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Home Inspector with Advance Look Building Inspections and Environmental Testing

Do any of you have websites? Did you make it on your own, or pay someone? How do you find content? How do you use it (advertising, information for clients, post reports, forums, industry, etc.)? Does your website drive any business for you? Do you blog?

These are just a few questions to hopefully spur some discussion. I also propose we post or website(s) and give each other some tips.

Here's mine:

www.advancelookstl.com

Let me know what you think!

Mark

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Jimmy Breazeale
Sherlock Home Inspections - Coldwater, MS

Check out mine at www.sherlockhomeinspects.com

Designed by Grassfrog Technologies.  You are your own administrator, and can tweak it in a number of ways, almost to the point of making it unique.  It's a 'cookie cutter' design, $21.95 a month, and worth every penny.

Contact Roberta Dulay at www.grassfrog.com

Actually, I like your web site pretty well.  May I suggest HomeGuage report software?  If you haven't looked at it, you can download a working copy free at www.homeguage.com   It can be adapted to fit any need, as you can create your own templates for mold or other anxillary services, add and store comments for individual items, and much more.  Worth every penny.  They are about the only folks who will give you a fully working copy.  Customers and agents love its 'readability'.

Many inspectors write some good stuff for content, and will often let you use their articles, blogs and other publications; just cruise, locate, and ask.

Jun 27, 2007 05:43 PM
John Goad
Clarksville Home Inspections - Clarksville, TN

www.clarksvillehomeinspection.com

I have a friend who has helped me with it, it does come in handy when people call & I can refer them to the website to answer most of their questions & I also get quite a few from the site itself. My first google pr was a 3 & projected to get a 4 next time around.

Jul 09, 2007 12:15 PM
David Helm
Helm Home Inspections - Bellingham, WA
Bellingham, Wa. Licensed Home Insp
I also used Roberta at Grassfrog and have been generally happy with it.
Jul 10, 2007 01:20 AM
Don Rider
EZ Rider Home Inspections LLC. - Bossier City, LA
Shreveport Bossier Home Inspector

Mark,

 I designed my own, there are several programs out there to assist you even if you are not very knowledgeable. Abobe Go Live, Microsoft Front Page to name a few.

Aug 29, 2007 01:18 AM
James Quarello
JRV Home Inspection Services, LLC - Wallingford, CT
Connecticut Home Inspector

My observation,

Quite a few of the NACHI guys web sites all look the same. Same layout, same tag line, same list of qualifications. No one stands out. I don't mean just the bunch here, just all around. Do you guys use the same service, templates?

Some of you guys here have good one of a kind sites including Nachi guys. Having a web site is very important, but you have to be unique. If you put something out there that looks like, or similar to other sites, you will blend right into cyberspace.

Think about it, someone looks at your site, abc inspections, and 123 inspections. Same layout. similar content, etc. That person looking at all three sites will get confused by all the similarity.

If you look like everyone else, people will think of you as everyone else.

This is my web site, JRV Home Inspection Services

Aug 30, 2007 11:10 PM