Hello there!

I'm new here. Not here to spam links or services... I'm trying to learn about cleaners, your frustrations in internet marketing... horror stories, success stories... so I can better my services.

I created two cleaning websites for local maid/cleaning businesses who have a substantial amount of reviews on Google, Yelp, and Home Advisor (lets all barf over buying leads). I maintain their websites on a monthly basis, doing updates, small changes, making sure the email contact forms are pumping out new appointments... I have taken a liking to the niche of providing internet marking for local cleaning companies but I'm well aware of companies like Molly Maid..MaidPro..Cleaning Authority, etc having like a staff of specialists to compete with. Anyone want to rant about their website, google ranking or the local competition online? lol

From reading the forums it seems like a lot of people here have DIY websites, or manage their own hosting accounts perhaps having someone else build their site originally, and maybe bring on SEO/Adwords folk as needed (?). Is that right or do some people pay for someone to manage their website on an ongoing basis?

-Drew