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  Phil Voice November 7, 2011 at 9:54am

  "I have just noticed I am on the first page through LJN too"

   

  I think you've just answered your own question Nigel. Why pay when you are on the first page anyway...for free:)

   

  If I were you I'd spend time writing blogs about services you offer making sure that keywords reflecting your locality and services are included within the text.
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  Pembroke Gardening Services November 7, 2011 at 10:01am

  Thanks Phil, 

  New to all this, do you mean writing blogs on here?
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  Phil Voice November 7, 2011 at 10:02am

  Yes Nigel, why pay for Google juice when you can utilise the collective juice of the network;-0)
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  Pembroke Gardening Services November 7, 2011 at 10:07am

  
  
  Phil Voice said:

  Yes Nigel, why pay for Google juice when you can utilise the collective juice of the network;-0)

   

  Thanks Phil, I'll have a wander over to the blogs for a look. Keep up the good work
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  Adam Pilgrim November 7, 2011 at 10:10am

  One of the best sales calls I ever had was from these people - on one of my rare days in the office, they called me with almost exactly the same offer.

   

  I quickly tapped into Google various terms - on every search I tried I got on the first page through either my own website or LJN...

   

  In short - as Phil says - don't pay for what you can get for free!

   

  Can the Google sales guy offer you access to a wide range of other professionals and knowledgeable individuals who can offer help and advice on all aspects of the industry that you could possibly wish to ask about??

   

  LJN can..... 
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  Pembroke Gardening Services November 7, 2011 at 11:07am

  Thanks Adam,

  I've looked at your website- it's very friendly and has all the keywords. I need to look at ours again. 

  Phil,

  Does it make a difference to search engines's what I add to the 'About Me' section of LJN, I've noticed that Adam's (ANP) has lot's more info about what they do.
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  Phil Voice November 7, 2011 at 11:12am

  Definately Nigel. An about page is one of the most important pages on any site.

   

  You need to add as much information as you can detailing: skills | experience | training | service | location | photos | videos | testimonials etc etc.

   

  Always bear in mind that a potential client is not going to come to LJN first and then click onto your about page; there's a greater likelihood you will be found by someone conducting a search directly through a search engine.
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  Pembroke Gardening Services November 7, 2011 at 4:30pm

  
  
  Hi JP and Gaynor, 

  Thanks for your great advice, approximately how much work do you think that you get through your website's, I suspect mine might be mainly through word of mouth and recommendation?

  We are still new to all this!
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  Claire Brown November 7, 2011 at 4:35pm

  even if your work is through recommendation, having a great web presence (LJN my page, blogs and adding t forums, plus your website, and your comments on other people's websites) will help you to get people to phone you when they look you up.

  
  But more important than that, - you won't get the wrong people calling you. - If your blogging is all about projects that you've done, then you'll get people phoning who are interested in those kind of projects.
  Pembroke Gardening Services said:

  
  
  Hi JP and Gaynor, 

  Thanks for your great advice, approximately how much work do you think that you get through your website's, I suspect mine might be mainly through word of mouth and recommendation?

  We are still new to all this!
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  chris nangle November 7, 2011 at 4:40pm

  google never phoned you mate ,its a scammer trying too get you too let them sort addwords for you .

  Tell them to do one mate.

  or do some resurche and get some very good seo guys on the job for you ,and blogs as phil says