Hi I own Maid Service company and having a problem with CL ads. Is any one know how to make them right so they be on first page of Google/Yahoo search?
Thanks,

JSZ

Hi I own Maid Service company and having a problem with CL ads. Is any one know how to make them right so they be on first page of Google/Yahoo search?
Thanks,

JSZ

Hi, Ursa Maior!

I can show you how to word ads so that yours will show up on the first page in searches.

Thanks!

Hi again, Ursa Maior!

I've already started to address your other thread concerning this. Please do keep things to one thread. It's less confusing that way.

Thanks!

Hi Clough,

Thank you so much for responding and I would love to work with you on this. I will be looking for you when you are on line.

JSZ

I'm here right now, Ursa Maior! If you would let me know what time zone you're in, perhaps we could coordinate times to be on here at the same time.

I'm in the Central Time Zone.

Thanks!

Hi Clough,

I am in Eastern Time Zone and have no problem to work out around your schedule. What ever works for you.

Thanks !

I'm still here, Ursa Maior! If you would like to do any work on this now, I do have the time if you do. Please let me know...

Thanks!

This sound great Clough ! Would love to work on this now as well. What should I do?

Thanks!

I know that you're a member of craigslist.org. Are you a member of any other advertising sites and do you have your own website, please?

Thanks!

I am member just of CL and yes I have my own website. Is this OK to write URL of my website on this forum? If so I will do it.

Thanks

Yes list it, since it is obvious you are not "advertising"

Do you know how to post it as a tiny url? It would be okay if you did it that way. This site isn't to be used for advertsing, so we need to be careful that it doesn't look like that with anything that's posted.

I'm sorry Fr_Chuck! I didn't see your post. We posted at about the same time. If the url does contain certain words, it might be possible for it to come up when people do searches for things. Not likely, but possible. It depends on how it's posted.

Thanks!

Not sure what means tiny url l.o.l , but how about this preferredmaid dot com

Is this OK? Please let me know.

I'm sorry, but I had to restart my computer because it was quitting doing anything on the Internet! It's really old...

Yes, that will work, because people are most likely not going to be looking for the words grouped together like that.

Would you please open up another browser or tab and give me a minute to regroup?

Thanks!

Let him go ahead ( I am one of the moderators ) after you look at it and review it, we can always come back in a dayh or two and delete the link.

But we often post links, as long as it is not a ad. And at this point it does not appear to be.

No problem , please take your time .

Thanks!

Here is a tiny url link to your site.

Site (http://www.preferredmaid.com/)

Is that the site that you own, please?

Thanks!

Okay, I hope that you've opened up another browser or tab. I'm going to need to take a look at your CL ad. Which CL is it on and which section of that CL, please?

Thanks!

Yes this is my site, how did you do the link?

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I used the tool in message box here. It looks like a little ball that is blue with something on it. First you type the word that will replace the link, highlight it in the textbox and then include the entire link by clicking on the little blue thing.

I am back np please go to Hartford CL in CT , household services. Please look for... Maid Service House Cleaning Windsor. This is the last ad I have posted.

Thanks!

Please give me a minute to do that. My computer might be messing up again.

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I asked just in case. Good to know.

Thanks !

No problem , please take your time. I am here.

Thanks!

Okay, I found it and copied it so that hopefully, my computer won't backfire on me again..

What's missing are a whole bunch of keywords in the ad that could show up when people do searches. Plus, most of the information that you've posted there can be found on your website, if I'm not mistaken. So, the key thing to do is to concentrate on the keywords to use for search terms in your ads.

Since you're not a member of Everything from Everywhere (http://www.hoobly.com/) (hoobly.com), would you please join it and let me know, on this thread, when you have joined it, please? You would use your other browser or tab in order to do that.

The goal is to get you on the first page in a google.com search, and, that might even happen yet, tonight! Hoobly.com ads, if worded correctly, can frequently appear on the first page in a search within minutes.

OK , so those keywords on top and bottom of my ad is not enough. You must be talking about keywords in the content of the ad. Is that right?

Just give me a min or two and I will join it no problem. I will let you know as soon as I am done.

Thanks.

Yes, the content of the ad...

An ad placed on the free advertising sites is kind of like posting a resume. You want to draw them to the ad, have them be able to spend a little time reading it, and if they're interested, they'll contact you and/or visit your website.

You do have a really nice website, by the way!

Here is a link to a search using the title keywords of your ad.

Link (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&fkt=5660&fsdt=11920&q=Maid+Service+House+Cleaning+Windsor%2C+Connectic ut&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Are you on the first page of the search anywhere? You do have a lot of competition, but in time you should be able to be the dominant one.

Did you join hoobly.com?

Thanks!

Here are some links to searches for what I do, where I do it. Or, just me and what I do. If you study how I've worded my ads, you'll get an idea as to how to word yours.

Link One (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Piano+Lessons%2C+Music+Teacher+Quad+Cities&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Link Two (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Piano+Teacher+in+Rock+Island%2C+IL&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Link Three (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Quad+Cities+Piano+Tuning+and+Repair&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Link Four (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Quad+Cities+Wedding+Musician&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Link Five (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Piano+Tuning+in+Rock+Island%2C+IL&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)
The one called "Absolute", is me. You don't always have to use the same name for your business for what you advertise in order to get noticed.

Link Six (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Craig+Clough&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Thanks!

OK so yes I have joined the hoobly.com and thank you for the advice. Yes I know I have a lot of competition and that is why I am asking for help from someone like you. You are the best of the best and I would just love to learn a bit from you if you don't mind. Now , yes I am on first page in some small towns like Wethersfield Ct if you type " maid service Wethersfield , CT my ad pop up on first page . My problem is that I am located in small town ( Glastonbury) and I have to advertise in more towns in order to have good amount of leads.

I have opened those links , very nice and this is what I am looking for. I have seen on one of them ( might be link five) you are on Google map... what it takes to get there?

Thanks!

Thanks for the complement! It's much appreciated! :)

I have a lot to learn...

Now, you're getting the idea as to how people do searches for things...

Let's work on a hoobly.com ad. Okay?

If you click on the following searches, you'll find keywords that others are using that you can also use in your ads. Typically, the keywords that others use are just tags on the websites or in the texts of the ads. If there isn't the name of the business in them, there should be no problem in using them, espeicially if you don't group a large number of them together that might be exactly like another business has done.

Link One (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=House+Cleaning+Services+in+Connecticut&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Link Two (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=House+Cleaners+Services+in+Connecticut&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Link Three (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Carpet+Cleaning+in+Wethersfield%2C+CT&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Link Four (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Maid+Services+in+Wethersfield%2C+CT&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

I have opened those links , very nice and this is what I am looking for. I have seen on one of them ( might be link five) you are on google map........what it takes to get there?

Thanks!

Are you asking about the "Absolute" one or another one, please?

Thanks!

OK so yes I know how more or less how people do searches I did SEO for my website by myself . It works perfectly for Glastonbury, l.o.l but as I said I have to reach more than one town. What would you like me to do about the ad for hoobly.com ?

Yes I was asking about " Ablsoulte".

Lets work on the hoobly.com

I'm sorry! My computer "threw-up" again! Needed to restart.

The "Absolute" one was because I was in the Yellow Pages of one of the local phone books. However, in the past few days, I've discovered that it's free to join Google Maps. So, not only do I have the "Absolute" with them, another one that's about the same service. I just joined them with other ads a couple of days ago. Google will actually call you to verify who you are. Or, you can opt to receive a postcard from them.

I'm no longer in the phone books because I get much more business from the advertising on the Internet that I do for free.

Here is the link to join Google Maps.

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?utm_medium=et&utm_source=us-en-et-bizsol-0-biz1-all&utm_campaign=en&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Flocal%2Fadd %2Flogin%3Fhl%3Den_US%26gl%3DUS&service=lbc&hl=en-US&gl=US

With the hoobly.com ad, I would suggest titleling it Cleaning Services in (Your state, written out).

We can then go from there...

Thank you very much Clough for the info, OK so we know the title of the ad. What next ? Do we need a better ad or just copy and paste my old ad?

Thanks!

There are some keywords at the bottom of the post to use at the bottom of the ad. It's much preferable to have what you do and your contact information toward the top of the ad.

So, what we do is create a couple of paragraphs about what you do and briefly where you mainly do it - then, your contact information - (first and last names), phone number, email address and website address. If you use your first and last names, it makes you look more credible.

You might start the ad something like this: Home and office cleaning services available in and around (vicinities and state). We also are cleaners for new construction, carpet cleaning, window washing, pressure washing, floor waxing and polishing, furniture dusting and floor mopping, etc.

Over (years) experience.

Insured and bonded. References available upon request.

Home cleaners in (location), (location) carpet cleaning, home maintenance in (location), spring cleaning in (location), etc. etc.

[I'm sure that you catch my "drift". The locations can all be different.]
[It's important to vary the keywords used because the search engines will pick on things in different ways. For instance: cleaning, cleaners, carpet cleaning and carpet cleaners. Singular, plural, "ing" endings, etc.] Google does things alphabetically and doesn't look for repeated words. It's different with other search engines. Yahoo, for instance, loves repeated words!

[I would also suggest using keywords and phrases from some of the other ads that we found on sites on the first pages of the searches.]

[You can even add area codes and Zip Codes to the keywords and locations.]

Thank you very much Clough for the info, OK so we know the title of the ad. What next ? Do we need a better ad or just copy and paste my old ad?

Thanks!

If you're going to compete with the cleaning and maid services that operate in the larger vicinities, you're going to need to use similar words to what they use as well as variations on them in addition to keywords that you create that are unique.

It's easier to be on the first page if you operate in a smaller vicinity, because there are less choices for the search engines to find.

Thanks!

If they really want to know about you, they can contact you and/or go to your website. Your old ad is great for your website and also some other sites that I'll mention shortly...

Here's a few links to searches for where I'm competing with the entire community area in which I live for Christmas exposure.

Link One (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Quad+Cities+Unique+and+Unusual+Christmas+Gift+Id eas&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

Link Two (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Unique+and+Unusual+Christmas+Gift+Ideas+Rock+Isl and%2C+IL&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

There's lots of competition, but I still make it to the first page in the searches.

OK I have the idea, of course I will need a bit of time to do it but before I start I would like to ask you a couple things if you don't mind.

Should I use one location per one ad or I can use multiple locations in the same ad?

How long is the ad has to be? Any limits from the advertising sites or no?

Thanks !

I do have another ad that is not complete ( still working on) , just wonder if I could somehow show to you . To see what you think.
Thanks !

Yes I can see what you mean, I just have to spend more time and study the topic before I come up with my ad. Plus my English is not so great like yours but I will do my best.

Thanks for all your tips.

OK I have the idea, of course I will need a bit of time to do it but before I start I would like to ask you a couple things if you don't mind.

Should I use one location per one ad or I can use multiple locations in the same ad?

How long is the ad has to be? Any limits from the advertising sites or no?

Thanks !

You can use multiple locations in any ad that you post. If you do a simple one like I wrote, with a few additional things from you, based upon the same ideas that I posted, you will get excellent exposure.

Some advertising sites have limits to the length of an ad concerning the number of words or characters.

With a very few sites, you'll need to really abbreviate things to get your point across.

I do have another ad that is not complete ( still working on) , just wonder if I could somehow show to you . To see what you think.

Thanks !

If you put it into an Excel spreadsheet and attach it to a post, people will only be able to find and see it by clicking on it. There are limits to the sizes of attachments here.

Also, it's obvious that you want to be really thorough in your ads. That's commendable but not all that necessary in order to just get the word out there about what you do, where you do it.

If you would still post a simple ad on hoobly.com tonight, to see about the exposure that it gets, you can always change it later.

Thanks!

Thanks again, so can you give me like a day or two to get my ad done and I come back to you for you opinion/approval?

Is getting late and I don't want to take yours whole night.

Attach to post by using "insert image"?

Thanks !

Click on "Go Advanced" and you'll see a little paper clip on which to click.

OK I see it now , I will have to download the Excel program on my computer ( since I just replaced my HD) and I will be ready to do so. Can we set up time for another day to continue this project? What would work best for you?

Thanks !

I'm usually around after 11:00 P.M. your time. But, tomorrow night, I need to get to bed fairly early so I can get up to play for church. I'm sure that I can be on for awhile, though.

I just now posted a new hoobly.com ad. I'm hoping that it will start showing up in the first page of a Google search within minutes. If you can wait just a few more minutes, it should start showing up... At least I hope that it does!

Thanks!

Thanks , I will be on tomorrow as well then. I can wait a few minutes np, what is the title of the new ad?

I'll provide the link to the search, once it shows up. At least I hope that it shows up! I forgot that I already placed a similar ad on that site. If they don't catch it, it should show up.

The similar ad is on the bottom of the first page of the search.

Link (http://www.google.com/search?q=Quad+Cities+Painting+and+Decorating&btnG=Search&hl=en&safe=off&sa=2)

Thanks!

Here is the link. It appeared at the top of the search on the first page only one minute ago!

Link (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Quad+Cities+Painting+and+Decorating&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=)

I'm so happy with that, that I wanted to post an image of it here! :)

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Very Very impressive , simple and effective.

Thanks again and I will be back tomorrow around 11 PM.

Hmmm, very cool.

Thanks !

Yes, hoobly.com is what I would consider to be the way to start. Almost immediate results. There is the possibility that you could get the same results.

I've been doing this Internet advertising thing for, I think about four years now. I've explored many, many sites on which to advertise. Many get excellent exposure in searches, whereas some simply do not. For some of the sites, you have to actually go to the site to find anything.

I do wish you a very pleasant and peaceful sleep, and I'll be back on here tomorrow night.

I'm looking forward to it! :)

Thanks!

Hi Clough,

I am back already and be waiting for you.

Thanks!

I'm here right now.

What is your first name, please?

Mine is Craig.

Thanks!

Welcome back,
Nice to meet you Craig , my name is John.

Well hello craig my name is Chuck and I have a internet addition.

We have to talk about this posting thing for my web site if I can really get it up on searches better

I'm sure that you already knew that my first name is Craig, Chuck! LOL!

I can help you with the Internet thing and would be glad to do so, but it would be better for you to start a separate thread about that. Did you notice that I was first on the first page in a Google search within minutes last night? As a matter of fact, the listing appeared to happen within one minute, even though I had posted it about ten minutes earlier. I'm not sure if Google or Hoobly keeps track of the minutes on the searches.

Thanks!

John, are you ready to post the Hoobly ad or show me what you want to post, please?

Thanks!

Actually I forget peoples real names on here,

Craig,

I already posted my ad on Hoobly while waiting for you, I hope you don't mind.

actually I forget peoples real names on here,

I can understand that. I do the same thing...

Once I do find out someone's real name, I copy and paste it into a draft email to keep track of who people are.

Some of us have been around on this site awhile, and when someone is in a particular need on a thread where I know certain people will be the best ones to help, I like to call on them and be able to address them by their first name.

Thanks !

Craig,

I already posted my ad on Hoobly while waiting for you, I hope you don't mind.

That's okay, but did you use the title that I suggested and also a bunch of keywords and phrases like we had discussed?

Also, did you do a search for your ad?

Thanks!

Yes,
Here is the title " Cleaning Services In West Hartford Connecticut", I put many many of keywords and did do the search .Nothing yet on Google . My ad is next to yours on hoobly .

I would say my ad need your personal touch, l.o.l
Thanks !

Hey, John!

I'm sorry about the slow response here! My browser keeps shutting down and thus knocking me off the site. I think that it has something to do with the Shockwave Flash concerning the ads on the site.

So, I'm trying on of the different "skins" now. Seems to be working...

Did you install Microsoft Excel on your computer?

Thanks!

Yes I have ME on my computer no problem, did you get my email?

Yes I have ME on my computer no problem, did you get my email?

Yes, and I responded. But, let's keep things on the thread to be in compliance with the rules of the site. Email or PM was the only way to communicate at the time though because I couldn't communicate using the skin that I was using.

I'm looking for your ad on hoobly.com. If you could attach a document with your ad in it using Microsoft Excel, that would also be helpful to me and to others.

Thanks!

Craig , here is the copy of my ad, please let me know if you can open the doc.
JOhn

Craig ,
I am sorry but it don't let my upload the file , it cost an error.
To be honest I never did send text file in ME format.

John

I found your ad. I've copied it and am reviewing it.

Your ad is very long and might be too large to upload to this site as an attachment.

I'll submit a sample attachment to see if you can open it and read it.

Thanks!

OK ,
Lets try it.

Can you open and read the attached document?

Thanks!

Yes , I can however some of the words have a fonts problems but I think this is not the point at this time.

So what do you think about the ad and keywords?

Thanks!

Yes , but now I have problem to send a response.

OK , did go this time l.o.l

Do you mean sending a response on this thread?

Thanks!

Yes, but seems to me is working fine now so... never mind.
L.O.L.

Thanks!

Now, I seem to be getting shut down with the browser, even while using a different skin.

It is getting late for me, considering that I do have to play in the morning.

I'll review your ad and make suggestions to you, tomorrow, if that's okay?

Thanks!

Craig,
No problem I understand I will check in tomorrow. Have a great night and sleep well.

John

I had mentioned to you earlier on this thread about some other sites to join. They are essentials, but please be careful as to what you post on them. They tend to be picky. On them, is where you can post more extensive information, unlike what you should do with the free advertising sites.

Below, is a quote from another thread where I posted the information.

I wish for you too, a good sleep and I'll check in with you, tomorrow, John.

Thanks!

Craig


Here are some other sites that are great ones where a person can be a member and advertise for free!

All of the sites below, are where the information that you post on them appears to be permanent and without expiration. Almost all other free advertising sites have expirations. I actually still have some ads out there that are a number of years old where the information is now dated. I would like to get rid of those ads. However, on one or two of those sites, it seems like it's impossible to edit anything. Even though those sites might get excellent exposure, I now make sure that anything that I put on them is exactly what I want to be posted and so that the information won't ever become out-of-date.

MerchantCircle.com | Find new customers. (http://www.merchantcircle.com/corporate/)

Naymz: Over one million people use Naymz to build professional relationships. (http://www.naymz.com/)

Relationships Matter | LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/)

I have no idea how old you are, but the site below is generally for people who are 40+, 50+ etc.
The Online Community for BOOMers | eons.com (http://www.eons.com/)

All of the above sites get excellent exposure when people do searches for things on the Internet. They are also sites where it appears that the people running the sites want the content of their sites to be of a very high quality. So, doing things like putting a whole bunch of keywords in ads might be considered to be spamming.

If I knew what I know now about Internet advertising, hoobly.com would be the first site that I would use for advertising. With the proper wording, the ad can appear within minutes of a Google search. We found that out tonight. When I finally did a search for the title of your ad, yours was first in the search, and that was without doing a "vanity" search. Those other "permanent" sites, would be the next ones that I would join.

I'll discuss about other free advertising sites at a another time...

Thanks!

Hi Craig,

I am back , how was your day? Please let me know when YOU on again I would like to ask you a couple of questions if I can.

Thanks!

Hi, John!

I'm back on. For how long, I'm not sure. I'm in the middle of a project that simply must get completed.

My day was okay. How was yours?

Also, what are your questions, please?

Thanks!

John, did I lose you here?

You showed as being logged on here when I logged on...

Hi, Craig!
My day was fantastic and I understand you have other things to take care of. I would like to thank you for you time and for all the help, perhaps from now on I can take care of my marketing/advertising process on my own. I would like to see how it goes and what kind of results I am going to have. Never mind those questions , these are not that important sooner or later I will find out the answers on my own the way you did during the process in past four years or so. Thanks again and I wish you all the best.

Best regards,

John

Do you mean that you're leaving me here?

I was working on a revision for your hoobly.com ad.

Do you mean that you're leaving me here?

I was working on a revision for your hoobly.com ad.

Hi, John!

I'm still here. I know that you've been having trouble logging onto the site. If you are unable to contact Administration, please let me know, and I'll contact them.

Thanks!