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Google Adwords For My Trade Business

Should I Do Google Adwords For My Trade Business?

How Google Adwords can help your business

If you’re looking for the right marketing investment then Google Adwords may be the perfect tool for your trade business.

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Facebook for tradies

Facebook for Tradies – 5 Smart Ways to Market Your Business Locally

Smart ways for tradies to market their business locally on Facebook

Facebook may be getting slammed in the press lately, but despite all the grumblings, Facebook is still powering along, and it still possesses one of the most efficient platforms for getting the word out about your company – especially if you are a local business. Read more

Plumbing

Plumber Leads: 3 Ways to Get More Business

Got a plumbing business?

A plumbing business without leads isn’t a business at all, but it can be tough to attract genuine enquiries while warding off the price shoppers. If you operate a plumbing business and you’re struggling to win jobs, you need workable strategies that will get the phone ringing and a decent wage coming in.

All tradies operating in a digital world need to get their business presence online to remain competitive – which means a website, good SEO practices, and trade directories should be as much a part of the toolset as plungers and pipe wrenches. Read more

Internet Marketing

Is Internet Marketing Important To Local Businesses?

How to get more customers online

Are you running a local business? Do you question whether internet marketing is important for your success or not? Most marketers will agree that many local business owners still do not understand the benefits of having a focused online marketing strategy.

So let’s start with what happens when one needs a local service like a plumber, electrician or even an insurance broker? Where is the first place you start your search? Bet it’s the internet!

This common action alone tells you why just about every local business should be thinking about their internet marketing strategy.

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LinkedIn Strategies for Local Businesses

LinkedIn Strategies for Local Businesses

online channels to build your trade business

3 Brilliant Digital Marketing Strategies for Tradies

3 brilliant digital marketing strategies for tradies

Our increasingly digital and connected world means that it is essential for all businesses to take their marketing online, so here are some of the best digital marketing strategies tradies can use to reach more customers in their local area.
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Local SEO

Local SEO for Tradies – Why You Need It

How Google is helping tradies in business

While general SEO practices have evolved and become more complicated throughout the years, it has not lost relevance. In fact it’s become more relevant than ever before especially for small businesses and tradies given the trend and focus on local SEO.

Whether your trade business only services a small number of suburbs in your state or a larger scale region, here are some good reasons to incorporate local SEO to your marketing strategy.

Google has a soft spot for local businesses

It’s true. Whilst in the past Google has usually favoured big brands with good history and credibility, it also wants to give consumers what they really want, need and prefer – and that’s access to local businesses. And that’s you guys!

In recent times, Google has started to pave the way for small businesses to play in the same field as big companies with more emphasis on local search.

That is why local SEO has become more relevant in gaining new customers locally and investing in it could certainly lead to huge financial benefits for your business.

Customers want local targeted results

Consumers are more demanding and they want things to be more specific to them – and of course location plays a key part of this. No Sydney consumer wants to Google “local plumber” only to find one in China!

This has put more pressure on Google to work on delivering more targeted results – and that means making sure relevant local businesses like yours show up in these results.

A good local SEO strategy will therefore better connect local tradies to local consumers in the same local area. It’s win- win for everyone!

What actions can a tradie take to improve their local SEO

  1. Assess your current local SEO ranking.  Ultimately you want your business appearing in local Google search results for the areas you service.
  2. Get onto directories that can help improve your local SEO ranking. Check out Tradebusters Connect at www.tradebustersconnect.com.au which exclusively helps profile three top businesses by local area.
  3. Make sure your social media accounts reflect the areas your service. With Facebook and Twitter being so popular it is not unusual for consumers to seek local service providers using the search function tools on these platforms.

Need help in growing your trade business?

Contact us at Tradebusters for a FREE Tradie Help Consultation.

We have specialist solutions for trades including Website Design, Local Area Lead Generation Strategies, Social Media and Marketing Support, Business Coaching and more. Contact us today.

How to Market My Building Business

Local Builders, Get More Customers!

Promoting your building business in order to attract the right quality customers requires having a marketing plan in place.

Here’s how you can do this for your business.

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Digital Marketing Trends For Aussie Tradies

Tradies Need To Stay Relevant

Technologies improve constantly but there are some marketing trends that won’t go away. As we get into another year, all tradies in business need to make sure they stay as relevant as ever before online.

So what relevant for tradie marketing now?

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I’m A Tradie. Why Do I Need Social Media?

I’m A Tradie. Why Do I Need Social Media?

Like most tradies you probably rely on a few key sources of marketing to drive customers to your business, like:

  • Online directories and trade portals like Yellow Pages and True Local
  • Local advertising
  • Word of mouth referrals

But with more and more customers being active on social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, now is as good as a time as any to harness the power of social media to get more clients online. And yes, even for a tradie, whether you be a local plumber, builder or painter.

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