Posted by geofones at April 10th, 2006

Many thanks to the 41 people who filled in the survey, especially for Paul for turning it into a post on his Tinbasher blog.

Results:-

1) Do you notice the sign writing on trade vans?

85% Yes

2) How do you find a new plumber, decorator electrician?

61% from a friend, 17% from Yellow pages  only 5% from Google

3) Would you use a search engine to find a local service?

66% said Yes

4) When a trade person shows up . Is the condition of his vehicle at all important?

68% not at all or a little. 27% a lot.

5) If they turned up in a brand new Porsche 4X4 would you be

68% would be peeved (wonder if its the same 68% who don’t notice.) Best comment:- - think they have bad taste in vehicles
6) If  you did an internet search and entering  the trade you wanted with the town you are in gave a good response.

80% would be impressed or would use it.

So now need to proceed to the next stage in the Geoff Jones master plan for world domination.