As a follow up to this discussion on Google's free sites for business...

This week I had a prospect call in - after a few minutes discussion it was
clear that he had much greater wishes than budget. I suggested he take a
look at Google's free website option.

He said something like he had heard the radio ads and had already checked it
out. He was not impressed with their offering. I believe he said, "they have
a ways to go".

At the end of the conversation he decided he needed to find a high school
student to help him out. :)

So for this random call-in lead, an unknown high school student was a better
sounding solution that Google's free business sites.

chris


On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Jon Lebkowsky <[email protected]>wrote:

> Second that. In fact I'd love to see a list of all the free site providers
> that I can provide.
>
> Re what kind of customer service Google reps provide: traditionally the
> only way to get help from Google has been to go to a forum and post a
> question there, and hope someone knowledgeable will see it and respond.
>
> ~ Jon
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Warren Cardinal <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Chris - that is a GREAT idea.  I am going to start doing that very thing.
>> Then, when they decide their $400 a month yellow page ad and their free
>> website are not doing the job, they can give us a call  back.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Chris Cage <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for bringing this up. I heard a few blurbs on the radio about it
>>> and was wondering what was going on.
>>>
>>> Sounds like what I expected and maybe it is the right solution for some
>>> folks. We get calls every week from people who want a site and don't want to
>>> spend any money. Perhaps getting their feet wet with Google, they'll get
>>> some perspective on what it take to build and maintain a site.
>>>
>>> I'm curious what kind of customer service the Google reps provide after
>>> the 'free' site is up up and away.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Warren Cardinal <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> is up with this
>>>>
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