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No site, no advertising at all! Unless I wanted to specialise it keeps my overheads low which in turn generates more business. I have thought about specialising but the diversity keeps me interested and improving at a wide range of jobs which is one of the reasons I'm still doing it after so many years.
The more common approach would be to hire cheaper/less experienced labour and take on more work, it's usually quite frustrating for the trades who do it but there's not much option if you have a family who want to live above the bread line. No dependants for me so it's possible financially to go this route.
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Impressive! I guess once you are established you are, er, established and digital presence is much less of a concern for a plumber than a Designer.
I am however thinking of making and selling some sort of templated (I've already built a couple for fun) portfolio/trade website where I can get costs down to a minimum but make profit in bulk. Prob won't work.
Anyway, baths... any real difference in these two... I need double ended and sans tap holes...
chrisbmx116
Wise words as ever. One thing I think trades need to look at is their online presence (ok, I'm a Designer, I would think that right?) but I am surprised at how many have piss poor websites and identities, when I have been searching for folks to fix/fit this and that a quick google brings up some of the worst sites i've seen this side of 2001 populated with low res stock images, some still with watermarks on. If someone is happy to steal images, and thinks their website looks fine (when it doesn't), I'm not sure I'd want that person to be working on anything more permanent.
Of course, you are prob going to prove my theory wrong by having a really bad site too, or no site... ha.
Also, baths, Steel or not?