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Yelp Scam
The Yelp Scam is coming to get your money.
Yelp is a popular recommendation website. Where people can log in and give a comment bad, good or indifferent. But I for one have seen firsthand the facts that yelp is a scam.
I work for a Medical Spa in the Sacramento area and after a person working at a competitor Spa wrote a negative review we did some research and found many good reviews that where filtered out and the one negative one was highlighted. We did a search of the lady that posted the bad review and found she worked at a competitor’s spa. So we called Yelp to complain and they started on their high pressure sales pitches letting us know for a price we can have the negative review removed and the positives released. That’s when I realized Yelp is a Scam and even probably could be classified as the same as the old crime boss “pay us and we will protect you from us” Another word for it is extortion.
After doing a search looking for other business people that have had a problem with Yelp trying to strong arm them into paying Yelp to remove bad reviews or even to unfiltered good reviews. Businesses have complained for years that Yelp’s recommendation site pressures them into paying to remove negative reviews and highlight positive ones. The company has always denied that its allegedly aggressive sales force made a practice of strong-arming businesses into paying up.
The Yelp Scam goes to court
Yelp is being accused of extortion in a class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles week. The suit alleges that the site tried to get a Long Beach veterinary hospital named Cats and Dogs Animal Hospital to pay $300 a month — for a minimum 12-month commitment — to suppress or delete reviews that disparaged the hospital. This is the same conversation we had with the yelp staff.
According to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court of California, the site manipulates the reviews, through an extortion scheme that offers to remove a business’ negative reviews or relocate them to the bottom of a listing page if the business purchases a monthly advertising subscription.
Yelp extorts business owners to purchase advertising to better their ranking. A business listings on Yelp.com, are in fact biased in favor of businesses that buy Yelp advertising.
Buyer beware of the Yelp Scam.
The suit’s claims seemed to be backed up by an East Bay Express article published last year that also accused the site of running an extortion racket. In that piece, numerous business owners described similar scenarios to the one alleged by the plaintiff. The Oakland, California–based newspaper later reported that after its first story published, many more businesses from around the country contacted it to complain of similar experiences.
The internet is a powerful force to do well and to do bad. People like to complain. People that are satisfied usually don’t comment. But with that said when a company like Yelp feed of the power of the complainer to extort money from business owners. It’s a bad day.
So my warning to you as a business owner, watch out for the call from yelp because Yelp is a Scam.
If you’re looking to complain about service make sure you are not just complaining because you’re a jerk and that the business is really a bad business with bad service.
Chief Inspiration Officer
Fighting the forces of mediocrity.
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How to make a Craigslist Ad
Knowing how to make a craigslist ad that sells.
Craigslist is a great way to market your business or business opportunity. But many times craigslist will block or Flag your ad. They want you to post your ads in the paid job listings. Also I’m sure you have heard the saying “A picture’s worth a thousand words” So why not make a ad that’s a clickable picture. The benefit with a picture is craigslist searches do not see pictures therefore they cannot find them to flag them. This is a great way to get your ad seen by more people longer. In this video I show you how to make a craigslist ad that looks good and also sells.
How to make a Craigslist Ad
Learn How to make a craigslist ad that sells and also drives the traffic to your website or capture page. Marketing is not effective if no one clicks on the link or visits your website. Knowing how to make a craigslist ad that stays on craigslist is one thing but knowing how to make a craigslist ad that makes people click on it is the goal. If your ad stays on craigslist but no one clicks on it, what’s the point?
How to make a Craigslist Ad like this
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4) Make extra money from your ads.
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Learn How to make a Craigslist Ad that sells and watch your bank account GROW.
Chief Inspiration Officer
Fighting the forces of mediocrity.
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What to Say in Your Blog
Blog All About It: What to Say in Your Blog
Writer’s block is a common ailment among blog writers, whether it is a news reporter under a deadline or a student trying to finish a report. If you are a blogger, you may find yourself suffering from “blogger’s block”, the condition of not knowing What to Say in Your Blog.
The media is a great place to find things to blog about. Watch the local news, read the paper, or check media websites. Take a look at what is going on in the world and spin the stories into a tale for your readers. If you have a website about weight loss and come across a news clip that features something they would find interesting, by all means, blog about it. After you give your opinion on the story, link to the original news source as a convenience for your readers. They may find your post so interesting; they’ll want to read the original story, too.
You can blog about your affiliate programs and make money at the same time. If you are an affiliate for some program, find a way to create a blog post about it. You can review the item, give tips on how to use the item and so forth. You will have something to write about, and if your reader clicks on your link and purchases the item, you’ll make money at the same time.
What to Say in Your Blog can be simply looking around at what’s happening.
Blogs are also a great way to promote your website. Let your readers know when you have made a change to your site, such as publishing a new article. Create a blog post that contains the first few lines of the article to tease your readers, as well as a link to the page that features the full text.
Keep your posts timely and helpful. If it is almost Mothers Day, adding a post with tips on Mothers Day gifts is timely and helpful. A how-to post that explains a quick and easy craft for mom would be both timely and helpful.
To help your readers stay up to date with the new posts that you add, you can install a feed burner. There are different feed services to choose from, including free ones. Once you register, you will be given a small amount of HTML to add to your blog. Your readers can choose to subscribe and have your new posts delivered to their email or computer’s home page.
If you have hobbies or topics that you love to read about then share them with the world and start blogging. You can use the same platform I’m using. Just enter your email here for more information on how to get started.
Happy Blogging!
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Marketing
The common theme in Network and Internet Marketing is MARKETING. I get comments all the time from people telling me, “I’m not getting and sign ups” or this is not working for me”. People you have to remember its Marketing.
The one that shows the most wins.
You get paid to market and sell that’s it. There are many activities that must be done and many that people do only to avoid what needs to be done. Many times they don’t do marketing because they are scared or don’t know how.
The learning is in the doing.
You just got to jump.
If you are not marketing, that means sharing your product or opportunity with someone new on a regular basses you will not win.
Yesterday, I was sitting at a Starbucks watching a young kid about 21 or so doing a sign-up for his network marketing business. The guy he was signing up was also young and had his hat on sideways and just not someone I would pin as a marketer. But the guy signed up. The younger kid was doing Marketing. At the same Starbucks I watched as a young 17 year old was fixing Iphones. When he was done he walked through the Starbuck dropping his business cards on every empty table. WOW I thought this kid is a true entrepreneur. So I followed him out talked to him and now we are doing internet marketing business together.
Marketers are always marketing. You can’t wait for the food to come to you. In the bible it says God will take care of your needs that even the sparrows in the field have all their needs. But remember that even the sparrows needed to go out and get the food.
If you are in any marketing, make sure you are majoring in the majors and not the miners.
Chief Inspiration Officer
Vincent St.Louis
Fighting the forces of mediocrity.
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Keep the weeds out
The brain is like a garden if you don’t go in and pull the junk out the weeds will take over. When I bought my home the neighbors would tell me how many years ago my yard was like a park with paved walkways and fish ponds. When I moved in there was no signs of any park. Still to this day when I’m digging around in my yard I will find remains of the old gardens and walkways.
Your mind is the same way. We must keep up with the attendance of our mind and our attitude. One way to do this is to read good books and attend good events. I have a goal to read two positive self improvement or business books a month and attend at least one event ever 3 months. This is a great way to keep the weeds out of your mind and keep you going in the right direction.
I have read many self help and business book.
Right now I’m reading the book “Why We Want You To Be Rich by Trump and Kiyosaki Great book
A few great events to attend would be Anthony Robbins “Unleash the Power Within and T. Harv Eker’s Millionaire Mind Intensive.
Don’t let the weeds of self-doubt and disbelief take over your garden of dreams. Keep the weeds out and watch your garden grow.
Chief Inspiration Officer
Fighting the forces of mediocrity
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Sowing and reaping this spring
I’m out planting the new crop for the summer. Planting seeds reminds me about many business practices we must follow. As I’m out there and my three chickens are peck-en around looking for bugs that I dig up. I think of all the seeds I planted in business. Many never barred fruit and many did. Some started to grow, but then after a while they died off. Just like my garden. Sometimes we plant this season and harvest next. I planted my Artichokes last year and finely I have a few nice artichokes coming in. Some times you plant a business seed and it takes many years of nurturing before you see any results. Just like my Asperigus It’s just now starting to look like by next year I may have a harvest. Sometimes we invest in people and expect things to happen too quickly. Every harvest has its season.
Spring is in the air for business as well as gardening.
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Middle Class America
Middle Class America, what are you going to do?
Most people don’t even notice that middle class America is shrinking and has been for many years.
Where is the middle class America going?
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Business Building Strategies
Business building strategies; 5 Powerful Mind Success Strategies.
Are you in business for yourself? Do you work from home? Working for yourself and running your own business is a fantastic and challenging experience. You can wake up exhilarated to begin your day and go to bed feeling overwhelmed and mentally exhausted. The key to business success is to maintain a positive, yes you can do it, mindset.
I have worked from home for the last ten years. 2002 to be exact. It has it’s rewards and it’s challenges. Read my 5 powerful mind success business building strategies below to help create a positive mind set.
Easier said than done, right?
Here are 5 powerful mind success strategies to help you create and sustain a positive mindset so you attain the success you desire.
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Empower Network why I joined
Empower Network Vincent St.Louis joins Empower Network
Before I start I must say I am still in MonaVie and I have no intentions to change that. So why did I choose to expand and why choose Empower Network? I have been looking to became in some way apart of the internet for some time now. I have looked at many if not all the attraction marketing plans out there and for my reasons they did not appeal to me. I have bought hundreds of dollars of internet training and SEO training until I’m blue in the face. The internet is not going away and as a leader in the network marketing industry I needed to find a way to one; understand it and two; find a way to use it to help my team build their MonaVie business. To not do so is doing an injustice as a leader of so many.
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Future social media
Future Social Media Marketing in 2012
What is the future social media marketing?
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