Has anyone heard of paying a monthly fee to be guaranteed in one of the top 3 sponsoring spots on Google, Yahoo and MSN? We were contacted by a company that says they are authorized by these web search engines to sell us these positions EVERY time. There is no cost per click, it is a flat rate and you basically "own" the 8 key words associated with it. For more keywords, the cost nearly doubles and for what we were looking at, the cost is close to $1700/month to be guaranteed in one of the top 3 sponsored spaces. What do you think? Has anyone every used this? I asked the sales rep for some people that were currently using their system so I could hear some good testimonials first hand and find out of it was worth the high cost, but she informed me that their company has a strict privacy policy and she couldn't give me one person. After I asked her to see if she could get permission from at least 1 happy client, she told me no and went on to tell me that my current pay per click campaign has some serious flaws and that it would be "If nothing else, it would be an unwise business decision to forget the most effective means of advertising your business on the Internet simply due to our company's privacy policy."
I don't respond well to this type of sales etiquette so I will no be looking any further into signing on with her. She explained it is a short term commitment and I can cancel if it is not working out. (after paying close to $1700/month for 3 MONTHS) I don't feel like I am willing to throw away over $5K to find out if she is right or just feeding me some sales lines. I think it's important to be able to talk to someone using the system first hand that is happy with it. They can tell you the pros and cons.
Their website is www.netsolutions.com
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