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Diwrnach

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Going to copy and paste a post I have put on another forum, I can't be bothered to re-type it all for an audience than mostly knows me, but anyone with any advice would be most welcome, thinking I may end up paying someone, but anyhow.

Hi there, I run a small exterior cleaning business in the UK, and cover a small 20 mile radius around where I live.

I have through my website builder 5 lines available for keywords, or search strings.

The problem I have is I live in a small town surrounded by small towns, also I live right on the border of 3 shires and also provide several services, I am trying to work out how best to utilise the 5 lines to cover as much area as possible with as many services as possible, and for someone like myself who has zero knowledge of this kind of thing is really daunting!

To give you a run down I provide,

Pressure washing of paths, patios, drives etc

Window cleaning,

Conservatory cleaning,

Soffit and Fascia cleaning,

Gutter clearing,

I can carry these out within 20 miles of Shipston on stour for pressure washing, within 10 miles of Shipston on Stour for the rest.

I live in Warwickshire, but if I drive 1/2 mile out of the town one way I am in Gloucestershire, if I drive out another way by about 1 mile I am in Oxfordshire, and to make things even more interesting I live in an area known as the Cotswolds (business name is Cotswolds Power Clean).

Near by I have multiple small to medium sized towns including Stratford upon Avon, Shipston on Stour, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, Bourton on the water, Banbury, Chipping Campden, Chipping Norton, Wellesbourne, just to name a few.

How on earth do I go about getting myself, in a 20 mile radius, on the front page for all these services in all these places?

 
Pay someone maybe?
Yeah may have to, but I really like doing stuff myself if I can, get more satisfaction that way, but I am top page for a lot of towns around here, but then drop to knowhere in others.

 
What are you using as a website builder as some are very restrictive regarding SEO?

 
Nothing wrong with the site, or the seo available on it.

The problem is how I use it, not what is there.

 
id suggest you cane the facebook free adverts every morning when you wake up

and bump up the ads as soon as you get home. do the same with friday ad, viva, gumtree ,preloved, twitter, angies list ,schindlers list heehee

i had a spell o doin jus this- i was bumping up ads like i was obsessed and it got me ranked well for sure

 
See for the very local towns, Shipston, Moreton, Stow, Bourton if anyone searches for pressure washing I am top of the list, also for Cotswolds search, including videos etc.

The problem is I want to cast the net further and not sure what the best way is to go about it.

 
It depends which way you want to take your business, but I would personally rather use window cleaning related searches if my choice was that limited. I like the pressure washing jobs, but I find they are very easy to sell to people once they are already regular customers. I also find that I can just pop over and do it when I have a space since I'm used to letting myself in.

 
Yep, but I want the individual towns searches to have me there as well, for example pressure washing Stratford upon Avon I don't exist lol

 
Window cleaning is my tick over really, I do a couple of days a week on the windows, its just tick over money, my main work is pressure washing, or at least that is the long term plan, last year it was sparodic, some weeks loads, others hardly any, I want to get 2 days a week pressure washing.

 
have you thought of driving about with a pressure washing wand jetting out behind you as you drive ? pointing downwards a tad . thatd get you noticed

 
Nothing wrong with the site, or the seo available on it.
The problem is how I use it, not what is there.
well you can only have so many keywords that are going to rank on any one page, you cant optimise a page for 20 keywords, what is it you are trying to achieve? i dont know what you mean by having 5 lines of search strings available but i would guess you are limited by the site builder.

you need to dedicate one page to a keyword and use it it the title, H1,H2 headings and well as the url and content, also in the meta, it is far easier having a seperate site for windows and another for pressure washing, you are going to struggle with the limitations of a site builder program to have so many keywords.. build more sites, employ a pro or learn wordpress and yoast. also link as many social media accounts as you can and regulary update them, blogging also helps and dont forget backlinks

or struggle

 
Basically I am trying to get my services to rank well with a load of small towns that I am surrounded by.

Where I live is right on the Warwickshire/Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire border, it is also in the Cotswolds.

There are no major towns around, its all small towns, the list is quite large, I am trying to get anyone who types XXX town pressure washing to get me.

I have managed this with 4 towns and the Cotswolds and also Gloucestershire.

 
Window cleaning is my tick over really, I do a couple of days a week on the windows, its just tick over money, my main work is pressure washing, or at least that is the long term plan, last year it was sparodic, some weeks loads, others hardly any, I want to get 2 days a week pressure washing.
I like the thought of that because its good work when you can get it, I've even got a full day of it myself tomorrow. But I'm not sure just how much demand there is for it. I can't think of the last time I saw someone pressure washing a driveway/patio etc professionally. Obviously a lot of us do it as a service, but the fact that I rarely see people doing it says to me that its not that common- so pickings are slim. I just mention the back patio whenever I chat to a new custy and often I'll get a bite. So the more window cutys I have, the more bites I can get. I can even tie it in with the monthly clean for a little bonus, not to mention it keeps them happy as you don't leave the windows in a mess.

 
I am getting quite a bit of work pressure washing now the weather is getting better, and its all off my website that is only showing up very locally, which is why I want this help, if I am getting good work off it locally I imagine if the net was cast wider the work would come flowing in.

 
There is a way to make lading pages for all the towns you want to cover but I don't think it is possible not with that website builder package you have.

 
an angle worth persuing is connecting with local radio presenters ,on facebook n twitter . they are always looking for stuff to spout about,why not your stuff. an extra benefit of mixing wi these type of folk is that they have a small army of hangers on,who love talking, even if the presenter doesnt lock onto your stuff they surely will ,theyll repost your posts and hence increase your SEO

 
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