How do you advertise your logs etc?

[cessna]

Nowadays with all the different forms of social media e.g Twitter,Facebook etc, and the internet via your own website, I would like to know which ones you use to advertise your logs and kindling. We usually put an ad in the local paper a few times through the winter months as well as local parish magazines. Not having children I am pretty ignorant of using Twitter and Facebook,and then there is "Gumtree" and "Preloved (sounds intersting:001_smile:). So can some of you younger ones enlighten me on using social media for advertising.

I have put a thread on The Farming Forum , "IT"section asking for advice on website construction,and had a lot of feedback so far.

At 63 ,I need to do some catching up on the above

[Woodworks]

Website for us. Use a free Yola template that took a morning to set up and works a treat. Seems to filter out all the time wasters others seem to struggle with. I am not that young so no idea about social media. Tried the local rag and got loads of time wasters and "what's your best price". Website and domain costs the same as 2 small ads in the local rag!

[nick channer]

Website (bucks logs) face book page

Every local paper each week within 20 mike radius

Every village shop I come across

Put signs up tied to telegraph poles etc

Local papers are big outlay as do 13 weeks at time to get discount

[all aspects]

We use eBay and no other adds, used to do5-6mags buts sell twice as many on eBay alone so works well for us

[ballibeg]

I only supply my immediate area as delivery further kills any profit.

 

Advertising in a small area much easier I think. Word of mouth important, cards in windows useful and a Facebook page completes my approach.

 

No point reaching out to the masses if I can't supply them.

 

Dave

[swinny]

No point reaching out to the masses if I can't supply them.

 

Dave

 

Spot on!

 

theres a local guy selling a builders bag mixed hard and soft for £36.00 collected.

 

smallest bag granted... but with the price of the bag then labour to split etc... whats the point in that?

[carpenter1]

i was condiding trying ebay,

 

do you get much through it,

 

whats the cost ?

[Tree Man Tom]

How do I advertise logs? Simple answer is I don't... All word of mouth stuff. Sell out each year though. It's a nice sideline for me along side contract climbing and my own work. Probably do about 5k a year on logs

[StephF]

Web site, FB, local paper, shops, business cards (leave with new customers so they keep your phone/contact details!), sign written truck, parish mags, word of mouth/recommendation from happy customers!, always sell dry logs and it is not hard to build up a customer base who order regularly.

PS. Have always found yellow pages/thompsons directories (do they still exsist?) got no business for us and was a very expensive way to advertise.

[Logsnstuff]

paper ad just run out and won't be renewed, about to turn google ad words to £0, post a bit on facebook and twitter, word of mouth seems to be the only thing still working.