Yes, I agree that it makes sense to consider avenues of marketing other than organic SEO and I wasn’t suggesting otherwise. I can also see there may be a case for cold calling. It’s just that when one SEO provider cold calls another without first checking to see what service they’re offering, then I think things may have gone a little too far.

Now as far as the “seo companies” that don’t deliver, that is an unfortunate reality of the industry, but as a reputable SEO company that delivers results, I don’t think telemarketing is as awful as some make it out to be.

I thought you might get wind of this post so thanks for taking the trouble to comment. I’m glad the punt paid off for you! I thought I had been the first with this idea but you clearly were well ahead of me!

All the best.

Thanks for the mention, the number plate (B1 SEO) paid for itself quite a few times over, I also had my main website address added to the number plate design.

Great Minds!!!

Cheers Lee

Thanks. I’m interested in your take on cold calling. I must admit I’ve made the rather wild assumption that it must work because so many do it. Maybe, you’re right and it doesn’t work but these people don’t know what else to do. I’ve just downloaded your free “Never Cold Call Again” guide from your website and will read it with interest.

TJ – as to Facebook advertising, as an experienced SEM guy my opinion is that it’s rubbish and one of the worst PPC engines anyone could waste their money on!

I run an online directory and have numerous honeypot listings set up to monitor cold callers abusing my listings. Some days I get half a dozen calls all using exactly the same sales spiel and bs.

Problem is they sound so convincing unless you do the maths and know how facebook advertising works
I blogged about it here – http://www.v1seo.co.uk/11/facebook-advertising-scams/

They regularly go through directories like mine, praying on new businesses registering as they know a lot are small start-ups and are still naive when it comes to cold call promises.

I try to block them from the site as much as possible, tricky though as have to be careful not to block legitimate people too.

Thanks for stopping by. Yes, an extraordinary coincidence.

Nobody has yet asked me the significance behind the plate but I have noticed some quite interested glances. Although the term is not familiar to many members of the general public, I do find many business managers and owners are aware of its meaning.

I thought the most effective means of advertising would be to have the car properly decorated like the builders vans in the post but I don’t think I would enjoy driving it as much.

Thanks for pointing out the broken link which I’ve fixed. I’ve emailed you separately about the business directory listing which is very generous of you. Let me know if that email doesn’t reach you (I picked up an old email from you so don’t know if it’s still valid).

Congratulations on your site which I see is ranking very highly for some excellent search terms.

Pure coincidence, great minds think alike ;o)

Do you ever get people asking what the plate stands for?

My main idea was to have a screen sticker in the back with the full URL on and park it prominantly whenever out networking or visiting business units, I never got around to adding the sticker, but still get the odd comment.

To be honest I still don’t think enough people in the real world really know what SEO stands for yet.

By the way, the link to my story about it in your post is broken, fix it and let me know your directory reference number and I’ll give you a free upgrade ;o)

Cheers,
TJ
V1 SEO