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Honesty in Advertising

By
Home Inspector with King of the House Home Inspection, Inc. Home Inspector Lic #207

We all get them, the scam phone calls and Emails from those telling us that we need to pay big bucks to enhance our online presence. I work very hard, largely through Active Rain, to make sure that my business has the highest possible online presence for any number of key search terms in my region.

I check my google, bing and yahoo placement (and a few others mainly as a curiosity) on a weekly basis. Therefore I know where I stand. I cannot tell you how many times I have gotten some call from a guy telling me that I have zero online presence and I need to hire his firm so they can give me the shaft. One time the guy argued with me, while we each sat at computers, that I had no presence when I had five of eight hits on the first page of Google. There are many scammers out there.

Today, I had a refreshing change. If I actually wanted some help, I might hire this firm. They sent me a polite Email, telling me they have analyzed my web pressence and, if I want to see the results, then follow the link. When I did, this is what I got.

It was refreshing to have a marketing piece that was based on research and facts, not a slam-dunk piece based on falsehoods designed to try to scare or shame someone into buying an unneeded product or service.

Thanks for stopping by,

Steven L. Smith

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Steven L. Smith

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Jason Crouch
Austin Texas Homes, LLC - Austin, TX
Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (512-796-7653)

Steve - That is a refreshing turn of events!  It's rare to find any online marketing companies that will shoot straight with their potential customers.

May 17, 2010 06:21 AM
Jack Gilleland
Home Inspection and Investor Services, Clayton - Clayton, OH

Steve, it is nice to know that at least one company actually looked at your site before they gave you a call.

May 17, 2010 06:35 AM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Are you more visible because you wear orange?

May 17, 2010 12:48 PM
Sidney Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula
Realty Works Temecula - Temecula, CA
Realty Works Temecula

Steven:  Sounds like a great service, with proof in the search results!  Thanks for passing it along.

You know if you are checking your status on your own computer the results can be skewed because it retains your searches and makes your results appear better then they are on a computer that has never searched for you.

May 18, 2010 08:10 AM
Hank Spinnler
Harmony Home Inspection Services of GA - Hoschton, GA
Atlanta Home Inspector

I've been deemed insignificant. It uses your phone number to search and it did not even recognize mine.

May 18, 2010 03:26 PM