Ken,

I have to agree with Jim.

Most of the money spent on the yellow page books is a waste in my opinion.

If you want to be on the internet and be sucessful with it, you probably need to have a 3rd. party maintain your site so they can stay on top of it.
You do have to spend some money to be at the top of the search engines which can get expensive.

I've always found the best form of advertising is just marketing in the area you wish to work within.

You can contact home sellers, realtors, run an ad in the real estate section of the newspaper, and have vehicle signage. These have worked the best for myself.

And don't forget to ask you previous clients to pass on your name to their friends and family. Stay in contact with these clients with some type of letter periodically or some type of adverstisement such as a yearly calendar or something to keep your name in front of them.

rick

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