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I get people tag me on the community pages but I don't follow them up, I like the post where I'm tagged but don't comment. Reason being is as above, I find most on these sites want it doing for next to nothing.The problem with facebook (apart from almost everything about it) is that there are these community based buy/sell pages. I've had a facebook page for plumbing for years, got a handful of jobs from it.
Lately though, whenever someone needs a plumber on facebook they post it on one of these community sites.
There was an outside tap once, pushfit elbow outside had snapped (duh!) and created a nice water feature in the back yard. I commented on it to say how bad it was and how it should be done. Was going to offer a price when some handyman commented that he'd fix it for a tenner.
2 hours later there was a picture from the original poster of the same tap but with a new pushfit elbow on it and a comment along the lines of ''My new tap sorted by whatever-he-was-called handyman services, highly recommend!''
I bit my tongue and didn't tell them that I'd do it properly next time the temperature drops and it pops again.
That handyman charged a tenner to do a really bad job, he probably gets general public prices so I guess £2.50 for the elbow, fuel costs etc.. He was lucky if he made a pint out of it, not surprised he was 'highly recommended' ...
Anyway to cut a long story short - Google adwords will probably get you a lot more custom than Facebook. I once did a short guide on here about keywords which are really important to keep the costs down when using adwords. Have a looksee if you're interested.
The problem with facebook (apart from almost everything about it) is that there are these community based buy/sell pages. I've had a facebook page for plumbing for years, got a handful of jobs from it.
Lately though, whenever someone needs a plumber on facebook they post it on one of these community sites.
There was an outside tap once, pushfit elbow outside had snapped (duh!) and created a nice water feature in the back yard. I commented on it to say how bad it was and how it should be done. Was going to offer a price when some handyman commented that he'd fix it for a tenner.
2 hours later there was a picture from the original poster of the same tap but with a new pushfit elbow on it and a comment along the lines of ''My new tap sorted by whatever-he-was-called handyman services, highly recommend!''
I bit my tongue and didn't tell them that I'd do it properly next time the temperature drops and it pops again.
That handyman charged a tenner to do a really bad job, he probably gets general public prices so I guess £2.50 for the elbow, fuel costs etc.. He was lucky if he made a pint out of it, not surprised he was 'highly recommended' ...
Anyway to cut a long story short - Google adwords will probably get you a lot more custom than Facebook. I once did a short guide on here about keywords which are really important to keep the costs down when using adwords. Have a looksee if you're interested.
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