own web sites

[dptiling]

i notice a few of you have your own web sites .
do they work well for you?
i was thinking of sorting one out for my self but no nothing about them at all.
cost ,hosting ,whos the best ? its realy confusuing.
looking for some help . fellers.

 

[tileform]

Dan (forum owner) on here was offering something for websites - maybe you could PM him?

I use www.simplewebhosting.co.uk its easy to do it yourself

Costs about 10quid a month

 

[wivers]

Definatley PM Dan he is a genius with webbies!

 

[Raja]

Definatley PM Dan he is a genius with webbies!

Yes definately use Dan i mean take 1 look at wivers website made this cowboy look professional lol sorry wivers cud not resist

 

[Varley]

All depends what you want your website for, if you just want a site to showcase your work then you could probably knock one up yourself, if you want it to advertise and drum up business then you need it professionally built and for that I would recommend Dan.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

In short a website is a MUST for any tradesman.

You need a web presence because a lot of the local listings like YELL.com, Applegate, google etc will trawl your pages - then list and rank your website.

That means when customers search (and they do!) for good tilers is a useful reference point.

Its a fairly cheap way of advertising, you can make instant updates (unlike printed adverts) You can add photographs of work. Your customers can read about you.

A simple site is going to be fairly cheap to do. Its also really easy to explain to people on the telephone about your company.

For example Professional Builder magasine ran a piece on my company in print but used all my online content to produce the article. I didnt have to do a thing !!

All because I have a website. So yes get a small site. Add some content.

Good luck !

 

[dptiling]

cheers fellas

 

[ryanbrown]

yeah, websites arent just a form of advertising in themselves, but allow you to advertise yourselves in other ways then too. Such as links from online business directories. And they also work alongside any other advertising - as long as you promote your web address of course thereby allowing people to find out more about you and see your work.

If you get a website you need to make sure you have enough content for it to make it worthwhile though.
If people see your flyer for intance and go to your website and only see the exact same list of bullet points, and template picture, and no more, then theres not much point to it.

If you get a website makes sure people are immediately hit by your best quality work as soon as they pull up your website. Makes sure you have a portfolio of work with good pictures.

Although people can get to your website from hearing about you on the web, they are more likely to hear form you by word of mouth, business card, offline things in other words.. so make sure you web addess is on EVERYTHING if you get one. Your van, business card, adverts, flyers.... your website won't do much until you do all this other stuff straight afterwards.

 

[Dan]

Sent you a PM mate.