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I'm busier than I want to be, have been for about a year now.
I tried leaflets but didn't get a decent response from them, tried local newspaper, it was pretty costly although it did work.
The best return (for leads) I've had is from my website, it cost me £10 for the first year to register the domain, every year since it costs £26 to redo the domain and pay for the hosting.
I don't pay anyone to manage it or do the SEO on it, I do it myself. 20 minutes every couple of weeks making changes and adding bits to it keeps it on page one of Google, whenever I lapse and ignore the site for a couple of months it drops down off page one.
The higher up on a Google search it goes - the more the phone rings.
Also get plenty of work from the google places listing and that's geographical so the closer people are to me the more likely I am to be at the top, got enough 5 star reviews to be a 5 star on that too which helps a lot.
But the key to being busy for me isn't just getting the leads, it's doing a good job at the right price, turning up on time, being pleasant, tidying up after myself etc. and becoming what the customer calls 'their plumber', when you have enough customers who trust you enough to recommend you - they do your advertising for you
I tried leaflets but didn't get a decent response from them, tried local newspaper, it was pretty costly although it did work.
The best return (for leads) I've had is from my website, it cost me £10 for the first year to register the domain, every year since it costs £26 to redo the domain and pay for the hosting.
I don't pay anyone to manage it or do the SEO on it, I do it myself. 20 minutes every couple of weeks making changes and adding bits to it keeps it on page one of Google, whenever I lapse and ignore the site for a couple of months it drops down off page one.
The higher up on a Google search it goes - the more the phone rings.
Also get plenty of work from the google places listing and that's geographical so the closer people are to me the more likely I am to be at the top, got enough 5 star reviews to be a 5 star on that too which helps a lot.
But the key to being busy for me isn't just getting the leads, it's doing a good job at the right price, turning up on time, being pleasant, tidying up after myself etc. and becoming what the customer calls 'their plumber', when you have enough customers who trust you enough to recommend you - they do your advertising for you