Website Offers Contractors a New Way to Market Home Services

Website Offers Contractors a New Way to Market Home Services

ROYAL OAK, Mich., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A free six-month listing on a new website, clickthencall.com, can help Metro Detroit and Michigan contractors fulfill their New Year's resolutions to do a better job of marketing their services in 2005.

Clickthencall.com quickly narrows the search for home services by job type and geographical area. The website covers all home services and has more than 50 categories, ranging from construction and skilled trades to lawn care and pet-sitting. New categories will be added as additional services are listed.

A web page of information about each contractor provides consumers with the basic information they want to have before making a call.

Drywall contractor Todd Bauswell and travel agent Laura Henry, both of Royal Oak, came up with the idea for clickthencall.com after she hired him to do some work in her kitchen. Both had been frustrated by the process of searching for contractors over the Internet.

Henry had wasted hours on websites that failed to screen contractors by category, geographical location or size of job. Bauswell found that websites charged too much for contractor listings that produced few or no leads.

"Clickthencall.com takes the consumer right to the contractors in their area who do the work they need," Henry said. "It provides the information you want to have before inviting someone into your home."

Henry and Bauswell spent almost a year developing a user-friendly website that provides advice to consumers. There are tips for hiring a contractor, updates on consumer fraud scams and a message board where consumers can get answers from home services professionals.

To maximize the response for contractors, clickthencall.com is indexed with more than 1,500 search engines through Pro Boost.

The website went live in December. In order to build up its listings for Metro Detroit and Michigan, clickthencall.com is offering a six-month standard contractor listing for free.

The regular annual rates are $99.95 for a standard listing, $199.95 for the select package that includes a coupon and up to four photos, and $349.50 for the premium package that adds better placement to the select package.

Contractors who sign up for the six-month trial are eligible for a monthly drawing for a free banner ad, a select package and a premium package.

For additional information, go to http://www.clickthencall.com/ .


Source: clickthencall.com

CONTACT: Todd Bauswell of clickthencall.com, +1-248-549-0403

Web site: http://www.clickthencall.com/


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