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Is Steve the worse blogger? 1st September 2010 6:04 PM
We only blog once a week now, and that's to help our SEO and Google picks them up immediately, so they must work?
Video marketing - would you use it? 31st August 2010 3:54 PM
We are starting to use videos on our new web site to demonstrate the safety of our pool covers.
Emails - Just Me? 31st August 2010 8:46 AM
We needed a copy of email that a supplier sent us telling me that their price included everything including installation. They tried to go back on this price until they were sent a copy we had kept?

We use folders to keep our inbox clear and attaching them to Sage Act as well now?
Would you accept the word of? 30th August 2010 10:31 AM
Sounds like a niche market that could be exploited Mark - pool survey
Would you accept the word of? 27th August 2010 6:28 PM
Would you accept the word of a pool owner selling their house that their swimming pool did not have any problems. Two new clients did and its going to cost them thousand to solve the problems?
Everybody online by 2012? 27th August 2010 6:24 PM
Just done our Vat return on line, no major problems and got an extra 10 days before they take the money from the bank.
Is your business green? 26th August 2010 8:36 PM
Our company is green as we no longer use vans to get round London, also helps with the weight by walking and using public transport, also looking at the new cycle hire as more sites are opening daily?
Facebook & twitter 24th August 2010 8:18 AM
Hi! More and more businesses nowadays have been using social networking sites to promote their sites and business as well. Creating an account on facebook and twitter, I think, is an effective way in reaching out for your clients and even to more people. You can just write updates about your latest services, payments, amenities, etc. on these sites and can generate responses/comments from them just through the net. Keeping it updated is not that hard at all, you can have 2-3 people who can religiously follow up the accounts made and administer whatever the site and the clients need.

Thanks for the reply, yes we will start to use facebook and integrate it into our new web site and our CRM system.
Facebook & twitter 23rd August 2010 5:06 PM
Other than having an experiment with some facebook advertising, I havent set up a business page. I suppose I should, but I never got round it, and there was always something more important to do. Apparently its low maintainace, and Stavros was telling me the other day the Facebook have changed the way business pages are indexed, so looks like I need to do a bit of reading up on it

Twitter is easy for somethink like this forum, and it does bring in traffic, plus tweets now do form part of Search Engine index's, so it may be worth doing occasional keyword relevant tweets.

I will have a look at it when we have some more time, after the new website goes live?
Pay Per Click (PPC) 22nd August 2010 5:23 PM
..can you explain what you are saying?

Some people go for swimming pool companies as a keyword in our industry, but lots of people also have problems and use keywords such as swimming pool care? Swimming pool companies can cost