I am currently in the field of Residential cleaning, but I am leaning more towards the commercial aspect of the industry. I am wondering how I can make my business appeal to commercial customers in the field. I currently run ads in local papers that are mailed to 250,000 homes every week. I also will have a website completed this week! I do free online classifieds also...
I am trying to get maximum exposure with not a lot of money being spent, at the same time...
Any advice is greatly appreciated.. Thank You

Hey, you did post it, Cleaningman23! Thanks!

Hopefully, we'll be on here at the same time soon so that we can work on this!

In the meantime, you might want to please click HERE and take a look at how I've worded some of my own ads.

Thanks!

Hi again, Cleaningman23!

I did receive your private message. Maybe tomorrow night we could coordinate being on here at the same time? As you can see, I'm usually on here pretty late. Sometimes I'm working late for customers. I tend to start my work a little later in the day.

I'm a night person...

The nature of most of my work does allow me the freedom to work late at night.

How about around 10:00 P.M. your time tomorrow?

What I would suggest that you do for now, is to post a sample of what you might say in an ad or on your website so that we can work on the wording of it in order to get you the maximum exposure that you can.

Please don't post any contact information in what you post though, since this site does get excellent exposure when people do searches for things on the Internet and it's not to be used for advertising.

Another thing that I'd like for you to do, if you would, would be to join the following sites. You may have already joined one or more of them.

http://www.hoobly.com/

DomesticSale - The Effective Free Classifieds

Naymz: Over a million people use our platform to build professional relationships.

LinkedIn: Relationships Matter

MerchantCircle.com | Find new customers.

Thanks!

Hi, Cleaningman23!

I'm online now and available if you are.

Thanks!

Im on right now lol.. its 12:30 haha I thought u said u were a late nighter... haha jk:D

I'm here right now! Was playing a game and waiting for those whom I left posts for being online to help them.

Did you join those sites?

Yes I did! I joined all of them except merchant circle.. They were asking me for my phone number and I was unsure if they forward it to telemarketers.. So that's the only one I didn't touch...
Haha I was just about to sign off then I got your email

Now you were saying that you wanted me to post my most recent ad on here.. did u want me to tell you what it says.

Yes, I would like for you to tell me what it says, without putting in any contact information.

I've never had any problems with Merchant Circle since joining them a number of months ago. So, I wouldn't worry about that if I were you.

Thanks!

Current the ad says.. fake name and number applied

" Mr fair Cleaning Inc" (With logo)
Commercial and Residential Maid Services
All Homes Go through our 53-point cleaning Check list

"visa and master card logos"

Fully Insured & Bonded
Call Today
(333)333-3333
www.mrcleaaaaner.com

Out of all the ads running next to it.. In my opinion its looks the most professional.. next to my major competitor "the Maids"

Okay, please let me work on that for a few moments...

First thing is that we should put an ad on hoobly.com. The ad should appear in searches on Google within minutes.

What are your specialties as far as cleaning and what are the names of the cities in which you are willing to travel to clean, please?

Thanks!

OK. Thank You. My specialties as far as cleaning.. Is the maid services... Dry Clean Carpet services.. floor buffing services for residential customers...
Here is a map of my coverage area

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i2...st6255/Map.jpg

Please give me a few minutes...

Please click on the following search.

Chicago Area Cleaners - Google Search

We need to find who your competition is as far as titles for what you do.

Please help me with figuring out the titles. The search was one of the ways that the title could be.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Cleaningman23

Current the ad says.. fake name and number applied

" Mr fair Cleaning Inc" (With logo)
Commercial and Residential Maid Services
All Homes Go through our 53-point cleaning Check list

"visa and master card logos"

Fully Insured & Bonded
Call Today
(333)333-3333
www.mrcleaaaaner.com

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The link that you provided goes to a Mediacom search and not the real website.

Thanks!

Here is all of my competitors all summed up in one page lol

cleaning services and maids orland park - Google Search

Did u want my real website..?
Its actually offline at the moment but I can show you wha tit looks like if you want.. my web designer is putting it live on Monday..

It would be okay to list your actual website. But, you might want to list it as a tiny url instead of all the words for the link so that we don't get in trouble here with using this site for advertising.

You would do that by clicking on the Insert Link function for posting.

Thanks!

Ok I am going to send you the web address in a private message...
The website is not finished at this moment and has no pics uploaded to it at the moment.. so please don't laugh lol

It would be okay and preferable to post it here, on the thread.

Nothing to be embarrassed about! Not all of my websites are complete... You should and also can have a number of websites that won't cost you anything.

Thanks!

Okay, I've seen your website. Let's work on the hoobly ad. You can put a link to your website on hoobly.

Ok. :-) Im on hoobly right now... I actually was looking for cleaning services and did not see anything... some direction would be helpful hehe.. What did you think of the site? Once the pictures and other things are put in.. I know its static but do you think it looks professional enough to catch the typical wandering patron or customer?

I found post an ad.. What do reccoment for the headline... I typical put my business name and residential and commercial cleaning

I'm working on your ad right now.

Thanks!

Okok sorry for interruption
But I would like to sayThank you for taking the time though with this ad.. I really do appreciate all your help

Chicago, IL Cleaning Service

We offer general cleaning of offices and homes. Bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, living rooms, furniture, etc. Carpet and hard floor surface cleaning. Floor stripping, buffing and waxing. Window cleaning.

Serving the areas of Cook County and beyond.

Prompt, neat and dependable. Reasonable rates and free estimates.

Please contact (Your contact information.)

For more information, please visit our website at (URL of website.)

Keywords: Chicago cleaning contractor, Chicago maid service, Chicago carpet cleaning, Illinois commercial and residential maid services, cleaning services in Illinois, Illinois janitorial service

(I would then list the names of every city that you are willing to serve and how you will serve. Such as, Joliet IL cleaning service, Downer's Grove IL carpet cleaning, etc.) Please get creative and list a whole bunch of things that you can and will do.

Thanks!

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okok sorry for interruption
But I would like to sayThank you for taking the time though with this ad.. I really do appreciate all your help

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No problem! I'm here to help! :)

Please let me know when you've posted the hoobly ad.

Thanks!

What should I do for my headline... my business name?

People aren't going to be looking for you by your business name but by what you do.

Chicago, IL Cleaning Service should work just fine for a title for this test. We're trying to beat your competition here, and your business name isn't the way to do that. How you word the ads is the way to do that.

Thanks!

One more thing lol but I can't find cleaning services under the sub categories.. should I do something else

Thanks

Please study how I've worded various ads by clicking HERE.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Cleaningman23

one more thing lol but i can't find cleaning services under the sub categories..should i do something else

Thanks

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Let me logon to hoobly and check it out.

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Originally Posted by Clough

Please study how I've worded various ads by clicking HERE.

Thanks!

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Oh OK I understand where you are coming from now!

Thanks for the input!

Much Appreciated!

Home & Garden then Housekeeping would be one category.

Business & Industrial, Construction might be another area.

I agree that it's hard to find a cleaning category on there. They've changed the site since I first joined.

Here is the ad I hope it looks all right... did I do everything correctly?
If not I can edit it... much appreciated!
Thank You

http://www.hoobly.com/0/0/833705.html

Where is the link to the ad, please?

Thanks!

Oops! I now see that you posted it! We crossed paths at the same time!