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Ryan,
Sorry, I went to have something to eat and 10 posts later....
Greg uses unethical business practices: -"Whether I turn a profit for the next two years in Tampa isn't important. While I am optimistic- whether or not it does won't affect how I feed my family."
In other words he is willing to lose money, and offer services at a loss to take other cleaners out of business. Then his logic says he'll have the market all to himself. Unlikely, but that is another issue. That is clearly an unethical business practice. Companies on wall street that do that have been sued and lost big. Unless of course , they are Wallmart- the paragon of ethics.
In carpet cleaners world, however, everything is possible.
Here is more:
-"The higher the price- the less affordable it is for everyone else. My goal: to make it so that only the people with deep pockets can afford to advertise the keywords. once that has been achieved i will lower my spend on Google. That should leave my company and a few of the high $ O&O's using Google."
So yes his ego is as large as ..... however, I do consider it a threat to decent, hardworking carpet cleaners, you and me included. No, he is not coming to CA yet, but what if his kind of predatory business practices do work. There are many Greg Coles in every state and locale and our job is definitely not to help them succeed.
I was once taken to the cleaners by a dishonest graphic designer for a grand total of $750.00
Twenty one years ago and at the time it was a large sum for me. She got fully paid and never delivered the goods. I was foolish enough to pay it all in advance, silly me.
Well, I considered it a cheap business lesson and never (so far) made that mistake again.
Greg should consider this an even cheaper business lesson.
P.S. I took her to small claim court won and actually hounded her (actually her bank account) till I got every cent back. It was the sweetest money I ever made. That was also part of the lesson.
Sorry, I went to have something to eat and 10 posts later....
Greg uses unethical business practices: -"Whether I turn a profit for the next two years in Tampa isn't important. While I am optimistic- whether or not it does won't affect how I feed my family."
In other words he is willing to lose money, and offer services at a loss to take other cleaners out of business. Then his logic says he'll have the market all to himself. Unlikely, but that is another issue. That is clearly an unethical business practice. Companies on wall street that do that have been sued and lost big. Unless of course , they are Wallmart- the paragon of ethics.
In carpet cleaners world, however, everything is possible.
Here is more:
-"The higher the price- the less affordable it is for everyone else. My goal: to make it so that only the people with deep pockets can afford to advertise the keywords. once that has been achieved i will lower my spend on Google. That should leave my company and a few of the high $ O&O's using Google."
So yes his ego is as large as ..... however, I do consider it a threat to decent, hardworking carpet cleaners, you and me included. No, he is not coming to CA yet, but what if his kind of predatory business practices do work. There are many Greg Coles in every state and locale and our job is definitely not to help them succeed.
I was once taken to the cleaners by a dishonest graphic designer for a grand total of $750.00
Twenty one years ago and at the time it was a large sum for me. She got fully paid and never delivered the goods. I was foolish enough to pay it all in advance, silly me.
Well, I considered it a cheap business lesson and never (so far) made that mistake again.
Greg should consider this an even cheaper business lesson.
P.S. I took her to small claim court won and actually hounded her (actually her bank account) till I got every cent back. It was the sweetest money I ever made. That was also part of the lesson.
