I always wondered who “that guy” everyone keeps talking about is. Turns out evidently he is the guy with the openings for the front page of Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines. Who knew?
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That guy never calls me. But he does email me a lot. I particularly like when a “social media” service contacts me to help me with my social media, or SEO. Um…did you think to look what my business actually is before you contacted me?
NO! Wondering if he’s a sales-shark who has no idea what he’s saying, and is just lead gen for some search outfit, or if he’s the actual “service provider” guy that’s pretending to be an SEO…. Argh. And we wonder why so many small businesses have a warped understanding of what’s involved in search marketing….
@ginidietrich @hackmanj Please tell me you called him, and recorded the conversation of him squirming under interrogation..
@briancrouch @ginidietrich I am going to call thatguy back this week and record it. Cc @lisagerber
@lisagerber I’ve had a bunch of people tell me he called them too! Too funny. I have to call him now 🙂
@briancrouch I will try to get some answers this week Brian. My plan is to call him and ask if it is ok to record our call because I have some friends interested in also hearing what he has to say. That ought to cover my bases legally. I will keep you posted 🙂
@KenMueller yep, I get some epic Email pitches too by thatguy. Just ask ginidietrich and shonali we play this game, I send them the worst pitches and they laugh hysterically (sometimes).
@hackmanj This could be good… I have a feeling he’ll just try and set up a “consultation” call with one of his “experts.”
@hackmanj OMG! call him back. ask him about the openings on the front page. and how that works. I can’t wait. @briancrouch @ginidietrich
@hackmanj Or roll our eyes… @KenMueller ginidietrich
It’s so funny you posted this because @lisagerber told me she got that same call two weeks ago. We laughed really hard about it!
@Shonali @hackmanj @KenMueller Oh there was the one pitch for money that made me cry from laughing so hard.
@ginidietrich @lisagerber they are so damn prolific. I’ve got people from all over the US stating they have received calls from these people. It’s funny but I am also concerned that people are actually buying into it. :-/
@briancrouch Close Brian, evidently they have an outgoing and incoming leg. You can get someone live by calling the number. Do you want it?
@ginidietrich I remember that one, truth is stranger (and funnier sometimes) than fiction.