Help Finding Electrical Work

[IrishSparks]

Good idea Irishsparks anythings worth a try ! Half my family come Dublin ! ballyfermot Avenue, ballyfermot, Dublin nice place buddy.

Small world! I only live approx 5 mins from Ballyfermot in a town called Lucan.

 

[kung]

Phew that is close buddy my 2nd name is Carey lol

 

[sparkyeis]

Hi all,

whats your thoughts on sub contract (labour only) on a price? might have the possibility of a fair bit of work, the contractor wants me to quote off drawings which I am yet to see???

Cheers

 

[HSEGovJobs]

Some great tips lads. Like everyone else I am finding it really hard to get work here in Dublin.
This is the first time in my 5 years in business that things are really tough.
I've just set up a website and hopefully that will bring in some work.
One tactic I am going to use is to offer a free inspection of someones house,this wouldn't be a full periodic test but more a visual inspection.
I'm hoping once I can get my foot in the door by offering something for free that I will then hopefully find some faults in these houses to get work out of it.

Hope that tactic works for you as it sounds innovative but i think people may be getting more reliant on leads from credible sources rather than what turns up at the door. Drag leads through your site. Add recommendations on your site so that people in your area get a clear view of your credibility.

Your web site should have a page where you can show photos and reviews from happy customers. Advertise your free inspection here. Get some SEO done. Add words to the page that target your locality like place names e.g. free inspection of your home dublin. Finally, add a phone number and a form to capture email addresses.

Leads that come through that funnel on your site for a free inspection will be already very interested and more likely to convert.

hope that helps.

 

[virgil]

so werw can we advertise to get some work(price work)?

 

[nigpow3]

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread. It has been very helpful in finding ideas to draw in the business.

 

[maper1]

wow, there's some great advice here, especially the original post from Dan.

One thing that helped us a lot has been to optimise our web site. I know this can seem a little daunting at first but with some simple techniques it isn't too hard to get a good ranking on Google, especially if you only want good results in a particular geographic area. We use 'landing pages' these pages can be optimised for a particular subject area (e.g. you could have several landing pages and on each page expand the content and key words for that topic - ex: on one page talk a lot about one location like Bristol and electricians, and make it interesting - Google will pick up on it - customers will often search using the location and then subject like "bristol eletricians". Having a content page focused on a more defined area, you can also better develop the content towards niche topics.

Once the visitor has landed you can then have links from your landing page directing them to your main site. Landing Pages can also make it easier to track and analyse visitor actions, and then used to adapt the site as required.

There's quite a few good articles on SEO sites about landing pages and with a bit effort can drive customers to you.

Hope that helps.

 

[D E P Northeast]

all i get from yell.com is there sales team trying to get me to pay for a listing rather than the free listing i have with them. i think she just rings me to hear my lovely yorkshire accent lol.

im pants with these things how do you get a free listing with yell i have looked but i cant seem to find out how to do it ?

 

[D E P Northeast]

all i get from yell.com is there sales team trying to get me to pay for a listing rather than the free listing i have with them. i think she just rings me to hear my lovely yorkshire accent lol.

im pants with these things how do you get a free listing with yell i have looked but i cant seem to find out how to do it ?

 

[Plonker 3]

Not difficult, just use google and it will lead you there

Help: Your business and Yell.com: Get listed on Yell.com » Yell.com

 

[D E P Northeast]

not done any good with yellow pages .we monitor all our advertising and found this has come out bottom.google has been the best,rated people is very good

my problem with google i dont no how to get near the top im pants with things like that

 

[dave30]

great post man very handy food for thought

 

[11kstanton]

some good info on here, I am currently self employed working for a company but will sooner or later be setting up my own company and there is some good tips on here

 

[jharrington]

Thanks dan that has helped alot

 

[Jamie-E]

Yell are just a shambles at the moment. Try a company called sole trader websites.. My dad got a website from them earlier this year for just over £100, it brings him loads of work and hes on the first page of google. I goinf to get mine set up with them in the new year.