Hi Steve,
First off thanks for always helping us! You and JON-DON are exactly what every company (no matter what field they are in) should model! You guys are great!
I have to tell you that I loved the SFS Special Report on Google Places. However, I am curious. If a company does carpet cleaning, tile cleaning, water damage, air duct cleaning, etc. Should we make a separate listing for each service we offer? Or just one listing and put each service in the title?
BTW, Steve, I saw on one of the articles on the SFS site that we should be on the look out for a Special Report on “how to develop a great web-site”! When does that come out?
Thanks for your time!
Google Newbie from California
Dear Google Newbie,
First of all I want to congratulate you for downloading the Report, reading it and then actually DOING SOMETHING with the information. Some times I get a bit frustrated when I look at all the resources Jon-Don is giving the cleaning industry here on this SFS site and how few cleaners actually implement anything! But I digress!
As I tell every SFS class I’m no Internet/Google expert. (Even though I AM learning!) So I forwarded your question to Andres Tobar, one of our SFS Internet experts who is also a carpet cleaner working away down in the trenches and here is his reply:
You DO NOT want to make a listing for each service. This will likely get you in trouble with big G. (Google) Instead, choose “carpet cleaning service” as your main category and then use the other four available spaces to create “custom” categories. In this case I would suggest putting tile cleaning, water damage and air duct cleaning. Then Google Newbie will have room for one more category of his choosing.
-Andres
Sounds like a deal to me, Google Newbie. Let us know how it works out. And yes, we are working on a new report on how to make your web-site “convert” traffic into bookings. Remember all the SEO/hits/traffic in the world mean NOTHING unless your “surfers” actually take the action of booking a job with you!
Best wishes,
Steve
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Hello Steve and Andres,
I am new to this site also to owning my business. I am having a time trying to do the P.R. and advertise as seeking others about my field of work tends to be nonproductive. Mainly using my existing knowledge I have pushed forward on my own. My question would be to you is that I need a mentor and if you could assist in helping me. My business venture is in crime and trauma cleaning and bio-recovery. Thank you.
Questions about everything.
Welcome to SFS. You can send your questions to stoburen@StrategiesForSuccess.com and we’ll do our level best to answer them. However, ya gotta admit that a phrase like “questions about everything” IS a bit daunting! Think seriously about attending the SFS seminar. Five intense days but MANY questions answered!
Steve