Introducing LArepairfinder.com!
03.26.08 (12:09 pm) [edit]Hey everyone, My name is James Michael, and I'm a part of a really awesome online search engine available for Los Angeles residents who need something fixed! LArepairfinder.com allows LA residents to search for local repair without having to deal with weird results popping up in standard search engines. For people who may think that this is just standard spam, I am going to do a complete demonstration of the website's features on the consumer's side as well as the business side. We want you, the reader, to understand that we're genuinely trying to help you. :) So let's get going! The Consumer's Side First, go to http://www.larepairfinder.com... to bring up the search engine. Here, at the home page, you're given two choices of action: 1. You can type into the "Find:" section what repair service you're looking for, and then your neighborhood into the "Where:" section 2. You can browse the repair service categories (there are quite a few) and find the service you want manually. 1. Let's say that I need my dining room carpet cleaned and I live in Santa Monica. I type in "carpet cleaning" into the "Find:" section, and then "Santa Monica" into the "Where:" section. I hit the "search" button and I'm taken to a page with a list of different service categories, along with the number of companies listed in each one. I click on the relevant category, which is "Carpet, Rug, and Upholstery Cleaning" and a new page loads. This is the listing page, which has several companies dedicated to that specific service listed. Now, since I typed in Santa Monica as my location, these businesses were listed by distance, starting with the closest one and ending in the farthest away. Each business has an address, phone number, and also a rating given by former customers. These ratings are in stars and are given after a customer writes a review, which can be accessed by clicking onto the stars. I click on the nearest company's title and go to a new page which has a description of them along with a digital map placement according to their address provided. Other features include buttons leading to the company's website, blog, coupons (if any), driving directions, and a quote request. I don't like this nearest business, so I'm going to check the others. But wait! I've got to leave for work and I won't have time afterward to contact any of them for a quote! I click "back" and I go back to the list of companies. Lo and behold, my salvation lies at the top of the page! A button saying "Request a Quote from all" which will save me all the time of calling and making time to do so! I click on the button and fill out a description of what I need done in detail, give my contact information, and then I can also choose which businesses I want to send my quote request to! I send them off and then I get going to work! 2. I hit the "Browse Categories" button and am taken to a list of general areas of repair. These include: Automotive Services, Commercial/Industrial, Electronics Repairs, Financial-Real Estate, Home Services, and Outdoor Services. Well, my carpet's in my home...so I click on "Home Services" In here is a MASSIVE list of home services that I can choose from ranging from plumbing to carpentry, chimney cleaning, drywall, etc. I look through the list and see "Carpet, Rug, and Upholstery Cleaning" Clicking on it, I'm now taken to the same list of companies as in 1. The Business Side Small and large businesses alike now have an extremely affordable outlet through which they can advertise their company. Skeptical companies need not to worry! You can give our site a try for 30 days at no expense with the whole deal (company logos, reviews/ratings, etc.)! If you don't get any leads, you can simply withdraw yourselves from the list. If you do get business through this site, keep in mind that it's still growing out of its primitive stages, and will bring you even more customers with growing popularity. After the 30 day free trial is up, it's a very meager 82 cents a day to keep your listing/s up on our site! 82 CENTS! For most businesses out there, one job with one client could probably pay off a whole year's membership! It's so simple and affordable, and it will get you business! Anyway, now that you have a better understanding of what LArepairfinder.com is, you should take it upon yourself to write the address down on a notepad, or bookmark the site, because when the time comes that a pipe busts, a tree is uprooted in a big storm , or any other kind of repair is needed, you could save yourself so much time and hassle (and being put on hold over the phone Undecided ) just by going to http://www.larepairfinder.com... Hope you enjoyed the read! -James