Website Designed And Launched

[hardygirl30]

Hi Everyone,

My website is now up and running doing online professional typing services, now begins the hard work. Had one customer so far, here's hoping for more.

 

[Matt.WD]

Hi and welcome to UKBF!

Congrats on the first customer. How are you promoting yourself / your website?

 

[hardygirl30]

Thanks matt, I have advertised on social media and contacted a few companies, I would definitely like some more though. Its not easy setting up on your own but I think its a good service to provide companies, any suggestions?

 

[TotalWebSolutions]

Welcome to the forum. Best of luck with your business. Get yourself listed on some business directories - most offer a free listing and will allow you to gather customer reviews.

 

[hardygirl30]

Thank you, everyone is so positive I like it. Any recommendations?

 

[TheGaffer]

Also get yourself signed up to PeoplePerHour and Upwork if you aren't already. There is always loads of jobs in your industry

 

[fisicx]

Welcome Miss Hardy

Local directories would be a good start, don't bother with the national free-for-all directories.

But there are gazillions of people doing what you do and most of them have to work very hard at their marketing. Advertising is always good as is getting ranking for niche keywords. You can also talk to people. Cold calling local businesses and pointing out issues with their existing copy can work and this can lead to referrals. But it's going to mean more marketing than copywriting for a while.

 

[hardygirl30]

Thanks for the tip, I just want to make a success of this, I want to save people money and offer them the very best service. The one customer I've had so far was so impressed with the quality of work and the quick turnaround, they liked the idea that when things are getting on top of you there's people like me who take that work off your hands saving them valuable time and money.

 

[Matt.WD]

Have you tried peopleperhour.com or any of the other freelance sites? Quite competitive marketplaces for your niche, but no doubt worth the effort.

 

[hardygirl30]

Hi Matt, I've signed up with people per hour yes. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Matt.WD]

No problem! How are you finding it so far? It can take a bit of perseverance to begin with.

 

[hardygirl30]

Not easy, I just want to provide a good service with something I am very experienced at. I have done this for over 25 years. Its getting people on board really, it annoys me how theres so many dodgy companies out there that get away with murder and then theres good honest people who just want to operate a good business. Whats your business matt?

 

[Matt.WD]

The barrier to entry on PPH is pretty low, so you do get a wide range in terms of quality! You have to play the game a bit, start off charging low then increase once you've built up your profile and feedback.

I'm in the data extraction / scraping business (although not for the purposes of crawling the web for emails and spamming people). Most of what I do is competitor price analysis for online retailers - however the service has a pretty wide reach...information is everywhere after all!

 

[hardygirl30]

That's my thoughts exactly , I don't want to charge the earth it's about quality for me.

Great little venture you have there, I've done some of that plenty more to learn. I love your positive attitude.