Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Scams”
We just got the green light from Joshua Crouch of Relentless Digital to publish the audit of the $25,000 he took from Travis and Sons, a plumbing company. The client is filing a chargeback, which is hopefully within the timeframe allowed. Note that scammers usually threaten legal action, like Joshua Crouch did here. But this only backfires, since this only …
A few weeks ago, I saw Marko’s post that he was not CMO of ServiceLegend anymore. I knew he and Ryan Davis co-founded (after Marko merged with Davis Construction Marketing LLC and they rebranded to ServiceLegend) the company and that Marko owns 20% of the company. And the company has grown significantly over the past time that Marko was a …
$5,000 to drive leads for a personal injury attorney.Zero benefit to the business, as the client painfully expressed in a multi-page letter to Jerry. I had to chase Jerry down multiple times to find out what’s going on with the project.He gave me an attitude and called me vile names (DM me if you want to see it), instead of …
A look into how scammers at Wiki Counsellor are using Wikipedia’s reputation to scam thousands of dollars from unsuspecting people.
The Coach Yu show is where we bring you the latest insights and expert guests to help you excel in your business endeavors. In our recent episode, we had the pleasure of hosting a special guest, Danny Leibrandt, the CEO of Full Funnels, a digital marketing agency specializing in serving home service businesses. Empowering Local Service Home Businesses: Danny Leibrandt’s …
After 9 months the only thing Dennis Yu received from Brandon Deboer was a lot of wasted time and ultimately getting blocked by the person who took his cash and ran.
Here’s how influencers and scammers cheat buyers out of millions of dollars through a thriving black market where followers, engagement, podcast, and app downloads are faked for pennies. Do you want to be internet famous? It can be bought for NOTHING. The website is called “justanotherpanel.com”. Many social media agencies selling “social media growth services” are just reselling fake bot …
Today, the advisor, Yu, is here to take a piece of advice… An agency friend ran out of money by continuing to employ dead weight. The dead consequences are nice people but don’t do any work, so the clients are demanding refunds. The agency owner is so empathetic that they don’t want to let anyone go. The agency friend feels …
Many advertisements boast about being featured on well-known media outlets such as Forbes, Inc, and Entrepreneur. It begs the question: why is this such a common occurrence? To delve deeper into this topic, we recommend watching our explanatory video which aims to shed light on the reasons behind this marketing strategy. The practice of advertising being featured on popular media …
In the world of Fake PR, maintaining the integrity and coming out clean is no small feat. So, major props to Ulyses Osuna for coming clean about paying writers under the table to post featured articles. Not only does this violate journalism ethics, but it’s illegal per FTC disclosure rules. Then there’s Gavin Lira and Grant Lira of Empathy Firm, …
Do you want to know the methods that some agencies use to trick their clients? In this episode of Coach Yu, Dennis discusses some of these SEO hacks with Nicholas Rubright, CEO of New Reach Marketing and an expert in SEO, Digital PR, and Link Building. What are the ways SEO is used to fool people? Domain Authority One way …
I got hit up by some guy named “David Smith” (which is a suspect name– hard to find him). His website is legalfirmseo dot com, but you can’t find it when you search for it: So naturally, I take a look at the SEO of this legal SEO firm: A bunch of zeros.No organic traffic, no SERP features, no inbound …
