All my questions were pointless. All I need to do is set it for service area
They just get postcards sent to someones address they know, or give someone in the projects 20$ to give the the v-code…It’s extremely common, go look at any inner city projects and there will be all kinds of business’ in them
businesses
If that works for some people, then I’m happy for them. Not a good policy when part of the sale is gaining the customer’s trust though.
Another point to add is when you set your service area say for 60 miles, when the customer types in pressure washing say Danville Va, google show the closest first so you may not show up on the first page of the listings. That has been my experience for searches outside my immediate service area.
It is hard to advertise nearby cities without having an address to send the postcard to verify the listing in that area, hope this makes sense. Best wishes to your business this year.
Matthew Adkins
Adkins Cleaning Solutions
336-338-8705
Greensboro, Nc
Even if you set your service area you probably will not show up on the top for any areas except Birmingham without more specific SEO. I can help you dominate across Google and Maps if you’re interested. Give me a call at 225-678-8904 or send me a PM.
thought i was reading a facebook flame war for a sec
I accidently listed places twice because I couldn’t find my original listing. My website service signed me up too. I had three places listings going at the same time. Took about a month and they shut all three down. I had to get my website service to get it relisted. It wouldn’t let me do it. They have ways of finding out if you are trying to get over on them.
there’s a local company here listed twice for the search term “pressure washing”
I think it’s been over a year.
I’m listed there like 3 spots below them, is there something I can do, other than calling and asking nicely, to get 1 of them removed?
It doesn’t look intentional so I don’t want to get them in trouble with the google police
I would not ask for them to be removed or ask them nicely. It could do more damage than good. You do not want the competition smack talking about you with potential customers.
Be smarter than the competition. Check your keywords and make sure you are using the most searched for terms in your area, search terms do not need to be a laundry list of everything you can think of, just pick the most searched terms.
Be seen more than the competition, with a good advertising campaign.
You eat an elephant one bite at a time, you don’t try to finish them off in one meal.
