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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 495449" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>Murdoch's above point echo's a statistic that I have read from guides about business start-ups; "approx. two thirds a new businesses fail within the first three years, but if you can get past five years of trading, you are generally doing things right to make a long term success". Any third-party site that you have to pay to be listed on, and/or have to pay a fee to get the contact details for a prospective lead that you may not get, and/or have to give a percentage of the jobs earnings to someone else, should be avoided like the plague. Unless you have an abundance of spare cash that you are thinking of burning, shredding or just disposing of at the local waste site. The consideration for any type of advertising is how much will it cost you, and what value of new work will it need to generate to be a worthwhile investment. </p><p></p><p>Just googled Checkatrade's FAQ, under their what will it cost? question they are talking of £70+VAT per month as a starting cost! <a href="https://www.checkatrade.com/Join/FAQ.aspx#faq__question__whatwillitcost" target="_blank">ttps://www.checkatrade.com/Join/FAQ.aspx#faq__question__whatwillitcost</a></p><p></p><p>That sounds expensive to me? Advertising can be a bit like an unsecured investment in the stock market, you may get a big return, you may just break even or you may make a loss. But the basic rule is can you afford to loose that money? </p><p></p><p>Doc H. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 495449, member: 1607"] Murdoch's above point echo's a statistic that I have read from guides about business start-ups; "approx. two thirds a new businesses fail within the first three years, but if you can get past five years of trading, you are generally doing things right to make a long term success". Any third-party site that you have to pay to be listed on, and/or have to pay a fee to get the contact details for a prospective lead that you may not get, and/or have to give a percentage of the jobs earnings to someone else, should be avoided like the plague. Unless you have an abundance of spare cash that you are thinking of burning, shredding or just disposing of at the local waste site. The consideration for any type of advertising is how much will it cost you, and what value of new work will it need to generate to be a worthwhile investment. Just googled Checkatrade's FAQ, under their what will it cost? question they are talking of £70+VAT per month as a starting cost! [URL="https://www.checkatrade.com/Join/FAQ.aspx#faq__question__whatwillitcost"]ttps://www.checkatrade.com/Join/FAQ.aspx#faq__question__whatwillitcost[/URL] That sounds expensive to me? Advertising can be a bit like an unsecured investment in the stock market, you may get a big return, you may just break even or you may make a loss. But the basic rule is can you afford to loose that money? Doc H. [/QUOTE]
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