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Oct 15, 2008, 06:04 PM
| | New Member  | | Join Date: Oct 2008
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| | | need contracts
i'm starting a cleaning business and was wandering how i go about getting some cleaning contracts help i don't know where to even look!
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Oct 15, 2008, 06:28 PM
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| | | Christianity Expert
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Atlanta GA
Posts: 29,140
| what are you going to clean
you go from business to business selling your service, you mail out flyers, letters and place ads |
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Oct 16, 2008, 01:53 AM
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| | | Arts & Small/Home Business Expert
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rock Island, IL
Posts: 13,508
| Hi, diamonds718!
Most of the business that I get for my various home-based businesses comes from the free ads that I've placed on the Internet.
Below, is a quote from an answer that I've already given on a number of threads. Quote:
You do need to advertise. One of things that I do for a living is that I am a house painter. I really don't get many calls from my Yellow Page ads. But, most of my new business is from ads that I place on the Internet. The following is from an answer that I have already placed elsewhere on this site.
There are many places where you can have a free website or blog where you could advertise your business or anything else for that matter. Some of them can be found by clicking on the following searches.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Free+Website
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Free+Blog
Although I am in the Yellow Pages of the local phone book, most of my new business comes from the free ads that I have placed on the Internet in some way. It does take some time to set things up. But, once you have done it, you are set. You just need to keep track of when you might need to renew your ads. Some of them will let you know when it's time to renew, and most of them won't On some free advertising sites, your ads might not need to be renewed for years. For others, it ranges from maybe 14 days to 90 days.
I copy and paste what I have advertised into a message in my Drafts folder in the email program that is my primary one, and that would be Outlook Express. I also have a file in my email program that is titled "Passwords." It includes all passwords used as well as user names. Not all sites are going to let you use the same password, and the user name that you select might not be available on a particular site.
A really important thing to remember when doing online advertising is that it's not necessarily your name or the name of your business that people are going to be looking for, but what you do and where you are located. So, how you word your ad and the additional keywords that you use in it are very important. Google doesn't look for repeated words in site. However, some other search engines do.
There are a host of free advertising sites available. Most of the best ones that get the best exposure are on the following list. I have been doing online advertising for over three years now. It has paid off...
One time, someone found me looking for goats in Iowa. They are an animal rescue. They saw my ad on a site where one of my piano tuning ads was located and decided that they wanted to have their piano tuned.
I love it when people find me by accident! It could happen for you too with your business!
I do also frequently drive around and post my small advertising "shingle" with the pull-off tabs anyplace where I can find a free, public bulletin board where I can post them. These can be places like grocery stores, restaurants, bars, Laundromats, bowling alleys, public libraries, etc.
Here is the list of free advertising websites that seem to get the best exposure when people are doing searches for what they want on the Internet. Some of them are even international as far as where the ads reach, in case there is someone who might read what I have posted who wants to advertise on an international level. There are sites that don't get good exposure and, I don't use them. A person would have to be a member of and frequent those particular sites in order to know what is listed on them. I even post on sites that are located in other countries because the exposure is so good!
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http://quadcities.kijiji.com/ You can change the country and city when you list there.
http://www.evelez.net/ Although it might appear to be connected with the one above, it is different. You can also change country and city.
http://www.livetray.com/
http://www.vvnvv.com/index.asp
http://www.alibaba.com/
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http://www.kellysearch.com/
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http://www.olx.com/
http://www.topix.com/
http://www.isell.com/
http://www.kutvclassifieds.com/Main.do
http://www.gumtree.com/
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