google places page link it to your site, and try and get reviews there.
Those little things will go a long way.
Google place has a app where you can post pics and run weekly promos that will show up in local search to.
