I have been getting phone calls from different telecom marketing people asking me if I want to be on Google front page. (Of course I do) but with a limited budget how do I archive this??
I was hoping that my fellow window cleaners now how?
On our window cleaning resource front page there is a gentleman advertising for this to happen or help you get there.
Has anyone used him?
Was it worth It.?
Are you on Google first page?
Has you business improved?
Getting more work from your investment?
Tell us ALL the secrect
Ottra
Ottra,
Let me tell you this- DO NOT USE THOSE COMPANIES WHO CALL YOU!!!
Most of them are highway robbers. You have to pay up front and they do not deliver. Since you are in Australia, the rules are the same but its almost a different internet.
What is the market for window cleaning like in Australia? I just did a search for “window cleaning australia” and “window cleaning sydney”, and the results for a large city like Sydney were not impressive, I had results from hot frog and other directory listings. Only a few good results, Wagtail was one of them.
Yes, we all know Doug. He is a good guy. His screen name is thelegendofdoug.
Send him a PM and see what he says. He may be able to help you out, he may not, but he is an honest guy and will let you know if he can or cant.
There are some easy rules that you can follow on your own really, and if you really research it, you can do it on your own. If you are like the rest of us and really dont have the time, hire doug.
Yes, I am first page for several keywords. Yes, I am getting more business. But you should not discount other media (medium?). If you are in print and have other marketing campaigns, then the only thing you are missing out on is internet advertising.
I started out with only internet advertising, because the investment was nearly nothing for me, but I will tell you this, be open to all and any avenues of advertisement.
As far as your question: Was it worth it? Only you can run the numbers for your own business. For myself, yes. It was worth it.
Honestly, I get on average about 4 new customers a month. Some are BIG customers. Some are 100 bucks. In one or 2 winter months, I will only get 1 or 2. Just remember, youre not selling the hotest christmas item. You are selling a luxery service. You wont have a million customers beating down your doors so you can clean their windows, but you will be known and they will call you.
you can get #1 or close to it by yourself. You may not need to pay any or much money to become #1.
There’s only like 3-4 window cleaning companies with websites around me, so I ranked #1 for my area with just a few hours of web work.
Thats true. His area dont seem to be too bad at all. Here in San Diego it is not that easy. Market is saturated with window cleaning companies around here.
post your website up here. Let’s take a look at the basics.
Title page
Keywords
content
plus there are thousands of articles written on this subject all over the web. Most of them just say the same thing over and over again. Most of them want you to hire them so they can do it for you.
but you can do it yourself.
also if you like looking at videos youtube has quite a few as well on this subject
Ottra,
went to your website and I can make a couple suggestions after just a quick look.
The name of your page, on the index, or homepage is: O.T.T.R.A. pty (etc…)
The name of your page should not be the name of your company. It should be related to keywords you are trying to target. Like, Window cleaning Forester, or something like that.
Instead of “Services” as an option, you may want to take down that link and put 2 links or options on that left side bar and have it say “high rise” or “commercial window cleaning” but have the word window cleaning after it.
Then for residential or domestic, whatever people will use in Austrailia, put that on there too. Like “Domestic window cleaning”. The search engines will see the text and rank your site more relevant.
The name for each of your pages seem to be the same. The name can be seen at the very top of your screen.
They all need to be different, and relating to the topic of the page.
Also, I see that you offer the following services:Window Cleaning
Pressure Cleaning
Pest Control
Anchor Point Installation
Elevated Work Platforms
Scissor lifts
Building Maintenance Units
Masonry & Concrete Repair
Building Inspections & Reports
Cement Rendering
Re- Pointing
Water-Proofing & Sealant Repairs
You may want to consider making a seperate page for each of those services with a description of what it involves and how you do it, photos etc…
The reason behind it is because it will give your site much more content, and CONTENT IS KING. The more you have, the more weight Google gives your site.
Just a couple suggestions.
I shot from no where to top listings in a week.
backlinks along with optimizing is what’s needed.
I used Doug here on WCR. I think I was on page 200 before Doug helped me get on page 1. Yea there are lots of articles and youtube videos, but why dig through all that? Doug has everything you need. Also he offers a service that he can do it all for you.
and from what I heard there Paul…you used Doug as well.
Plus, who has the time??
Thanks for the kind words guys!
What it really comes down to, like tory said is having links from other sites pointing towards your site. Theres obviously a little more to it than that, but that’s the meat and potatoes so to speak.
My advice would be do whatever you can to get onto the first page of the search results ASAP
You can do this one of a few different ways:
- Learn Search Engine Optimization on your own (that’s what I did), it will require a lot of time and patience, and digging through a lot of information on the internet, alot of which is GOOD info, and alot more that is either outdated or just plane false. But if you have the time, this is the most cost effective way to do it.
2)I offer an ebook, but everyone who has ordered it has given me very positive feedback (well, LouietheWindowGuy did point out a few spelling errors). I simply outline EXACTLY step by step what you need to do to optimize your site. I offer a full money back guarantee if it does not work for you, but as of today I’ve never had anyone come back saying it didn’t work… because it does work.
3)You can hire someone to optimize your site for you, but reputable search engine optimizers usually charge a very hefty fee. Like Tory said if you go this route, make SURE you choose a reputable SEO to do this, and NEVER pay the full price up front.
feel free to shoot me an email if you have any specific questions about the services I happen to offer.
Doug MacDonald
[email protected]
Well what can I say [U]thank you for all [/U]your valuable input there is definitely thing I will be doing.
Thank you very much I have made contact with Doug MacDonald so hopefully we/ he will be able to help me
Ottra
I used doug and he was able to get me on front page as well. What’s funny is even more of those dudes promising me to get on page #1 are calling me. I don’t get it! I’m on page one and I check weekly with various keywords.
Sent you an email.
And thank you Tyler for the kind words, I’m happy that it worked well for you too. I get that all the time too (people calling me, telling me they can get me on the first page of google. LOL)
They tell me that garbage all the time too. Last time it was about a week ago and I just happened to be on the computer…this guy said I came up on “the back page” of google, so I said “what exactly does that mean?”, he tells me that I am on page 7. So asked what keyword he searched for, which was “window washing companies in san diego” (which i typed in while we were talking, and I was #2,3 and letter B at the time on the map).
SO I asked him, if he was looking at his screen now, he said yes, I asked him if he saw what I saw, and he said “yes, oh wow, well, my mistake…but we can get you 12 more keywords of your choice for just 159.00 a month, thats my personal guarantee” so I asked him if I have to pay up front, he said yes, I told him, “what happens if you cant deliver?” he says “its NEVER happened”, but what if it does- he assures me that it wont. So I tell him, “you mean to tell me that you can gaurantee that google will do what you tell me it will do?”
I told him that what he was telling me is exactly what Google itself says is an absolute LIE, this guy tells me that they are an affiliate of Google and have a special deal with Google! WOW. So I tell this clown, why would google use a small timer and liar like you- they are a billion dollar company, I really dont think they need you.
Next time you call to try to make a sale, maybe you should have your facts right. As soon as I caught you when we first started this call, your sale was over- did you really think you could still make the sale? You would have had my money if you were honest with me, buy now you just made someone who has a big mouth angry.
By the way, it was Relevant Ads- AGAIN!!!:mad:
