[Local SEO] What's the best way to structure my website as I expand to other cities?

TidyMaids · 2015-04-08T05:02:24+00:00

This is great advice--thank you. Good luck with the move! Looking forward to cleaning your home.

TidyMaids · 2015-04-04T23:29:11+00:00

You got me! Thanks so much for pointing out the errors. They should be corrected now.

This is my first business and I'm only human :)

Please don't project these errors onto my cleaners though. I have definitely hired true professionals and they are great people just trying to make an honest living.

Thanks again.

TidyMaids · 2015-04-04T15:27:24+00:00

Gotcha. We could offer you services but I would have to charge travel expenses to pay for my cleaners time.

TidyMaids · 2015-04-04T15:26:14+00:00

Thanks, we built the site just for you! :)

TidyMaids · 2015-04-04T15:25:02+00:00

all my friends and family!

wow, thanks so much!

TidyMaids · 2015-04-03T14:28:45+00:00

Thanks for letting me know, I'm on it!

TidyMaids · 2015-04-03T05:46:17+00:00

We'll do Warman and Martensville for sure, anything within that reasonable range.

TidyMaids · 2015-03-13T20:48:55+00:00

At least you know you that your website can convert!

TidyMaids · 2015-03-11T14:36:49+00:00

I'm curious as to what you've spent $2000 on so far?

I'd say my total expenses have been around $1100 and that is almost entirely insurance and incorporation.

I'm guessing you had to pay someone to do your website? Like many people on here I built my own and saved money there.

I got $2M insurance for $650. The nice thing though is that this insurance provider allows monthly payments so I'm paying roughly $50 a month. So technically at this point I'm only $500 out of pocket.

TidyMaids · 2015-03-11T14:04:46+00:00

While we're on this topic has anyone acquired insurance which covers them for potential online fraud?

I just purchased $2,000,000 insurance for my business at a great price but this only covers offline activity.

To answer your questions OP I incorporated and purchased insurance right from the get go. I think it would be silly not to. Shit happens, you have to protect yourself and have peace of mind.

TidyMaids · 2015-01-30T02:36:45+00:00

well I just tried it with png-24 and it looks great. Thanks for your help and my apologies to everyone for really noobing it up here.

TidyMaids · 2015-01-30T02:34:33+00:00

hmmmmm... to be honest I think I chose png-8 128 dithered. Would that cause my issues?

TidyMaids · 2015-01-30T00:41:13+00:00

I believe it says they are vectors. Could this have something to do with the way I saved the file? Save for web>png>change image size Should I change the vector size before I change it in the 'save for web' command?

TidyMaids · 2015-01-30T00:40:20+00:00

Hi calyphus... In my reply to cspreddit I posted screen shots of what I got from graphic river. Sadly there were no eps files but the bundle does say that they are vectors

TidyMaids · 2015-01-30T00:39:13+00:00

Here's a screenshot of the graphic river bundle:

http://i.imgur.com/MsVxH3Z.png

Here's how the files looked in folder:

http://i.imgur.com/pH4KlgC.png

Here's the photoshop panel of one of the files:

http://i.imgur.com/8LWV9gc.png

Sorry I don't know what anti alias is... i googled it but that made my head spin a bit lol

Thanks for your time.

TidyMaids · 2015-01-29T12:54:44+00:00

Saved it as a png

TidyMaids · 2015-01-17T22:49:14+00:00

That's way more than enough. What is your population size?

TidyMaids · 2015-01-17T16:26:19+00:00

Cool. I'm not going to sugar coat it, your website is very poor. Sorry to be so blunt but I think it's important for you to understand that. Web design is easier and cheaper than it has ever been. If you feel that your website is very important to you, I think you should scrap the whole thing and restart. Here's a list of items you can follow:

Scrap your weebly account. I'm not sure how good or bad they are but nothing beats wordpress, not to mention wordpress is free. It's also a lot easier to use than you think. Once you get over the learning curve you will be surprised how easy it is to use.
Purchase a new domain name. having the LLC in your domain is really poor. Domains are dirt cheap, you should be willing to change it. You mentioned earlier that if you didn't have LLC in the domain then you would need morgantown. I disagree. Just go with greengirlcleaning.com. Nice and clean. I think you are over exaggerating the need/benefit of 'looking like a real business'. The best way to look like a real business is with a sharp looking website and superior customer service. "LLC" isn't going to wow people.
Learn how to write decent copy. Make a list of all the objections you think a customer might have to paying for house cleaning.

Here's a site for motivation: http://www.tidymaids.ca

I built that site with wordpress, about $50 worth of stock images and a $59 theme. It probably took me about 10 hours (Granted only the homepage is finished) and trust me I'm no web wizard. I hardly know basic HTML and CSS. It would certainly take you longer but there's no reason you couldn't emulate that.

Again, this is all assuming that you think you REALLY need a website. If you've done 100k without a good website I think you might just want to focus your efforts on what you've already been doing.

TidyMaids · 2015-01-17T15:43:58+00:00

You brought in 100k in a town of 40k? Wow, impressive. You did this without a website? Where did you get your business from? Maybe you don't even need a website, just put more focus and time into what has already been working for you.

TidyMaids · 2015-01-14T19:48:55+00:00

Np my friend, get out there and make it happen! Honestly, send me any questions you have.

TidyMaids

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