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What are their weaknesses? Do they mostly only deal with cleaning companies rather than individuals? I know that with cleaning there are certain concerns when

What are their weaknesses? Do they mostly only deal with cleaning companies rather than individuals? I know that with cleaning there are certain concerns when it comes to being bonded and whatnot since you're going into peoples homes, but I don't know a great deal about it. I'd love it if there was a nice site I could hit up to find a cleaner in my area or get bids from multiples for what I want. For instance, the few places I've searched out myself around here insist that they come every week, won't even take laundry down to the laundry room, etc. There are more and more sites every day that would let me locate people to do work without having to pay the overhead necessary to keep an entire corporate structure oiled and upright even though they're not providing any service technology couldn't do better and for almost no cost. I just don't know of any for cleaning, and I expected this to be one of them... was a bit disappointed when I found out it wasn't. Even if they are hugely successful, I can't imagine them expanding to West Virginia any time soon.

seiji 14y ago
I accidentally filled out a leadgen form for movers once. What it did was forward my personal information to 20 different moving companies who contacted me individually wanting me to fill out the same detailed paperwork 20 times about my move for a quote. It's tragic because you can't turn off the inbound calls. There's no one thing to block.
tvjunky 14y ago
Lead gen in general is an internet history lesson. The focus on local/reviews over the last few years was intended to be the fix for the trash lead gen created. The fact is, the vast majority of businesses like this are very small (even the franchises) and there is no corporate structure. They only make a profit if the come every week and they need to set limit on the kinds of things they do. For most of these, Google does a good job of putting the customer and service together even if reviews are another waste land. The missing questions are: is this service what I want and is it worth paying for?

seiji 14y ago

I accidentally filled out a leadgen form for movers once. What it did was forward my personal information to 20 different moving companies who contacted me individually wanting me to fill out the same detailed paperwork 20 times about my move for a quote. It's tragic because you can't turn off the inbound calls. There's no one thing to block.

tvjunky 14y ago

Lead gen in general is an internet history lesson. The focus on local/reviews over the last few years was intended to be the fix for the trash lead gen created. The fact is, the vast majority of businesses like this are very small (even the franchises) and there is no corporate structure. They only make a profit if the come every week and they need to set limit on the kinds of things they do. For most of these, Google does a good job of putting the customer and service together even if reviews are another waste land. The missing questions are: is this service what I want and is it worth paying for?