Setting up a new business

[mwigham85]

Hi guys,

So I decided to take the plunge and go at it on my own!!!
I'm an electrician in Crawley area and I was just wondering if anyone
had any ideas of how to promote it
and also if you guys could check out my website and give me feedback on it
to see if I've missed anything!!! Haze Contractors

Thanks in advance, Mike

 

[uksparks]

What's with the cleaning services?

 

[Paul.M]

What's with the cleaning services?

Good question? I'm guessing that his wife/partner/friend does the cleaning part and they are sharing a web site?? Not a bad idea really.

 

[mwigham85]

Yeah its my better half that's doing the cleaning

 

[telectrix]

what a good idea. you make a mess chasing and she cleans up after you. what i call well trained! lol.

 

[uksparks]

It does make sense yes, I've not looked on a Pc but it looks mobile friendly on my phone.

 

[Octopus]

Hi guys,

So I decided to take the plunge and go at it on my own!!!
I'm an electrician in Crawley area and I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas of how to promote it
and also if you guys could check out my website and give me feedback on it to see if I've missed anything!!! Haze Contractors

Thanks in advance, Mike

To be honest you could spend thousands on SEO but word of mouth and a good reputation are, if not more inportant than having a website.

I did a job recently, and the lady said she would never use a small company, that didn't have its full address on the website, with a mobile and land line AND included the name or initals in the company name!

EDIT: I think you've got too much detail on each page and do you really need to state you are the Managing Director?? Not being bitchy but what/who is your target customer? ICI, Vauxhall, or Mr & Mrs Smith?

 

[Midwest]

Yep in my experience, limited that it is, word of mouth gets you most work. Web sites for large companies offering more products than services. Your web site looks good, suggests you're a large company offering hugely different services, is that correct? All just looks a bit false, if you pardon me; the testimonials could have been written by anyone, just my opinion.

 

[Electric Magic]

Looks good. In your About Us paragraph I think you've missed a 'no' before the word 'obligation'.

 

[mwigham85]

Yep in my experience, limited that it is, word of mouth gets you most work. Web sites for large companies offering more products than services. Your web site looks good, suggests you're a large company offering hugely different services, is that correct? All just looks a bit false, if you pardon me; the testimonials could have been written by anyone, just my opinion.

I think it looks a bit too corporate aswell my target client is everyone and its hard to find the right balance any ideas?