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Now, granted the larger images and the “slideshow” adds a bit more snazziness to the page but honestly, how big of a difference does it really make? If you wanted to see pictures, wouldn’t you be inclined to go visit the business’ actual website? With that said… let’s examine feature #1.

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And the rightful owner can claim that Yelp page by jumping through some hoops and voila, you have a FREE listing about your business. Having said that, that’s only ONE experience which doesn’t make me an expert but it certainly makes me more knowledgeable of this Yelp marketing program than those who’s never experienced it.įurthermore, in case you are not familiar with how Yelp works, anybody can post a business on Yelp, as long as it falls under one of their categories and is a “fit” per their policies.

This client signed up with Yelp (despite my warnings – apparently Yelp’s salesman are SMOOOTH) and I got to learn all about this program. It sounds all fancy spansy right? Sounds like you get even MORE control over your business listing which will help “put your best foot forward” and sneak attack your competitors, stealing all their would be clients.īut Stop the Music, Do These Yelp Advertising Features Actually Accomplish Anything? Or are They Just Fluff Designed to Lure You in so They can Zap You? Suck Them in & Then ZAP Them!īefore we proceed, I’d like to first state that my experience and knowledge of this Yelp Sponsorship program comes from dealing with them on behalf of one of my clients. Target potential clients while they are making decisions about where to spend their money on a business like yours Promote your business as a sponsored search result and on your competitors’ business pages.Highlight a user’s review that you like the most (as the business owner).Put up a slideshow of the images of your business.To sum it up, according to the page advertising this opportunity, this Yelp Sponsorship program allows you to: Maybe you know and maybe you don’t… but Yelp ( a local search and reviews online service) offers paid advertising for businesses called the “ Yelp Sponsorship Program“. “ Hi, What is this about? We already have a Yelp listing.“Īnd you can see below in his response… he just intensified his salesmanship. area would also know the business climate!Īnd he ended his email with the “assume the sale” tactic by giving me an option between tomorrow or Wednesday ( taking away the option to say “NO”).

I mean, by that logic, any elementary schooler in the L.A. I personally have no idea how going to school and LIVING in Los Angeles would have any bearing on how well you know the business climate. For example, “ $1200 of Extra Free Yelp Ads” which is meaningless because we have no idea what that $1200 actually does and what those Ads are (reading the Main Post below you can see how misleading this is).Īnd before that he weakly attempted to build rapport by saying that he “ previously gone to school and lived in Los Angeles” and as such… knows the “ business climate like the back of hand.” As you can see… it reeked of carrot-dangling vague generalities salesmanship.

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