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Golden Pages

  • 23-11-2010 1:39pm
    #1
    niall_walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    Just putting this out there to see a response. Do you think the golden pages is now an effective way of advertising in this day and age. I have a garden centre and landscaping business and I am considering not listing this year. Any views?


Comments

  • #2
    blue4ever
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭blue4ever


    what size do you go now - b/w or colour?


  • #3
    wellboy76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 691 ✭✭✭wellboy76


    We had a 1/4 page add last year. Add was wrong but hey!

    We have a database of how enquiries come through here and the throughput by Golden Pages is almost nil.

    We just have a 2 line add now. Worth a presence but it is a dying form of getting your name out there. Everyone googles now.


  • #4
    Pixelcraft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭Pixelcraft


    I'm constantly amazed how many companies still use it with a 3k+ add yet don't have a website!


  • #5
    YouProduce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭YouProduce


    Hi Niall,

    I don't think it is worth the expense to be honest. People still use it, my cousin owns a windows & doors business that puts a regular add in, but I don't think its cost effective.

    New media is all the rage, get a website if you haven't done it already, & either pay a professional to do your SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) or learn about it yourself. Cavan County enterprise board do a reasonably good beginners course for web-marketing for €50 and I am sure you can do other more advanced classes or just learn about it through blogs & wikipedia. You shouldn't need much SEO I don't expect since you're only targeting a local market. I think all that would be more cost effective than the Golden pages, although saying that, I don't know if its an older demographic you're targeting.

    Goodluck man;)
    Ciarán


  • #6
    mout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭mout


    We used to have an advert in Golden Pages. Haven't bothered for a few years now.
    I could not recommend Golden Pages anymore. Spend the money on your website. Even my Mam now uses google to find stuff!
    Both at home & in work I see the GP books still in their wrappers and being thrown out unopened.


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