A couple of weeks back I decided to have a go at Facebook advertising. If you have a look online you can find lots of information and success stories to confirm that Facebook advertising can be a really powerful tool. I was curious to find out if these types of adverts could work in our industry. A […]

 

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Era Vectis Decoder For those who don’t already know the Era Vectis was designed to eliminate lock snapping altogether by turning a multi point locking gearbox into a mortice style lock. The advantage to this kind of set up is that there’s no euro cylinder for a would be burglar to attack but you still get all […]

 

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On the 21st of this month The Locksmith World was 1 year old. When I started the blog I was hoping to post at least once a week but the reality is that it’s very difficult to find time to post once a month never mind once a week. Over the past year I’ve uploaded 25 posts […]

 

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It’s nearly that time of the year again! The locksmith expo is held in Nottingham and is run by Mick Friend of Lock and Security Magazine and its’ back for the fifth successive year. The locksmith expo 2014 is set to be the biggest and best yet. The Expo will be held at the East Midlands Conference […]

 

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Guest Post By Brisant Secure Ltd   Here at Brisant we are continuing to respond to the requests of our locksmith customers! It is a given that our locks are good quality, easy to stock and exceptionally easy to reconfigure, but now we are responding to add depth and breadth to our range to give the trading […]

 

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Hi Everyone Just a very short post to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. I would like to say a big thank you to everybody who continues to come back and read the blog. Thank you to every body who has liked and shared all the posts via numerous social media […]

 

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Guest Post By Rick The Pick Importance Of SEO | A Locksmiths Guide With Yell.com and Thomson Local virtually at deaths door it has never been so important to get your locksmith business advertised online. It was announced earlier in the week that Hibu (The new name behind Yellow Pages) has fallen into administration. That’s both Thomson […]

 

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How Much Can Can You Earn As A Locksmith? When you are considering a career, at any age, one of big incentives is the wage you can earn when you have completed your training. There are many high paid jobs out there; solicitors, the police, a doctor, and they all come with years of training. If you believe what […]

 

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Guest Post By Outside-In Lock Tools As one of the newer producers of tools for Locksmiths, Outside-In Lock Tools commenced initial production around April 2011, almost by accident. It all started after a particularly troublesome lockout which involved the turning of an extremely tight key, through the letterbox. Ipswich Locksmith Simon Barber, was determined to make situations […]

 

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I had a very difficult decision to make this year whether or not to advertise in Yellow Pages and on Yell.com. Ever since starting to work for myself I have always advertised in Yellow pages because I’ve been almost too scared not to. Over the past 5 years I have been teaching myself SEO and although now […]

 

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