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How Court-Confirmed Fraud Extends to Digital Deception Executive Summary Our 47-point audit of ZivZo Marketing and Benson Fischer reveals: – Legal fraud: 3 proven cases of evidence fabrication (D.C. Courts) – Digital incompetence: Domain Rating 0.6, zero quality backlinks – Pattern of deception: From Redneck Beer to Mercedes lawsuits The Service Mill Scam ZivZo’s Overstated Service Offerings Key Findings: – …
A friend of mine, running Lexi’s List Cleaning Services, paid $8,000 to an agency called Get Branded Today. A year later, this husband-and-wife team gave up on their dream and took regular jobs because their business saw no SEO benefits. A quick Google search exposes the truth: Get Branded Today has no branding, no real SEO expertise, and, according to …
This morning, our company narrowly avoided falling victim to a scam that nearly cost us $19,000. Despite the precautions we have in place, scammers are finding new ways to deceive even the most vigilant businesses. The scam started with an email that appeared to be from me, instructing our accounting team to pay an overdue invoice from Oracle. The email …
I’m not an online marketer – I’m a search engine engineer. 25 years ago it was my job to protect the results of Yahoo!’s search engine from spammers, scammers, and others who wanted to take advantage of the platform. SEO is NOT some big complicated system. That’s why speaking at conferences like the Search Marketing Summit in Australia, I can …
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 …
Update: On December 20, 2024, ServiceLegend was officially sold by Ryan Davis to Otis and Adam. This development raises serious questions about the legality and fairness of the transaction, especially considering Marko Sipilä’s unresolved 20% ownership stake. Before the ink is even dry on the sale of ServiceLegend, this is what Ryan Davis posts to Instagram: A few weeks ago, …
$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, Dan Leibrandt, the CEO of Full Funnels, a digital marketing agency specializing in serving home service businesses. Empowering Local Service Home Businesses: Dan 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 …
