Some help needed!

[Barretts-Selfstorage]

We set-up an online packaging shop around 5 months ago and we have only had one order since then. We have done various pieces of advertising but this has produced no orders Has anyone any advice on how we could increase our lack of orders?

www.barretts-selfstorage.co.uk

Kind regards
Adam

 

[OldWelshGuy]

You are nowhere to be seen on Google, not in local results, not in Paid results and not in organic results. You are going to have to do something about that if you expect to get business

 

[brucet]

It's a nice looking site and the content looks reasonable well optimised for Google, but there are hardly any links pointing to it. Google will not regard your site as important if no-one else is linking to it.

You need to submit the site to some reputable online directories, and start looking for other sites that are complementary to your own - in the same kind of sector, but not direct competitors - and start trying to trade links with them.

 

[zhangxiaoli]

You have good idea in our business and good looking website.Just try to use paid and free tools to promote your site or to create your own blog.You can also use video emails to show people what is your service and what the advantage to choose your service or you also can show them your office, your warehouse...Anyway, to show then what is good for your business.By sending video emails, people know that you are doing a more real business.They feel that they were cared by you and they will get more chance to have a try.
All the best and to your success.

 

[phillipsinternet]

Hi Barretts,

First the good stuff - your page title tags look good, and you actually appear on the first page of google for the phrase "oxford student storage" - of course who knows how many people are searching for that?

As OldWelshGuy said, you will need to run some adwords, do some link building (but don't pay for them) and enter yourself into the google business centre.

Now for the bad - the site isn't consistent between Firefox, IE7 and IE8; the content falls out of your signpost boxes. Also, font style between pages isn't consistent, some have a mix of serif and sans serif and generally they should be kept the same, makes it easier to read.

One thing I'd recommend, you have 3 signposts offering a months free storage in some form or another, but they aren't very big and don't stand out. Maybe create one large signpost which says "Get 1 month free storage" with a link to a page explaining how to get the free month.

I hope some of this will be useful, sorry if it sounded overly critical.

PS there's a spelling mistake in your meta description "Thames Alley"

 

[charlesbob]

First check your keywords

self storage calculator
extreme plastic locker
student storage
storage for students
40mm padlock
businesses that need storage
dead space safe storage...... Then you will do it local SEO, one person do it full time for 2 or 3 month its Came it 100% business

 

[Moneyman]

i am not sure the storage."..from a box to...and from £5 per week" that sounds expensive a fiver per box per week. probably not what you meant but it reads like that.
i would try a few small adverts in the student mag that does the accomodation or leaflets in the agents offices.
also it helps to compare the cost with what they are currently doing. ie wasting a day or to plus van hire etc taking everything home. it sounds expensive at £175 to store your stuff over the summer as a headline cost...but if you work out a van hire/petrol 2 days work etc it is cheap.