have you advertised with Yell or yellow pages

baconbuttyman · 24th April 2012, 16:32

I am thinking of advertising with Yell and yellow pages, just locally mind, was wondering if any of you guys have used thenm and if it improved you business any

..... · 24th April 2012, 17:14

I advertise on there. they base their prices on how popular the search is..
Check what areas they will actually put you down in.
Don't do yellow pages it's a waste of time. Do yell.com but you need to do a paid for advert either medium or heavy weight to get near the top of the listings.

Pauly · 25th April 2012, 09:40

Yep a few years ago... very pushey... and won't leave me alone,
took out a basic year package.... worked out a lot of money,
something like £400-500 , return,..... zero... zilch... nothing,
just bombarded with **** , nothing phone calls...
was not impressed, i would guess some business it works for...
but not for me....
thanks
Paul

92 squadron · 26th April 2012, 22:33

When my Yellow Page drops through the letter box it goes straight into the recycling bin. It is a complete waste of paper as you can never find what you want. The BT commercial section has better indexing and you can usually find what you are looking for.
Regards

guru · 26th April 2012, 23:56

No, I considered it when I started my business and they were very pushy however I decided not too in the end.
My brother used to have a big ad in the yellow pages and did get a lot of work through it back in the day however as Google got more popular yellow pages seems to have taken a knock.

A decent website with good SEO will do a lot more for your business then the yellow pages will.......but owning an IT consultancy I suppose I have to say that!

MrDoodles · 27th April 2012, 07:39

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Originally Posted by guru

A decent website with good SEO will do a lot more for your business then the yellow pages will.......but owning an IT consultancy I suppose I have to say that!

Wot 'e said!

Yella Fella · 27th April 2012, 10:47

I did advertise in yellow pages. Couldnt see my ad tho!

GT Courier · 27th April 2012, 11:09

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Originally Posted by guru

No, I considered it when I started my business and they were very pushy however I decided not too in the end.
My brother used to have a big ad in the yellow pages and did get a lot of work through it back in the day however as Google got more popular yellow pages seems to have taken a knock.

A decent website with good SEO will do a lot more for your business then the yellow pages will.......but owning an IT consultancy I suppose I have to say that!

I would agree, Yellow pages/Yell is a big waste of time, everyone just 'googles' things these day

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..... Loves to post Black ROVER 75 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 339 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 7 Posts	I advertise on there. they base their prices on how popular the search is.. Check what areas they will actually put you down in. Don't do yellow pages it's a waste of time. Do yell.com but you need to do a paid for advert either medium or heavy weight to get near the top of the listings.