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Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 12:01 am Post subject:
Good luck to Mr. Vanessa A.

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 12:47 am Post subject:
Can only echo the sentiments

AnnaD

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2777
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 5:25 am Post subject:
How exciting, good luck!

Vanessa

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 8324

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 7:20 am Post subject:
Thank you, everyone It's lovely to have so much support on here. If you were looking for a local electrician, would you expect him to have a website?

emmac

Joined: 15 Oct 2009
Posts: 115
Location: Somerset

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 8:45 am Post subject:
Best of luck Chris - we'll know where to come if we need an electrician in the future! Not sure if I would expect him to have a website - but it certainly wouldn't hurt.

SandraR

Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 2346
Location: Devon

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 9:09 am Post subject:
Word of mouth and a good reputation far out weigh any other form of advertising and it sounds as if you are there already! We don't have a web site but as said before as long as they are kept updated and look professional they can't do any harm. I think people would be more likely to 'check you out' on the web rather than find you there in the first place. The very best of luck!

hardworkinghippy

Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Posts: 1110
Location: Bourrou South West France

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 9:29 am Post subject:
I hope it goes well Vanessa. Word of mouth is definitely the very best publicity for a spark ! Nice to see a simple website too though.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 9:38 am Post subject:

vanessa wrote:

If you were looking for a local electrician, would you expect him to have a website?

No, not at all.
If I were looking for an electrician, the first thing I would do is talk to other people. And then I would look in Yellow Pages. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't look online for one.
In fact that I suggest you use your advertising budget in shopping at your local shop!!

Jo S

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 5174
Location: Somerset

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 9:39 am Post subject:
Testimonials would be good to have on a website, as well as the obvious contact details and qualifications etc.

Vanessa

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 8324

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 9:41 am Post subject:
Thanks for the feedback on websites. I'll get working on one as soon as I can. Will be good to have one in place BEFORE Chris does the "next stage" and qualifies to install photovolatics etc.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu May 13, 10 11:11 am Post subject:

judith wrote:

vanessa wrote:

If you were looking for a local electrician, would you expect him to have a website?

I would say yes, simple website, no frills, with qualifications, and testimonials. I never bother with yellow pages any more, I just look it up on line.

Duckhead

Joined: 24 Oct 2009
Posts: 2069
Location: Up the hill, Italy

Posted: Sat May 29, 10 4:05 pm Post subject:

Good luck to you both, I love it when people go self employed. Nothing beats the combination of fear and optimism.

Re website, and I am happy to be shot down on this, may I suggest www.moonfruit.com . It is easy to build a lovely looking site and is free. What you don't get via the free system is an e-mail address but that is easily resolved by getting a gmail one that corresponds to your site name.

Good Luck

lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Sat May 29, 10 4:24 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

vanessa wrote:

If you were looking for a local electrician, would you expect him to have a website?

Actually the web is the first place i look for local electricians etc...hate YP and don't always get the local paper....I check places like www.ratedpeople.com first

Chickem

Joined: 27 Mar 2009
Posts: 3958
Location: Sunny Devon

Posted: Sat May 29, 10 4:49 pm Post subject:
Ohhh I don't know how I missed this...... How exciting good luck...... hope all goes well

shopgirlsue

Joined: 26 Jul 2006
Posts: 197
Location: Nr Shaftesbury

Posted: Sat May 29, 10 4:54 pm Post subject:
OH is an electrician not a million miles from you Vanessa and when he was starting out 3 years ago he got most of his work from the local village newsletter and from an advert in the Blackmore Vale magazine. I'm not sure if it covers your area but if it does it's worth a try.

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