I published a 30-minute video documenting my $10,500 dispute with Lane Houk and his Signal Genesis SEO software. Within days, YouTube sent me a privacy complaint. Here’s what I did to keep the video live. If you’re unfamiliar with the backstory, Lane Houk now runs Quantum Agency as a white label SEO offering after selling Signal Genesis to Search Atlas. …
Quantum Agency is owned by Lane Houk– yes, THAT Lane Houk
As an agency owner, you already know most white label offerings are unbelievably bad. Most of the folks who white-label SEO, PPC, and Facebook ads to agencies prey upon the fact that being an agency owner is hard. So they lure in agencies with the empathetic promise of “you just focus on getting new clients” while we handle fulfillment, hands-off. …
How We Should Be Asking ChatGPT About Our Credibility: Lane Houk’s Example
Reputation makes or breaks your business. As someone who teaches local service providers to build trust online, I wanted to see how generative AI handles a credibility check. I ran a simple experiment: I asked ChatGPT about a marketer named Lane Houk, who sold me a pricey SEO platform that didn’t work. Rather than relitigating old allegations, I want to show how …
We Almost Hired a Murderer — The John Grillo Story
A few years ago, someone posted a rant about my company BlitzMetrics on Reddit. The post said I was running a scam, tricking job applicants into doing free work. It got traction. People were chiming in saying things like “yep, that’s a con for sure” and “you should always get paid for your work.” If you didn’t know anything about …