The Salad Caper

A friend of mine has recently acquired a lot for their dream home. She is very excited to start building their house since they took a long time saving up for it – it meant a lot of hard work, a few frustrations and a very disciplined attitude about spending money. Now the realization of their dreams has started and I am extremely excited for them! First, they would need to build a team to make the home in their minds materialize in their eyes. They are open to recommendations and referrals for the architect, engineer, contractor/builder and interior designer.

Referrals have started to come in but sadly, they haven’t found a team they really like. Here comes the hard part. They are very picky on who they want and they are running out of referrals. I told them to expand their network by scoping the internet. Thanks to technology, the internet has also becomes a marketplace for human resources. You can get a job, hire somebody competent and advertise your business. This is what Edinburgh is about – you can do all of these and restrain your search on the area of your home, business or place you are willing to work.

So for example, you are looking for an Edinburgh Builder, you can search along the area you specifically need to find someone. TouchLocal is very comprehensive online business directory, so if you are a business owner, you might want to consider sending a link of your business web site to them or if you have specific skills you can offer, for example if your are an  Edinburgh Accountant or a web site designer, you can advertise your services as well. Customers leave feedback so it can spread virally if you have good feedbacks! The TouchLocal online business directory, touchlocal.com, offers blanket UK coverage and contains over 2.4 million business listings. It attracts 4 million unique visitors a month who in-turn undertake 6 million searches.