Aside from the day to day job of landscaping, I’ve been busy helping others setup their websites using the same software that powers this blog. It’s called Wordpress and is free, easy to use (if you can use Microsoft Word you use Wordpress) and search engines love it.
I need a few people to read through it and give me their feedback. The goal is to have a simple, step by step workbook for creating and promoting a service business website online. It’s a great thing to knock off on a rainy day so contact me and I’ll email you the latest version.
August 18th, 2007 | Category: landscaping book | Comments (1)
I need your help in building an automatic flyer generator tool. What do you want to be able to put into a flyer? What kind of graphics do you want to use? Would you like prewritten copy where all you have to do is fill in your business information?
Take a minute and give me your feedback on what you think the best landscaping flyer should look like.
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May 22nd, 2007 | Category: Advertising, Flyers | Leave a comment
Back in February, I wrote about how to get listed in several local business directories. If you haven’t done it yet stop what you are doing and take 5 minutes to get listed. You don’t even need a website. I got a call earlier in the week for a cleanup and planting job. After getting a signed contract for a 1 day job that I should make a $500 profit on plus the opportunity for more work in the fall, I asked him where he got my name from. “A google search for my town + landscaping,” he said.
I saw the page of local business listings he had printed out. There were over a dozen companies on it. Mine was all the way at the end of the page, but it was the ONLY one with a paragraph about my business. Where did that paragraph come from? From the information I gave Google when I created my local business listing.
Take 5 minutes and go to submit your business info to http://www.google.com/local/add?hl=en&gl=us, http://local.yahoo.com/ (link to add a listing is all the way at the bottom of the page), and MerchantCircle.com. You don’t even need a website to get listed.
I’m working on writing up a complete handbook on how to design and promote websites for landscapers and need 3 businesses for a case study. What we’ll do together by phone and email is create a website that will drive you new business, keep you in touch with existing clients, promote it on search engines and more. You’ll have a real, live website within 12 hours of our conversation that you can start using immediately as an added sales too. Email me at jakeandwolf@yahoo.com and let’s get started.
May 19th, 2007 | Category: Advertising, Web Hosting | Leave a comment
