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  1. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    If you want to water ski, you get a full tilt speed boat. If you want to putz around, get a pontoon. If you want to relax and fish, get one of those 10 footer row boats. This is my biz, so yes I'm going full throttle. Pulling three beefy guys behind me, with two knock out beach bunnies on...
  2. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    I appreciate your input. I'm not going full tilt. This all started 12/7/18, so it's going to be a month in a few days. I think I've been very patient in that time. I've only become mad at them when they wanted me to change the name of my business identity to my name, instead of the "team" I...
  3. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    I received the same form letter from Google once again. My response was intense, to say the least. The idiots I am working with can't do their jobs. That's fine - until it affects my job. I'm very surprised that you don't understand that if is VERY important that my website is verified...
  4. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    I only WISH it was a joke. I waited weeks. Tried to call/email them. Finally got through and arranged this video tour to verify that I'm not an evil spammer, or whatever. NOW they move the goal posts and want me to change my entire company image. Website - printed material - everything...
  5. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    Thanks for the insight. Let's go with two things that I will do. 1) I have a landing page with the EXACT keyword phrase that is searched in this market area 320 times a month. I've researched this. The CTR rate is $2.50. 2) If I set up Google ads for that EXACT keyword phrase, and pay them...
  6. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    I agree. Wish "they" could do their jobs, and then everyone would be happy. It's been 3 weeks. That's way too long. Remember, I spent 3 months putting all my marketing methods in place. Made everything from scratch. It was a huge amount of work. So now I'm ready to launch, and I have to...
  7. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    Well that's good to hear! How about all my landing pages? If my "business" is not verified as a business, then will my landing pages come up when searched? So far they haven't - and I do an EXACT match of keyword phrases. They are not anywhere to be seen. Only TWO pages come up with that...
  8. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    I don't know what you mean? That's exactly what I'm trying to do. I have landing pages, for example. I want to do AdWords. My site is not verified (recognized) by Google at this point. So I can't rank in AdWords. I think... maybe I'm wrong about that?
  9. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    I'm heavily studying Facebook. By many accounts, Facebook is a much superior way to market. Even if Google gets this straightened out, I have strong feelings about who I associate with. They are borderline back stabbers. But, for now, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and presume that...
  10. Real Deal Denver

    The quickest way to feel important... and it needs to stop.

    RANT 
    Wow. I'll say one thing. You are miles ahead of your peers in the way you think. And there's NOTHING more important than the way you think. You got it. All. Figured out. Great post. You are going to surprise everyone with what you will do and how far you will go. I have to get some people...
  11. Real Deal Denver

    The quickest way to feel important... and it needs to stop.

    RANT 
    Be happy for their success? ...instead of competing with them? I do a lot more than that! I compliment them and ask them what they think I should do, or work on, or which direction I need to go. I'm not only happy for them, I respect and admire them. I just had a conversation with a cousin...
  12. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    Two items to note: First, Google seems to have trouble understanding that I am NOT ReMax (I am only using that as a well known example to make my point) but am an agent (team actually) working withIN ReMax. Who doesn't know that much? Any 6th grader. Side note - maybe Google isn't smart...
  13. Real Deal Denver

    Google is not your friend

    MARKETING RANT 
    Man, have I been going back and forth with Google. First of all, they don't want to be found, nor communicated with. I did manage to connect with them through a help feature. And then the game began. I'm trying to "verify" my business website. Once it is verified, I can adjust the details...
  14. Real Deal Denver

    What if you already know enough?

    NOTABLE! 
    You have 27 written all over you! That's a very good thing, by the way! I started my first company when I was 25. Over the years, I've noticed that 25-35 are the peak years for most men as far as drive and focus. After that, the drive decreases, but is compensated in other ways. But at 27...
  15. Real Deal Denver

    What if you already know enough?

    NOTABLE! 
    Love your posts @whiz. I'm guessing you're young. Mid twenties? I've been slaving over a digital marketing plan for 3 months. By three months, I mean 10 hours a day minimum, 7 days a week. Yeah, I'd sure like to "jump in" and get it done. Doesn't work that way. To summarize the work, it...
  16. Real Deal Denver

    The Gas Pump thread

    HOT! 
    @MidwestLandlord - and speaking of not touching someone's credit card... I usually pay for everything with a credit card. That has me remembering me handing MY card to the drive through cashier at Taco Bell and Wendy's EVERY TIME I get food. Then they close their little window on me for 30...
  17. Real Deal Denver

    The Gas Pump thread

    HOT! 
    Not to derail this thread, but I have had a burning question about gas stations for as long as I can remember. How do gas stations get the prime spots on the best corners? And because of the space needed for the pumps, and the parking, these lots are huge! I always thought they were a very...
  18. Real Deal Denver

    The Gas Pump thread

    HOT! 
    I used to be that way too @biophase. Let me tell you what I do now. My wife and I go to the movies a lot. When we go, it's the bucket of popcorn, two large drinks, Peanut M&Ms, and an ice cream sandwich for her. Sometimes a bratwurst if the smell gets to me too much. I figure I'm spending...
  19. Real Deal Denver

    The Gas Pump thread

    HOT! 
    It definitely would work in Denver. $3 for no wait service - fill it up - wash the windshield. $4 for a bottle of ice cold water added in AND a sticker on your back bumper saying you are a first class customer at "Gas and Go." Bragging rights - people pay to be known as a big shot. You'd be...
  20. Real Deal Denver

    Fox's 2019 Make $100k Starting Web Design from Scratch Challenge

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    That was quite a run down of what you're going to be doing for the gym. Their lucky day, for sure. The idiot that couldn't see what he was missing will hopefully be chewed up by his competition. Sounds like a burnt out bulb to me. You wouldn't want a reference like that. He can't even...

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