I agree with many of the comments about getting on with your own business and have not really voiced an opinion about this guy because i am relatively new to this business, however when he advertised that a local carpet cleaner is using chemicals that can cause cancer, i thought that he had gone too far and i told him so, he did apologise and removed the article from his website, he claimed that he was not refering to me even though i am the closest carpet cleaner to him.
It angered me that he was scaring the public with negative stuff like this instead of telling people he's the best carpet cleaner in town, i thought at the time and still do that its reflects poorly on you and your business if you badmouth the competition, in fact i can honestly say i have never said a bad word to any customer at any time about him, in fact i have given his contact details to customers when i have been unable to do a job.
Of course what he decides to do on his website is his business its a very minor irritation but it does make me sad that someone with his level of experience and claimed knowledge of the web and marketing uses the tactics of a desperate newby, i note on his site now that all of a sudden five google maps reviews have appeared almost overnight well not quite but in the space of ten days
his customers have decided all of a sudden to tell the world what a great carpet cleaner he is, when before none appeared. yes yes i know i should concentrate on my business, but i have reviews on my google maps listing that have been hard earned and i am proud of them.
I am obviously very naive in running my own business, but fast learning its dog eat dog.
The phonecall i received yesterday was out of the blue but i groaned when he mentioned the reason for the call, i did tell him the NCCA would do nothing as its competition.
I did a room for nothing today
did four large bedrooms two stairs clear of furniture charged £230 did the lounge for nothing took four hours
