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  Greenlawns October 16, 2010 at 3:58pm

  Landscaper or maintenance? , Peter.
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  Peter Christopher October 16, 2010 at 4:13pm

  landscaping all types
  
  regards peter
  
  Greenlawns said:

  Landscaper or maintenance? , Peter.
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  Peter Christopher October 16, 2010 at 4:14pm

  that would be too much for me, this is why It does not seem to work, too small an advert i suppose, any other thoughts Paul.
  
  regards peter
  
  Paul Baker said:

  We find that you have to spend a lot of money in Yellow Pages for it to be any good, normally half a page works for us.
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  Peter Christopher October 16, 2010 at 4:15pm

  thanks I will try this regards peter
  
  Gary @ Acer Paving said:

  Try Freeindex. It's a free online business index that works well for me. Ask your customers to give you a review and it raises your position in the ranking. Also once you have some reviews you can add a live feed to those reviews on your site, ( meaning the review box will appear on your own site ).
  
  Local mag's work well if they are quality publications and not Ad-fests.
  
  Sign written van is a good idea although some LJN members disagree, ( fair enough ).
  
  Get some sign boards made and leave them for a while on properties you've worked on, ( with the owners permission ).
  
  Add some photos to your LJN profile and name them Kent garden patio, etc.
  
  Search for any Kent listings websites that are free and join them, ( I'm on iWiltshire ).
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  Peak surfacing ltd. October 16, 2010 at 4:24pm

  A targeted campaign in local shop windows gets your name in the back of peoples mind,followed by a media or leaflet campaign in the same area, also write to satisfied customers and offer them a incentive to refer new business to you,£5.00 (M+s vouchure or the like) for every lead,£50.00 on completed project.We are reintroducing this reward system next year.
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  Greenlawns October 16, 2010 at 4:58pm

  I made a call to one of the landscapers i know and he told me he advertised in the local paper 3 nights a week, and the weekly local paper also, he gets all his work from that and from people walking/driving past his jobs.
  If it was maintenance I could help you more, sorry.
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk October 16, 2010 at 5:45pm

  yell.com free listing i get a bit of work from this and my website / also parish magazine : took a year or so to get into it but £70 a year seems worth it after 2 yrs now .......... free cards in shops i use and newsagents
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  Eco-Maze October 16, 2010 at 6:50pm

  Peter, fellow juicers
  
  FORGET YELLOW PAGES, FORGET BT PHONE BOOK, FORGET THOMPON LOCAL.....huge companies, huge prices, full of sales patter, zero service, too much money for a small return, if your lucky.....BLOGGING, IMAGES.... INTERNET, Twitter, Facebook, linkedin, the garden network, freeindex to name a few.
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  Fenlandphil October 16, 2010 at 7:04pm

  Yellow pages stopped working for us about five or six years ago, I stopped using them and Yell .com about three years ago the only change I have noticed is I have stopped spending £300 a month.
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  Mick Gammage October 16, 2010 at 7:25pm

  >>>>That was good, glad I got that off my chest. :-))
  
  I bet you sleep better tonight after offloading all that pent up torment and pain :)