Do your website's get you business coming in?

[kris]

You should make a naughty step or sent to corner for a day if bad, nasty or negative ,

 

[Deleted member 7121]

It always grinds my goat when I hear that, must be honest. There are loads of things you can do for a working well-lubed business with a new website. Such as start increasing your prices more, and do less work for more money. Or start subbing it out, and do no work and earn money. Or start taking on new staff, and spread the love. Or take on an apprentice, and spread the skills so it doesn't die off.

The only reason I could ever see for somebody not wanting more business in, is if they provided work to only domestic (not VAT registered) customers and were staying under the VAT threshold themselves, to prevent them from being 20% more expensive all of a sudden.

Other than that, why would anybody not want more work?

And you're kinda putting all your eggs in one basket there. Make hay while the sun shines and spend some of your profits on protecting the profits. What happens when you've replaced all the boilers for your county? lol 😛

Currently have 12 full time guys working for us and still growing but all by word of mouth , just taken on our first appreciate late last year.

Spending my profits by buying land to build houses on, going to do another 10year flat out then feet up hopefully

 

[Deleted member 7121]

That's fair enough.

🙂

Move along then. Why even contribute to the thread if you've got no interest in it? lol 😀 😀 😀

Let the lads contribute to it who have something to bring to it lad. 😀

Think he's just speaking his mind , which makes this place interesting

 

[Admin]

Currently have 12 full time guys working for us and still growing but all by word of mouth , just taken on our first appreciate late last year.

Spending my profits by buying land to build houses on, going to do another 10year flat out then feet up hopefully

Now that is the way to do it matey. I tip my hat to you.

Think he's just speaking his mind , which makes this place interesting

Why does he need you to speak for him now then lol

😉

The plumbing advice should make this place interesting to those seeking it.

I'm genuinely trying to offer my skills out for free here. You don't get that much these days. A lot of the lads on here will appreciate getting to the stage you're at and if i can contribute even one job a month towards that for them I will.

Let's get back on topic now and put the balls away.

Of those who have websites (so if you don't and don't need one, don't reply that means!!!!) How are they doing for you...?

Can i help you?

 

[jonnyswamp]

Who do you want on here Dan, a load of Stepford wives?
I quoted your post where you were being negative about people without websites, I simply replied with my view
Do you want one point of view on this forum, or differing ones
Post no 20 has no resemblance to my post and I'm not moaning that you have a different point of view to me
This is/was a forum, where people are actively encouraged to post on threads and give their point of view

 

[Admin]

There is a masssive difference between being a self employed plumber (be it under guise of ltd. ) and a plumbing business. Just being a plumber is extremely demanding. You simply can't expect a man to be sweating joints in the morning and then analysing his website traffic in the afternoon. This is why anything that I would call a conventional business would have a technical or front of shop level worker, and another person whose sole concern is the website clicks, twitter posts, branding, recruitment etc.

Trying to do both things at the time might work for a bit but long term one or the other will always get neglected and we arrive to the point of state of things about which your post is based.

A website should run its self once set up.

But i hear you.

 

[Stanios]

In my opinion a generic website is almost as bad as no website. I must have checked out quite a few by now, design aside the majority have pretty much the same exact content, pretty much the same googled photos of some german bloke wearing a red baseball cap with a pair of stilsons under a kitchen sink.

A good website is proactive, it reflects what you do with things like photos of your work, customer reviews, an updated blog maybe some householder tips. No generic photos or wall of text.

Also you have to realise that even 5 year old websites are outdated now, there are new scripts, social media interactions, search engine related stuff all that gets updated very quickly. Back in the day when broadband wasnt around you had to use crappy massaic photos now you can go to town go 4k videos HD photos.

It is an amazing opportunity for any business but like I said earlier you just cant be on the tools and doing this stuff at the same time. Just from personal experience I've had an introductory offer on the website for over a year now. I just cant find the time to update the damn thing 🙁

 

[Admin]

In my opinion a generic website is almost as bad as no website. I must have checked out quite a few by now, design aside the majority have pretty much the same exact content, pretty much the same googled photos of some german bloke wearing a red baseball cap with a pair of stilsons under a kitchen sink.

A good website is proactive, it reflects what you do with things like photos of your work, customer reviews, an updated blog maybe some householder tips. No generic photos or wall of text.

Also you have to realise that even 5 year old websites are outdated now, there are new scripts, social media interactions, search engine related stuff all that gets updated very quickly. Back in the day when broadband wasnt around you had to use crappy massaic photos now you can go to town go 4k videos HD photos.

It is an amazing opportunity for any business but like I said earlier you just cant be on the tools and doing this stuff at the same time. Just from personal experience I've had an introductory offer on the website for over a year now. I just cant find the time to update the damn thing 🙁

Let's do this!!!!

That's what I'm talking about.

Use me!

I can do this. And it's free!!!!!

 

[Admin]

Checkout this forum category Dan's Helping You Get Online

And specifically this thread to see how we are getting on with our other traders to see how it works: http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/t...tilersforums-and-its-going-well-so-far.97075/

I can help you get what you want.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I'm not a tiler or electrician Dan. It will not let me see the link.🙁

 

[Admin]

I'm not a tiler or electrician Dan. It will not let me see the link.🙁

It's the Plumbers Arms mate. You need access to there. I'll sort it for you now you've clearly sent us some details before now to be GSR etc.

 

[Harvest Fields]

It's the Plumbers Arms mate. You need access to there. I'll sort it for you now you've clearly sent us some details before now to be GSR etc.

Cheers mate.

 

[Admin]

Cheers mate.

Done.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Thank you

 

[Admin]

Thank you

I think we need to change the love heart to a high five or something for that friendly rating thing lol

 

[Darren Jackson]

I think we need to change the love heart to a high five or something for that friendly rating thing lol

Yep it's a bit soppy for a forum mainly full of blokes, the high five would be much better me thinks.

 

[Admin]

Who do you want on here Dan, a load of Stepford wives?
I quoted your post where you were being negative about people without websites, I simply replied with my view
Do you want one point of view on this forum, or differing ones
Post no 20 has no resemblance to my post and I'm not moaning that you have a different point of view to me
This is/was a forum, where people are actively encouraged to post on threads and give their point of view

I was being positive saying get one.

This isn't the thread for arguing. Move along now.