And I dont even care...
One of my oldest clients was a gym owner. I got him from obscurity to #3 in our market (across engines) in the first 3 months, now he sits at #1. He grew and grew and grew thanks to local search, then he had to buy another location in a bigger market, and I grew that location to #1, too. Last November he suspended my monthly service to limit liabilities so he could sell his business, not a problem. We've had a working relationship for years, he took a chance on me and we both profited.
Plus he told me I could re-sign with the new owner. No problem. Right?
Well after 3 months of "just hold on" "cant do it right now" "I have to drop $36k for new AC units", and him still getting the benefit of being #1 on the rankings, things have changed.
I got an email from yelp claiming the someone with the owners name is requesting ownership of the yelp listing. So I tell yelp "let me verify with him that its his email address and we can add him or transfer ownership" idgaf.
So I go see him this morning and he blows up when I mention the word yelp. Apparently he was working yesterday and the yelp reps harassed him, calling him 4 times in under 30 mins. They wouldnt let him off the phone, when he hung up they'd call right back, lol. So he had some choice words about yelp and online marketing. And I tried showing him the views/actions from Google and Yelp and prominence of the rankings, but he wouldnt even look.
Nor would he care. He told me "all these listing produce no memberships, only headaches, take them down." "Exsqueeze me, baking soda?! Are you suuure?" "Yes, word of mouth ONLY from now on." "Google? Bing? Yelp?" "Yes all of em!" I tried explaining that this wont stop the phone calls...he didnt care.
Now I already know that they have fairly thin margins so this is basically suicide.
So per owner request, Im suspending the listing. This comedy is worth the lost revenue imo. Worst part is when this turd goes under in 6 months I need to find a new gym. ROFL.
Geez Main Street is so effin retarded sometimes.
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One of my oldest clients was a gym owner. I got him from obscurity to #3 in our market (across engines) in the first 3 months, now he sits at #1. He grew and grew and grew thanks to local search, then he had to buy another location in a bigger market, and I grew that location to #1, too. Last November he suspended my monthly service to limit liabilities so he could sell his business, not a problem. We've had a working relationship for years, he took a chance on me and we both profited.
Plus he told me I could re-sign with the new owner. No problem. Right?
Well after 3 months of "just hold on" "cant do it right now" "I have to drop $36k for new AC units", and him still getting the benefit of being #1 on the rankings, things have changed.
I got an email from yelp claiming the someone with the owners name is requesting ownership of the yelp listing. So I tell yelp "let me verify with him that its his email address and we can add him or transfer ownership" idgaf.
So I go see him this morning and he blows up when I mention the word yelp. Apparently he was working yesterday and the yelp reps harassed him, calling him 4 times in under 30 mins. They wouldnt let him off the phone, when he hung up they'd call right back, lol. So he had some choice words about yelp and online marketing. And I tried showing him the views/actions from Google and Yelp and prominence of the rankings, but he wouldnt even look.
Nor would he care. He told me "all these listing produce no memberships, only headaches, take them down." "Exsqueeze me, baking soda?! Are you suuure?" "Yes, word of mouth ONLY from now on." "Google? Bing? Yelp?" "Yes all of em!" I tried explaining that this wont stop the phone calls...he didnt care.
Now I already know that they have fairly thin margins so this is basically suicide.
So per owner request, Im suspending the listing. This comedy is worth the lost revenue imo. Worst part is when this turd goes under in 6 months I need to find a new gym. ROFL.
Geez Main Street is so effin retarded sometimes.
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