Comments for Vince Samios - Internet Marketing Expert

Comment on Contact Form 7 IP Address, Date/Time and Page URL by LoLo

LoLo — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:26:01 +0000

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Comment on ReachLocal UK are morons… by Vince Samios

Vince Samios — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:55:12 +0000

Serge thank you for your lovely reply. The point of this article was to highlight that ReachLocal are mis-selling services, it wasn’t my views on PPC or SEO on the whole. Considering I run my own businesses on PPC and SEO which is where 95% of my income comes from (not selling services) I’ll take your reply with a grain of salt.

Comment on Mad Bid Review – Scams & Online Penny Auctions by Mike

Mike — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:02:46 +0000

Firstly Well said Author, couldn’t have put it better myself. People are ignorant and also very easily trapped in the madbid cycle. Bids are cheaper now than when they where but it still doesn’t make things any cheaper. People need to look at the facts that now bids can be as little as 10p per credit but it takes minimum ( what i have seen ) of 4 credits per 1 penny bid, so that, for a start is 40 pence per bid, anything valued on the madbid site over £200 is 6 credits per bid and i am going to use a example of a auction that is running this minute. There is a TV which they value at £549 and it’s current bid is valued at £159.30, each 1p of those bids where 60p each as it is a 6 credit per bid auction so to do the easy math so people can understand, move the decimal point forward 1 place which will make it £1593.0 then times that by the number of credits it takes to place a 1 penny bid, in this case 6. £1593.0 x 6 = £9558. Now take a long look at that, would you pay that much for a TV and that’s not including their admin fees and delivery on top of that. Yes there is a chance you could pop in and place 1 bid and win the item but we all know that is not going to happen, it’s near on impossible. Also if the bids are still going by the deadline then it will stop and resume the following day. Anyone who bids on this site must be mad themselves. they prey on they weak minded so they gamble away their money making them HUGE profits. It is worse than gambling in my opinion be a big margin.

Comment on ReachLocal UK are morons… by Serge

Serge — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:09:39 +0000

To be honest, you both (ReachLocal and Yourself) almost sound just as stupid as each other. Both of you make some dumb points and clearly don’t realise the value proposition of PPC OR SEO. They both have their place in Search Engine Marketing, even if this pathetic unbalanced rant of yours doesn’t think so. A truly pathetic attempt at preselling your SEO services to unsuspecting victims. Good luck with that.

Comment on SEO Guide for 2012 by charles

charles — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:11:21 +0000

Vince,
Great post. It might help if you added a link to your reference about google’s January 11 announcement… I’m not sure what that was.
I like your puzzle analysis, and that it’s more important to check more boxes off and not just put a lot of checks in a single box. i.e. it’s not about have a zillion links, it’s about a lot of things.
I do think social is going to have more effect, but I have no idea how. Anyway, thanks for a well thought out post.
Charles

Comment on Is Groupon Bad for SEO? by Vince Samios

Vince Samios — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:53:04 +0000

I personally did receive the pillows I ordered… they did smell a little like a factory, but hey ho, I’m sure most new memory foam pillows have a wiff to them.

I’d never considered that Clouds Memory Foam might actually be a media company “Wild Media Ltd” - I remember thinking at the time, and wondering if this was a business set-up on the spot specifically for group-on deals… Company Registration Date: 14/06/2010

Comment on Is Groupon Bad for SEO? by Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:32:46 +0000

what ever you do, DONT BUY FROM CLOUDS MEMORY FOAM.

we purchased some items and never received them. we contacted trading standards who have tried to contact Clouds Memory Foam (registered name Wild Media Ltd.) who also have not been able to contact them.

search the internet and you will find others who have also been ripped off. disappointingly, Group On are aware of their scams and are now selling their products in France after scamming the British

Comment on SEO Guide For 2010 by Hotelogix

Hotelogix — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:18:06 +0000

Hi There,

Have you posted any seo guide for the year 2012?

Comment on Mark Attwood - My Horror Story by Importance of Maintaining SEO Campaigns

Importance of Maintaining SEO Campaigns — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:37:35 +0000

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Comment on How to Pollinate Orchids - Phalaenopsis Orchid by Daryl Cygler

Daryl Cygler — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:11:05 +0000

Vince,
Love the background music. Who ever said romance was dead.

Comment on NLP is Fart by Rafal

Rafal — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:28:19 +0000

NLP is a scam - the only think that works is …making money on training people how it works. that’s why there’s so many so called ‘coaches’.
..and what do they teach? if you hurt someone..don’t worry it only means you’re effective

Comment on NLP is Fart by Vince Samios

Vince Samios — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:02:42 +0000

Steve I see your point regarding positive impacts of NLP on some people, my issues is this is either entirely placebo, or based on psychology which isn’t unique to NLP. The things unique to NLP are bullshit.

I also don’t think a two week training course would give someone the knowledge to deal with very fragile people and with sensitive issues.

There is a reason we require brain surgeons to train for decades, and likewise there is a reason we require psychologists to train for years.

Comment on Mark Attwood - My Horror Story by The importance of earning your own way

The importance of earning your own way — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:04:23 +0000

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Comment on NLP is Fart by Steve

Steve — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:28:37 +0000

Vince - if it makes people feel better and more in control of what they think and feel then why the big issue is not NLP linked into CBT in some way. You seem very against people feeling better with themselves. Could this be that you have missed the NLP gravy boat. If people can find there own trigger and then have positive action to realise via NLP then what the issue, life is about being a better person, and if NLP works or a support network great. You do seem a little angry around NLP hype. (I am not an NLP person but whatever makes someone a better person has to be good, and you seem to push back on this) Sorry buy thats my view after 15 years of working with people

Comment on Is Groupon Bad for SEO? by Dave

Dave — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:36:23 +0000

Did you ever get your pillows?! I ordered 2 on the 27/10/2011 - still waiting!

Got an email on the 03/11/11 with this: “This email is to assure you that your order is being dispatched next week and you will receive your personal tracking number soon thereafter.”

Then on the 06/12/2011 I get “Your order will be dispatched on or before the 16th of December, and you will receive your personal tracking number when your parcel is on its way. ”

Companies really shouldn’t go on Groupon if they can’t cope with orders! Joke!

Comment on Why I may never own my own home by David Klemke

David Klemke — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:19:55 +0000

Makes quite a lot of sense actually (maybe I’m just wired in the same way as you for financial stuff). Depending on your overall strategy the capital gains on the properties could play a major factor if you were looking to accelerate plan after a couple years. Like, for example, using the capital gains to finance further property purchases. That’s what we’re planning to do for house 3 as our current ones should have appreciated enough for us to be able to swing it.

I’ve never really agreed with the notion that buying your own home is an investment either. The only thing that it’s got going for it is that you might be able to leverage it later to get something better, but even then you’d get better returns on your money with other investment vehicles. Then again most people are balls at saving and investing, so it’s probably the only decision they’ll make that could ever be called an “investment”.

One thing Australia has going for it in this regard (although I know this probably doesn’t help you is that any losses incurred can be offset against your income. That makes it a lot easier to do investment strategies like this in Australia, although finding rentable properties at that price range is a lot harder.

Comment on Mark Attwood - My Horror Story by UK Strikes about Pensions & Pay

UK Strikes about Pensions & Pay — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:39:16 +0000

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Comment on Mad Bid Review – Scams & Online Penny Auctions by anansigirls

anansigirls — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:41:53 +0000

Thank you for putting into words what I always suspected. And I agree that this is gambling, and not auctioning which means it should be regulated, if not prohibited.

Comment on Is Groupon Bad for SEO? by David

David — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:17:08 +0000

I’d agree with Josh, short term it can be great for your business but long term you are giving margin away. Maybe this company should of put procedures into place to ensure that their website was capable of handling all that traffic - if they knew they were going out on a national advertising campaign, they should of put server capacity it place surely.

Comment on The Brick Wall and I by Karen

Karen — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:58:39 +0000

That was so Vince of you.

Comment on NLP is Fart by Vince Samios

Vince Samios — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:42:46 +0000

Kelvin the things that worked for you are most likely borrowed from other systems and methodologies, so while your success is very real, It’s probably got very little to do with “NLP” or, more specifically, the techniques unique to “NLP” - You probably just needed something, anything, to be your trigger. By the time you decided to speak to an NLP practitioner, you had already made the decision to change. At that point all you needed was some kind of support to get you to your result.

So… well done… but I wouldn’t thank NLP specifically if I were you.

Comment on Mad Bid Review – Scams & Online Penny Auctions by me

me — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:23:46 +0000

This is bolloks. Every credit cost 14p and when you ssay you pay loads more its rubbish. You could bid abbout 100 times - 5 times to win the item.This means that its not Madbid.com scamming its the person going crazy with his or her bidding. So yes you have to pay more than the price stated but if you bid wisely you will still get it for a LOT cheaper than the RRP

Comment on NLP is Fart by Kelvin

Kelvin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:55:46 +0000

What a shame that NLP doesn’t work.

I grabbed some bits of it and transformed myself from very despondent and un-motivated to full on action man and much more genuine, positive person.

I can feel it in my totally relaxed attitude and the increasing appreciation I get from others.

But if you say it does not work, I had better go back to the depressed me.

Pity, I was enjoying success.

Comment on Mad Bid Review – Scams & Online Penny Auctions by Robert mclarnon

Robert mclarnon — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:13:25 +0000

It’s a scam alright I spent £27 it lasted 5 minutes I had 66 bids , and mad bid sent me 4 texts in that time costing

Comment on SEO Guide for 2011 by Mark

Mark — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:48:20 +0000

Very interesting for me as I’m just starting to look seriously at SEO for my site.
A question about the time variable (which may seem a stupid question to those more experienced than me). What matters here ? Is it time since the domain was registered ? Time since the site was first indexed, or something else ?
Thanks